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One work around is to set your aperture to whatever you want, say 7 or so, and leave it there. You can then use your front ring to control shutter speed. For macro, I will typically leave it at 1/500 to get a nice black background. Typically I only need to change shutter speed if shooting...

Duckman, I have that camera and strobe and have never bothered with TTL. In my opinion, it is much better to just shoot full manual. If you are shooting macro, set your ISO to 100, set aperture around 6 or 7, use your shutter speed to control how dark your background (say 1/500 if you like a...

I think it looks like a real winner! Same sensor as the Sony RX 100, but a more versatile lens, and of course it has the Canon name, and the user-friendliness and quality that usually goes along with that. I'll go out on a limb and suggest that this camera can quite conceivably dominate the...

The first is some sort of sea spider. The second is a bug-eyed squat lobster.

Hey gang, I seem to have left my diving hood at Kelvin last night (Sept 15). It's a Sea-Tux brand. It is likely somewhere between the stairs and the fence at the entrance. If anyone happens to see it, I would greatly appreciate getting it back. Drop me a message if you happen to find it...

I've been to both PG and Anilao several times, and the last time I went (February of this year) I was leading a fairly large group and we did 5 days in each of PG and Anilao, and it seemed to work out very well. Both have excellent diving, but for the experienced macro photographer, Anilao comes...

Thanks Hintermann. You can actually see my settings by clicking the "i" button below each photo. For wide-angle, I have to adjust my settings more compared to macro. There are more variables, such as distance to subject, water clarity, amount of ambient light, and size of subject. Generally for...

Hey I've been to Socorro twice, the last time I was using the Canon S100, basically almost the same camera as yours. My advice is shoot in manual mode, put your strobes as high as you can, and try to get as close as you can. But you are right, most of the time, the large pelagics will be just...

It depends on what type of diving you are doing. If all your diving is tropical, good viz, relatively shallow, lots of ambient light, then you can get away without a focus light. If you are doing night diving, or diving cold water, or any other situation with less ambient light, then a focus...

$390 for transfers Manila-Anilao is a total gouge. It should be more like $100 each way, and if shop around, you can find cheaper. Dauin is nice, but I think most would agree that Anilao has better diving. Plus, you will save time driving from Manila to Anilao, rather than fly from Manila to...

LOL, David, you make a very strenuous argument, but when you post a picture with over-exposed foreground and blown out highlights on your subject, you actually make a convincing argument against what you are trying to say! I am a relative newbie, but I have been shooting manual with fibre-optic...

Does anyone know how the Nauticam SMC would work on the Canon 60 mm macro lens? Nauticam says it is compatible, but somewhere on the Bluewater site, they say they don't recommend it with the 60 mm. I am guessing it is probably because the 60 mm already has a short working distance, so you...

Paul, I don't know how to say this nicely, but the photo you posted above and in another thread fail to impress. I am sure the RX100 is a good camera, but those photos do not show it. Since you asked, here is an example of what I was able to achieve with my Canon S100: Nice blog review...

Good question boy22ban, and to be honest, I am not quite sure what to say. I think in general once you have gotten the hang of the compacts and crave higher detail, mirrorless is the way to go for the future. You could go SLR, the Canon 70D looks awesome, but SLR generally big and expensive. The...

As Interceptor quite rightly points out, the improvement in image quality from S100 to G15 will be marginal at best. Are you using a strobe? Unless you are using a strobe and shooting in manual mode, you are probably no where near maxing out the capabilities of the S100. Much better to max out...

I second what Interceptor says. Get a compact Canon, i.e., S110, or S120. Don't get a SeaLife, I had one as my first camera, it is not very good.

Yeah, stick with the S100. A second strobe IMHO would be worthwhile. Although it is possible to get good shots with 1 strobe, it is often hard to get rid of annoying shadows. Two strobes will make it it a lot easier to light your subject more consistently. Are you shooting in manual? That is...

Really good shots Ozzi! Who was your guide? I just did 9 days at Anilao, I had Wilson at Dive Solana, I thought he was great, but I never saw any of those critters! (would love to though!)

OK, I'll bite! I'm leaving tomorrow! But here are my favourites from my last trip in November: Juvenile Emperor Angelfish: White-lined blennies: Blue-ring octo:

The Canon S100 is a great little camera and also takes excellent video. As others have said, you may want to look at getting a better housing if you want play around with accessory wet lenses. The Sola 800 photo light is great, because it is a very good focus light, dive light for night dives...