Canon G9 in Bora Bora last week....

[Izu]

My G9 has been pestering me to take her to Bora Bora !

 

[paradicio]

Awesome pics!

 

[Kydonia]

Those are great photos. I also have recently purchased a G9, but have not been able to get it wet yet. Do you mine sharing your camera settings that you used?

Sure
I believe most of the time it was on AV, ISO at either 100 or 200 (200 in deeper water, or for further away)
I tried some custom color balances, and even tried to CC the flash, but that was a failure, so I stuck to shooting on either the daylight setting or the built-in UW setting (the fish icon) which warm things up a bit, and didn't seem the "redden" the objects lit by the strobe.
At first I couldn't fire the YS external strobe head with the slave, so I used the fiber optic cable, and rigged it to the Canon flash diffuser, then it always seemed to fire. I had the external strobe set to around 1/2 power, and straight w/o the diffuser.
External head about 6-7 inches above lens.

Nope, no issues with the housing. During one dive I saw a small amount of fogging in one small area near the lens barrel area, but stayed intact and didn't spread.
I always added 2 small moisture munchers inside the housing.

Hope this helps...
Thank you everyone for the kind words...

 

[Adriaan557]

Nice photos! Just got my G9 with Canon housing last week and will get it wet in Mozambique in 6 weeks time!

 

[alexindiana]

Sure

At first I couldn't fire the YS external strobe head with the slave, so I used the fiber optic cable, and rigged it to the Canon flash diffuser, then it always seemed to fire. I had the external strobe set to around 1/2 power, and straight w/o the diffuser.
External head about 6-7 inches above lens.

Great photos!!!

Any chance you can tell me which fibre optic cable you used? I've got a YS-60 and was thinking of a Heinrichs Weikamp digital adapter, but fibre optic, if it works, would be even better.

Alex

 

[Baconated]

How are the controls accessibility on the Canon housing ?

The dials on the Canon housing are a pain in the butt to turn with 5.4 mm gloves. The buttons are easy to access. It doesn't leak, but it takes a lot of weight (that Canon sells at an extra cost) to sink the housing so it wont get tangled in your reg.

Nathan

 

[murmayd]

Great shots!!! I just got my G9 and canon housing a couple weeks ago. Will get it wet mid May in Palua, and i can't wait. Still trying to decide which strobe to get. How much weight will my set up require? I have used the camera to shoot land pics in Sedona AZ and Grand Canyon, needless to say they were awsome and i'm so happy with this camera!

 

[deutzmann]

Nice shots in deed
I had a G7 and switched for the new G9 for the RAW format that the G7 lacked. I used my previous G7 in Cozumel 5 months ago and my shots did't look nearly as good as yours. I used the Canon housing by the way up to 98 ft.
With the new G9 I also bought the Ikelite housing and the 125 sub strobe I plan to use next month also in Cozumel...

Hey Eric, share the settings

 

[Cajuncru Diver]

Really good photo's Eric. Looks like from the Shark photo they still use the same hand line and jugs for the snorklers to hold onto. Make me yearn to return!!!!

 

[Kydonia]

Thanks everyone
Yep, no issues with this great set up.
Much better than that p.o.s. Sea & Sea I had.