sharky60
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alcina:sharky - that's good to know...can you give us more details:
- dive times and if the camera was on all or most or part of the time
- number of shots
- number of shots with flash on full
- approx time camera's lcd was on
- any reviewing you did
- use of zoom...light, medium, heavy
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great questions!! you pros are always thinking!
Ok, let's see how the old brain is working today:
Most of my dive times are around and average of 40min., shore dives can be over an hour, way over, and of course deep dives shorter.
I know I dont shoot as much as a lot of people because Holly at Island Photo is always telling me to shoot more. Looking at my libraries it looks like I average 50 or so shots per dive, sometimes way more, some times way less.
I shoot probably 75% macro so my flash is not usually set too high. still trying to get a grip on the lighting process underwater, but it's coming.
I turn the camera on when I start to descend and turn it off during the safety stop. rarely turning it off under water, unless I've shot a lot on the first dive and feel I need to save the juice during the second dive, but that's how you miss shots drift diving, by the time you get the thing re-booted, it's too late. so I rarely turn it off.
I also DO NOT review my files between dives as a rule. reviewing files really eats up the batteries so I just don't do it.
I use the zoom A LOT!!!!! probably more than I should, I'm learing that the "manual zoom" sometimes makes a better shot.