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    Strobe problem/question

    One of the problems maybe that the camera's flash is not reaching the strobe to fire it. In the bathroom or the pool the flash has the walls or mirror or towels or other objects to reflect or bounce the light back to the strobe. When shooting in open water the light just keeps going unless...
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    Setting up photos??? (Split from right place, right time..)

    For Pete's sake the octopus is fed a crab, it's natural prey...its not like they are being fed a BIG MAC! Plus how many chances does a diver get to even feed let alone see an octopus in the wild. Would it be more than the fleets of fishing boats dumping tons of wasted sea products into the sea?
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    Man handling a crab?

    Still waiting to hear about that crab story, I am begining to think its full of cra...bs.
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    Setting up photos??? (Split from right place, right time..)

    I knew that comment would get the tree huggers attention! Would it be OK if I got an already dead crab from fisherman’s wharf to feed the octopus? What about those crab legs and claw in front of you on your avatar picture…were you looking for an octopus to feed as well or is that a part of...
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    First UW Camera Selection

    Not a problem... The key point is that an image will NEVER improve in picture quality when you add any piece of glass in front of the “native” or original lense. The add-on lenses will magnify the image size but the trade off is the loss of contrast, chromatic aberration and...
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    Man handling a crab?

    Here you go, I can't wait to hear your story on how you are handling that crab! :11: A picture speaks a thousand words! http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/underwater-photography/213423-right-place-right-time.html Crab hugger: Well F3Nikon if you do this practice all of the time I would not...
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    Setting up photos??? (Split from right place, right time..)

    Shows how much you know about U/W nature photography! Ever see a video of a group of California Garibaldi fish feeding on a busted open sea urchin? That’s right the photographer was not going sit around waiting for the fish to grow some large teeth to punch a hole on the urchin! I mean a...
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    5D Lens suggestions

    So true...and this is the reason that the Nikonos 15mm lens is a tough act to follow. The Nikonos dome is a part of the 15mm lens, the dome moves in reference to the other lens elements, so the "centration" as you called, it is under Nikon's design control. With the housed DSLR the dome is...
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    Right place, right time ...

    Good find...you can always make things happen as well. Just find a crab and feed it to the octopus then start snapping away. Nature photographers do this all the time.
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    5D Lens suggestions

    Another very good set of information.
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    5D Lens suggestions

    Finally someone who knows what they are talking about, very good input. My comments about matching the dome ports with the camera's lens fell on deaf ears. The point being that a high quality wide-angle lens on land, will lose its value when place behind the wrong type of dome port...
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    First UW Camera Selection

    Here are some folks that do NOT use the add-on lenses: Canon Powershot A620 - a photoset on Flickr Anilao Feb 2007 - a photoset on Flickr Understanding Camera Lenses Chromatic aberration - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia And from another thread...
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    Canon A 720 IS for Cozumel trip - good choice?

    Like I said all those cameras will do the job, but with the A640 selling at $419 (list for $230), I may as well go for the A650...but for a few dollars more why not get a G9! It all depends on how much you want to spend. This is a good point: "This will be my first UW camera so I wanted...
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    Canon A 720 IS for Cozumel trip - good choice?

    Image Stabilization for camera shake underwater is NOT needed, water has a tendency to dampen or slowdown everything down plus the pull of gravity underwater is not working against your hands in holding the camera still. Plus the fact that the flash will freeze the motion anyway. The A640 has...
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    Thoughts on the differences between my two Rigs (Ike & L & M)

    Very interesting stuff here! :rofl3: And to add...that Ikelites are made from Lexan and not the everyday plastics. "Lexan is similar to polymethyl methacrylate (Plexiglas/Lucite/Perspex) and is commonly described as acrylic in appearance, but is far more durable, often to the point of...
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    G9 or xti?

    Well said I see your point, thanks for the feedback!
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    New Underwater Imaging Store in Southern California

    Good deal, anyone willing to go the extra mile has my support. Next time Iam in the area, I'll stop by and check it out, looks like some pretty good deals you have there.
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    Canon G9 / Nikon SB105

    Take advantage of G9's hotshoe and hardwire the SB-105 to the housing. Hardwiring will be a much more reliable system than going optical, which will drain the camera’s batteries real quick because the camera’s internal flash is always firing. The cord connector is from Ikelite...
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    Canon G9 / Nikon SB105

    Which housing are you using for the G9, the Canon or Ikelite?
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