gstrek
Contributor
A few other ideas to help with battery life. I get 2 dives on a battery (a6000 in SeaFrogs Salted housing):
- Set camera to Airplane Mode (turns off wifi radio)
- Turn off AF illuminator (won't help in the housing)
- Turn off Pre-AF
- Set flash exposure compensation to -3.0 and use external strobe on manual. I start with 1/125 @ f/8 ISO 100 and use power adjustment on my S&S strobe.
- I set my camera to go into sleep mode in 2 minutes.
Not directly battery life related:
- Some people like back button focus and assign the AF to the C1 or AEL button (depends on housing and size of hands). They find it is easier to get more photos with good focus. It is on my list for my next trip.
- My preference is to shoot in RAW then use Capture One to post process. I started with the free Capture One Express for Sony and purchased the Pro for Sony version. Good for Color/White Balance, cropping to taste and adjusting exposure, contrast, etc..
- Set camera to Airplane Mode (turns off wifi radio)
- Turn off AF illuminator (won't help in the housing)
- Turn off Pre-AF
- Set flash exposure compensation to -3.0 and use external strobe on manual. I start with 1/125 @ f/8 ISO 100 and use power adjustment on my S&S strobe.
- I set my camera to go into sleep mode in 2 minutes.
Not directly battery life related:
- Some people like back button focus and assign the AF to the C1 or AEL button (depends on housing and size of hands). They find it is easier to get more photos with good focus. It is on my list for my next trip.
- My preference is to shoot in RAW then use Capture One to post process. I started with the free Capture One Express for Sony and purchased the Pro for Sony version. Good for Color/White Balance, cropping to taste and adjusting exposure, contrast, etc..