Canon G16 Underwater Settings

[wayne007]

Any advice on getting a Canon G16 with a WP-DC52 housing (internal Flash only) set up for diving. It took me a long time to fine tune the G10 and I don't want to waste my next trip trying to learning the obvious. On the G10 there was an issue with leaving the digital zoom on while using Macro and a lot of little fine tunings. Any help is appreciated!

Wayne

 

[Hatul]

if you go to Ikelite website, download the manual for their housing for the G16. It has a section with recommended underwater settings. You can store those in your Custom preset.

 

[wayne007]

Thanks for the info, I'll try it.

 

[diverjen]

I am very interested in this thread - thanks for posting!

Canon G16 underwater guide to settings, housings, wet lenses | Bluewater Photo & Video

I thought this was useful. Santa gaves us a bunch of amazon cards so we just ordered a g16 that will arrive on Monday. We are excited but starting to think about accessories. Hubs has a twin sola 2000 setup for the gopro, and we are trying to figure out about lenses/lighting/filters before our upcoming trip to the Philippines for the g16. Sounds like the new YS-03 setup isnt the best choice as there is no TTL in manual mode for the g16. Trying to see if we can budget for the YS-01 or just save up for the next trip and spring for the D1 or an Inon and use the twin video with a red filter for this trip. I think we are pretty set on the fantasea housing due to the features available at the price point.

 

[JohnN]

Any advice on getting a Canon G16 with a WP-DC52 housing (internal Flash only) set up for diving. It took me a long time to fine tune the G10 and I don't want to waste my next trip trying to learning the obvious. On the G10 there was an issue with leaving the digital zoom on while using Macro and a lot of little fine tunings. Any help is appreciated!

Wayne

I'd love to know your setup with the G10. I'm still fine tuning and any pointers would be appreciated

 

[KeithG]

Any advice on getting a Canon G16 with a WP-DC52 housing (internal Flash only) set up for diving. It took me a long time to fine tune the G10 and I don't want to waste my next trip trying to learning the obvious. On the G10 there was an issue with leaving the digital zoom on while using Macro and a lot of little fine tunings. Any help is appreciated!

Wayne

The G16 is an evolution of the G10 (not a revolution) so choosing similar settings should work. What settings did you settle on for your G10? They are likely a good starting point for the G16.

I just finished my first trip with a G16. I mostly used in in manual mode for close macro work with external strobes and a Subsee +10 magnifier lens. With the Subsee lens I used maximum optical zoom. I set shutter to 1/1000 and aperture F8 to eliminate ambient light. I also ended up turning on the Neutral Density filter as I was getting over exposed shots at my lowest strobe power settings.

I also did a few shallow wide-ish angle shots in Av mode with underwater white balance and found that I needed to under expose up to -2.