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Thank you Matador, I am glad you like my photos! The G7X has a significantly larger sensor compared to the G11, so it will have more inherent difficulty focusing close if aperture is open wide. In terms of getting the exposure right, I am not sure why the G11 would be better in Program mode...

Certainly there should be no rush in taking a camera underwater. It is very important to be very comfortable with your buoyancy control, etc. first. So if it has been a long time since you dove, maybe you should do a few dives without a camera, to be sure you are very comfortable. Once you are...

The main problem is lack of ambient light, especially as you go deeper. As you probably already know, all the reds get filtered out as you go deeper. Below say about 30 ft or so, all you get is a pale blue light which is not very good for photography (it's ok for background, but ideally you will...

I had a look at your settings and see that you are shooting in Program AE mode. So your camera is metering for ambient light, and using that ambient light, then firing the onboard flash to add more. Your camera is shooting choosing shutter speeds around 1/100 and aperture wide open. Your camera...

As you probably already know, foreigners cannot own property in the Philippines with the exception that they can own one condo. So any land purchase would be through your wife. What is the rush to buy property? Why not move to Philippines first, then rent a place for a while, and get familiar...

As doctormike quite rightly points out, macro is easier to learn than wide-angle. So beginners are perhaps best off starting with macro. Pretty basic stuff. I'm not sure why Storker wants to argue with that. I guess he also did not notice the ;) at the end of my post (despite quoting it)...

Assuming you are talking cropped-sensor (APSC) camera body, the 60 mm is more versatile. The 100 mm is quite long on a cropped sensor, so great for super-macro, but you will be limited to really small stuff, say 2 cm or smaller. With the 60 mm, you can back off a bit and do fish portraits.

Storker, I don't understand how you can be so eager to "totally" disagree. Perhaps I should have elaborated that a beginner is probably best off to start with macro, then later go to wide-angle and start adding ambient light to the background. But I still maintain that ideally you want your...

This has been discussed on the forum many times. IMHO the key to getting decent shots underwater is to have a camera that is easy to shoot in manual, and to have at least one strobe. This is so that you can select a fast shutter speed to eliminate ambient light and light your subject with a...

We had this conversation already in January! http://2sb.us/498234 Lack of hot shoe is totally fine for underwater since most people are now using fibre optic cables to trigger their strobes. Alex Tattersall made a review in April and his pics look really nice. Review: Canon Powershot G7 X by...

The first place that comes to mind for me would be Puerto Galera. It's a great place to take a course, due to lots of dive shops and instructors, as well as easy access from Manila. For an uncertified diver, I don't think it is worth the hassle of travelling somewhere more remote, especially if...

I would say for now your best bet is to practice shooting in manual mode with your current system. If you want to spend a few $$, the next logical step is to get another strobe. A wet macro flip lens is a nice addition too, but I am not sure what options exist for the Ikelite. I can lend you my...

Good question but the answers will be very subjective. I went from SeaLife DC1000 to Canon S100 to Canon EOS M over the course of 5 and half years. I wouldn't recommend the SeaLife to anyone, but a compact Canon S or G series is an excellent place to start. From my experience I would say it is...

The first one is the "Funeral Nudibranch" (Jorunna funebris). The second one is Flabellina exoptata. For quick and accurate nudibranch ID, I would suggest the Facebook group "Nudibase — sharing Nudibranch knowledge" https://www.facebook.com/groups/206426176075326/ There are lots of keen...

All 3 are excellent destinations. Anilao is #1 in the Philippines for macro/muck, and Dauin would be a close 2nd. Puerto Galera also has quite good muck diving. The best macro/muck diving in PG is in the actual bay (i.e., the actual Port of Galleons), and the dive site is usually referred to...

It is important to keep in mind that slowing down your shutter is only going to increase the ambient light in the shot without affecting the exposure from your strobe, as your strobe is much shorter than your shutter speed, on the order of 1/2000 of a second or less. Generally speaking, you will...

I have experience with the medical system in the Philippines and overall, I would agree that they are quite good. Actually an amazing bargain compared to the Western world! I think the doc you saw did quite good considering it was a house call in a remote area and not an ER visit, and 3000 pesos...

Nitrox is very useful for both recreational and tech diving. Tech divers use oxygen-rich deco gases to accelerate decompression. If you take an advanced nitrox course, you will find out more! ;) I agree that in an ideal world, Nitrox would be readily available everywhere, and at a reasonable...

Hi Greggy, I suppose the 70D would do a bit better in low light situations compared to the G16, but I still think you would see a much bigger jump in image quality if you add a strobe or 2 to your G16 (or even strong continuous light), rather than use an SLR without any external light source...

In my opinion, if you are snorkelling and using ambient light only, the G16 is as good as it gets. I think it would be hard to notice any significant improvement in image quality by going full SLR without adding strobes (or powerful continuous light), certainly not enough of an improvement to...