Canon G10 and Canon housing

[Oceanadventurer]

I will be going to Bonaire in a month and have never used my new Canon G10 and new Canon housing. Can anyone give me some tips on what I need to do before my first dive?. Do I need to do anything special to the o ring or anything? I am a novice at this and dont want to do anything wrong. Should I just use the underwater setting on the camera or should I set it up a different way. Most of our diving will be above 50-60 feet with most about 25-35. Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

 

[adambayam]

Number one suggestion would be to submerge the housing under water before putting the camera in. Look for any bubbles. If the o-ring is new you shouldn't have a problems with it. You don't want any sand on the o-ring. You can still get good pictures with the regular setting especially if you want the half-above water half-below picture which are ways cool to the non-diver. Otherwise I would use the underwater option. Play around with you settings, above and below, get to know your camera.

If you wants some more good reading check out Aquaviews magazine.

Safe diving!

Adam

 

[promocop]

Put a piece of paper towel in the housing with camera and put it in your bathub for a few hours to check water titeness.!

 

[Oceanadventurer]

Is it ok that my o ring has been in the housing since I bought it last summer? The housing has not been latched during storage, I left it slightly open.

 

[adambayam]

Check if the ring is dryed out, take it off and test its elasticity (don't stretch it). I usually leave my housing open during storage. If any moisture got in it will dry up. I also recommend giving it a go rinsing off with tap water after your dive.

Adam

 

[drrich2]

On the left (when viewed from behind) top side of the camera is a small dial; I think it's the exposure compensation dial. It's easy to accidentally knock that thing off a little, that can lead to badly overexposed night shots, for example (which is how I found out about it). I use a G10 in a Canon housing.

I've shot RAW+JPEG, and I've shot using Underwater Mode & used Adobe PhotoShop Elements 'Autolevels' to make pics look more natural (or not; varies pic to pic). That's what's right for ME. People arguing over whether shooting RAW or just editing JPEGs is worthwhile, or whether to carry a white board of some sort & use manual white balance, well, different strokes for different folks.

I'm a snap shooter who likes looking at pics on our computers, using them as desktop wallpaper & making vacation books with Blurb.com's system. I'm not a pro & I don't know real Photoshop from a hole in the ground. You may be different; many people are.

Richard.

 

[john davis scuba]

After you check and make sure that the housing is water tight, I'd suggest getting in a pool and practicing taking shots, while wearing the scuba gear that you are going to use in Bonaire. Take a yardstick with you so that you can get a sense of what being 2-3 feet from your subject looks and feels like underwater. Generally speaking, closer is better Also expirement with different settings and different lighting. Try to center you subjects in the frame and then look at what your shots look like after you get out of the water and download them to your computer. You will be much more pleased with your vacation pics if you practice before you go. Also make sure you are very proficient at being neutrally bouyant, before you add a camera to the mix.

 

[AAdiver69]

If anyone needs Photoshop advice, let me know. I'm pretty handy with CS2, CS3 or CS4. Been photoshopping for 10 years.