Canon 5d Mark iii underwater in the Similan Islands, Thailand

[rjt98]

First test with the 5d mark iii underwater. I am really impressed, it can shoot with really low light at high ISO's and still capture clean footage. I used a 550d underwater before and really notice the difference. Let me know what you think. Similan Islands December 8th 2012 on The Junk - YouTube

 

[bubblevision]

Lots of super clear shots there. Can really see the quality of the camera. What lenses and housing did you use?

You have quite a lot of over-exposed highlights. Also I can see that the shallow depth of field is a challenge for macro.

 

[smellzlikefish]

Cool video! Although the shallow depth of field can be an issue, you used it to your advantage by drawing the viewers eye to parts of the organism they wouldn't normally care much about (the mouth of the anglerfish instead of the eye for example). Cool video.

 

[rjt98]

yea shallow depth of field is hard, but it is worth it when you can get it right, I didn't prefer the mouth to be in focus over the eye, but the anglerfish was moving and I still thought the shot was worth putting in the video lol. Was my first week using the new camera so I have some stuff to get used to. I used a Tokina FE with shaved lens hood, Canon 17-40, canon 100mm, and Tamron 28-75mm with a +2 dioptre. Ikelite housing. 2 sola 4000 lights, 1 broke already, am upset about that have to send it back. Used a tripod also with ULCS arms for the macro stuff, was never able to be that still without it.

 

[Scuba-dan]

Nice video, well done. I would be a little bit scare bringing my good quality camera like that underwater. I think I'll stick to my GoPro for now and my good Nikon above water....

 

[Scubanomad]

GREAT, thanks for posting. AWESOME work! Can't wait to take my rig, yet I want to house the 16-35 so I can't use the Ikelite.... Bummer.

 

[ronscuba]

Did you use auto, manual or preset white balance ?