Don't be put off by all the techie info!

[Wossa]

I just got back from the Maldives last month and I took my new Canon S90, (probably old hat now I would imagine). Anyways, I am a complete novice photographer, I am a point and shoot and hope for the best, although I did learn to programme the shortcut button to sort out my manual white balance.

Anyways, Canon has to be congratulated for such an awesome little camera, I was really surprised at the quality of the images and the ease of use it was capturing my diving pictures. I was put off for ages getting an underwater camera by all the lingo and techie information that was bombarded at me thinking I would be wasting a few hundred quid on something I would never get to grips with.

So for all those non techie photographers like me who don't know their F stops from their apperture, dont let it put you off from adventurng out and getting an underwater camera and having some fun with it.

Link to my pictures taken last month with my Canon S90, not quite to the standard of some of the pictures on here (some are absolutely outstanding, so congrats!) but great fun to use.

http://warrens.smugmug.com/Other/Maldvives/14198935_FSEFB#1049748121_UEy9v

 

[pedrodefig]

I like many of the pictures and am very impressed with what you got from that small camera, you certainly managed to get your WB right. Just bought a Canon S95, looking forward to try it out soon.

 

[scubamarketing]

Congrats on the great experience! I couldn't agree more that it's okay to not know all the techie stuff. A former NatGeo photographer trained me to teach the underwater photographer specialty, I've shot with high end housed SLR's and everybody's favorite Nikonos V, but a couple years back I was trying to travel light and took a tiny housed Panasonic point and shoot and was amazed at the results. With software getting better daily at color correction and the majority of people not printing but sharing online, the simpler cameras are a great choice.

 

[Peter Guy]

Don't forget, the most important "part" of the camera is the Eye behind the lens!

 

[Uncle Pug]

Great pictures Wossa! Thanks for the link and I appreciate being able to click on the information button and see the setting details too.

 

[fab50diver]

Love the photos! Very nice compositions. Thanks for sharing!

 

[kiming]

Thanks for the link to your pictures. If you are a novice photographer, you missed your calling! Lots of great photos! Is there a report somewhere?

 

[Nemrod]

You take great photos, I think you are holding back on us, .

JR

 

[pjones]

WOW, my other half and I both enjoyed looking at the photos you took. We have the same camera but haven't found a housing for it yet so it hasn't seen the secrets that lie below. It seems people always shoot with a strobe; I imagine with your lack of interest in techie info that you managed to get those shots without a strobe? Nice job, I hope our photos are that nice when we come back from our trip.

 

[Wossa]

Thanks for all the encouraging comments !

Pjones, your right ! I do not have a strobe, I just used the light that was available naturally, it seemed okay for what I wanted.