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jfoster33702
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Here's another attempt. Many of the pictures that we took had red or green slotches all over us - like my forehead, and arms would be red. Is that the flash messing me up?
Canon S50
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Umm, not sure about the splotches...can you post one?
Does this camera have manual mode? Where you can set your aperture and shutter speed? If so, use it!
Begin with a base setting - 1/100, f4.5, iso 50 (or 100 if that is your lowest). Take a test shot. Look for water that is a pleasing colour, no blown out bits, and good exposure. Have wishy washy water and/or really bright spots? Up the shutter one or two notches and test again. Should be better. You could also up the aperture to 5.6.
Once you have your base setting for that dive, you shouldn't have to do a lot of fiddling unless you change the type of photo you are taking. From fish shots or people shots (like in post #11) to super close up or to wide with no flash, for instance.
HTH
Does this camera have manual mode? Where you can set your aperture and shutter speed? If so, use it!
Begin with a base setting - 1/100, f4.5, iso 50 (or 100 if that is your lowest). Take a test shot. Look for water that is a pleasing colour, no blown out bits, and good exposure. Have wishy washy water and/or really bright spots? Up the shutter one or two notches and test again. Should be better. You could also up the aperture to 5.6.
Once you have your base setting for that dive, you shouldn't have to do a lot of fiddling unless you change the type of photo you are taking. From fish shots or people shots (like in post #11) to super close up or to wide with no flash, for instance.
HTH
KidK9
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Take a white slate with you and set the manual white balance.
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jfoster33702
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Yeah, that picture didn't have the issue that I mentioned. I'll dig up some more later and post them.
Your aperture at 2.8 is why you have that hot spot on the arm and such a cyan cast to the photo. Close it down a bit. I'd probably try that scene at f4.5 and 1/100 or 1/125. That should let me keep a nice blue background, but help eliminate that cyan bright spot. At that distance your internal flash should work nicely if there isn't too much stuff floating. If there is, I would manually white balance (no slate? use the sand - it'll get you close).
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jfoster33702
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Ill just have to experiment. We are heading to the keys in a few weeks - so the water should be much nicer.
alcina - I checked out the pics in your Cozumel trip report - very nice. If you tell me those were with an S50...I might not believe you!
alcina - I checked out the pics in your Cozumel trip report - very nice. If you tell me those were with an S50...I might not believe you!
Thanks, not an S50 but with an Olympus 5050 
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