camera help
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Hey welcome to SB Randy.
You might try posting this in the Oly forum, lots of Oly users there.
You might try posting this in the Oly forum, lots of Oly users there.
Lil' Irish Temper
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RandyJ:
Randy,
If you go to my web site, I have links to a bunch of tutorials in the "Resources for Photographers" section. Most of them are designed for the 5050/5060 series but the actual settings should be essentially the same. Peter Schulz's site is particularly helpful. You have an excellent set-up there and I am sure you will enjoy it.
f3nikon
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RandyJ:
"So far just playing above waterline with it." And thats exactly what you should be doing, way before a dive trip is planned. I would place the camera in the housing and play with all the housing buttons see if they line up with the camera. Assemble your rig, set it on a table or tripod, set the strobe on 1/4 power, set the camera on aperture priority, place a vase of flowers or anything colorful about 2 feet from the camera and start firing away! Start running trough all the aperture settings until you find the correct exposure at 2 feet. Play with the light angle by moving the strobe around, get below the subject and shoot upwards to the sky, shoot from under a shade tree, see if you can light up the darken leaves that are under the shade with the strobe. Balance the strobe light with the blue sky.
Balancing the daylight with the strobe light should be second nature, even before getting the camera wet. Look at all four corners of the frame before you shoot, your subject should fill most of the picture. You should be able to adjust most of the major camera and strobe functions in total darkness. Download the pictures into a PC or Mac look for focus, exposure and the dark shadows, with a single strobe I can bet you will get plenty of shadows! Try using a white 1/8 sheet of plastic to bounce the light on to the dark shadows on close up subjects (this will help when you encounter an eel in a hole or overhang).
You're on the right path by asking. I could never understand why folks wait to try out the exposure, focusing, flash beam angle coverage etc. until they get into the water! The camera works just as well on land as it does in water! In fact in water, with all that dive gear, its even worse!
Have fun with your 8080, I went the same route but with an Olympus housing and three strobes. I am still shooting film, even with the 8080.
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