Canon S1 Housing

[Overlord]

Well Simon and Cat Keeper, thank you both. Hopefully, I 'll have something to post for further advice.

 

[Overlord]

I'm back and guess what.....the vis and surge could not have been less in my favor. Oh well, such are the So Cal beach dives. We had about 5 - 8 ft visibility so I did what I could. These are the ones that "the surge" didn't make blurry.

Either way, this fun little dive spot has some nice ridges and can have a lot of wildlife (rays, crabs, seal lions, and dolphins. Hell, I even saw a whale there once.) and whether or not I got a lot of good pics isn't the point. I'm happy with my first efforts http://www.scubaboard.com/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=500&ppuser=33536 and photography just added a whole new 'depth' to diving (sorry about that pun). I'm sure that all of you would agree that there are not many better ways to spend a day.

Oh, by the way, Simon. Nice shots of the porkers. I'm looking to do my first trip next year. All the Cali GW trips are booked for '04. Any suggestions for capturing good shots of 'active' wildlife?

 

[sbloomer]

Oh, by the way, Simon. Nice shots of the porkers. I'm looking to do my first trip next year. All the Cali GW trips are booked for '04. Any suggestions for capturing good shots of 'active' wildlife?

Overlord

Thanks. Those were taken with a disposable kodak UW film camera. My housing was still being shipped at the time. I'm not too experienced at taking pics of active UW wildlife but I think the same might apply to land animals, given the constraints of the water you're diving in...

From what I heard from a friend of mine in San Jose, you guys dive in pretty much the same conditions we do, poor vis, strong surges, cold water, so taking decent pics has it's challenges. I dived in some very strong surge yesterday. Trying to take pictures with one hand on a kelp stalk and the other on the camera, with feet describing a large arc as your body gets whipped around, makes for some amuzement for one's buddy

Anyway, the more pictures we all take, the better we all get.

Something I have found with the Canon S1: In experimenting with using manual WB and the cloudy pre-set WB, I prefer the cloudy pre-set. I don't know how this is going to change (all my current photo dives have been at less than 30') as I dive deeper.

 

[hamilton]

Just a quickie... couple of 'better' (IMHO) pix from my trip to Bunaken.
http://www.pbase.com/hamilton_w/bunaken

will try to post some to the scubaboard gallery in due course.

 

[Big Sky Dave]

Doe SI record in RAW mode?

 

[lukeROB]

Doe SI record in RAW mode?

No.

 

[sprain]

I'm a Canon S1 user too. New to underwater photography. Used my camera 3 times...and I think the pictures turn out pretty ok...but then, I'm an amateur, so....

You can find some of my photos at...

http://www.fotolog.net/sprain


Cheers!!!