First digital photos

[scuba-sass]

I missed this post while on vacation. Those are some Fabulous Pics!

Now I'm not sure I should post any with my Tahiti Report....
(Who am I kidding - it was my first time w/ camera, and I think they came out OK - I'll need 2nd opinions!)

Happy Diving,
Scuba-sass

 

[SubMariner]

I especially like the Fairy Basslet & the Arrow Crab.

Pearce will be sooooo jealous of the AC shot... it's on his "must get" pic list!

~SubMariner~

 

[Dee]

Thanks! Arrow Crabs are generally pretty easy IF you can get in front of them, especially at eye level. The Prince Albert wreck is great for that because you can peek up over the edge of a deck, eyeball to eyeball with the crabs!

I have one question for ya. In that picture of you and the fan... you'r eyes looked like you were you narced! :mean:

 

[SubMariner]

LOL! No, that wasn't narced... that was pissed off. As in "okay, this is the 8th time you've had me pose for this shot... Are we DONE YET?"

Sometimes the fact that you can see & delete shots u/w is NOT a good thing. Cuz you're NEVER satisfied!

~SubMariner~

 

[dvleemin]

Hi Dee,
I have an Olympus 3040, and I'm getting the PT-010. I am not planning on getting a strobe for a while.

I would love to know what settings you had to get these shots?

Thanks,

DArryl

 

[Dee]

Originally posted by dvleemin
Hi Dee,
I have an Olympus 3040, and I'm getting the PT-010. I am not planning on getting a strobe for a while.

I would love to know what settings you had to get these shots?

Thanks,

DArryl

Most of the ones posted were taken in aperature priority and resulted in f/6.3 and ASA100.

My next trip in July I will be working on using the manual priority more. Alot of my pictures really had a soft focus, especially the moving fish! I'll bump up the speed to at least ASA200 and for macro go to f/10 if there's no water in the background. At least that's the plan to start with.

 

[dvleemin]

Thanks Dee,
I'm going to order the housing shortly, and then I'll be off to the pool to get some good pictures of those bandaids

Darryl

 

[bmazin]

Originally posted by Dee


Most of the ones posted were taken in aperature priority and resulted in f/6.3 and ASA100.

My next trip in July I will be working on using the manual priority more. Alot of my pictures really had a soft focus, especially the moving fish! I'll bump up the speed to at least ASA200 and for macro go to f/10 if there's no water in the background. At least that's the plan to start with.

Dee, I have the same setup and have taken it on a number of dives, and have now added a DS-125 stobe and the inon macro and wide angle lenses. I'll attempt to atttach a picture I took on Saturday of a sea lion with the wide angle lens, DS-125 and crappy 20' vis. Two warnings - stick with ASA100. For the 200/400 settings I think the camera bins pixels, reducing your effective resolution. The only reason to use it would be low light levels (natural light photography). Manual priority mode is good, as are fast shutters, but I think most of the soft focus is due to the camera's poor autofocus when either you or the target moves slightly in the .5 sec or so between the autofocus locking and the preflash/flash sequence.

Ben
P.S. A list of photo galleries (and a clear display of my learning curve with the digital camera) can be reached at:

http://www.jetboots.com/pics.htm

 

[Dee]

Ben....cool photos! You're right, I can see the learning curve

You're also right about the ASA100 speed. I don't know where my head was! What I meant was I would be increasing the 'shutter' speeds. Part of my soft focus problems is from being too close to the macro subjects. I can't get used to keeping some distance and zooming in.

How are you handling moving subjects and the shutter lag thing? Especially those seals!

Guess I'll just keep practicing!

 

[bmazin]

Originally posted by Dee
Ben....cool photos! You're right, I can see the learning curve

You're also right about the ASA100 speed. I don't know where my head was! What I meant was I would be increasing the 'shutter' speeds. Part of my soft focus problems is from being too close to the macro subjects. I can't get used to keeping some distance and zooming in.

How are you handling moving subjects and the shutter lag thing? Especially those seals!

Guess I'll just keep practicing!

I put the camera in continous autofocus and it cuts the lag a bit. You get a little skilled in tracking the fast creatures with practice, but it is still tough. You don't want to know how many sea lion rear ends and necks I have lovely photos of - those guys are unbelievable fast!

The macro zoom problem (i.e. must stay 8" away) has also caused me problems - the inon macro lens is about $100 and lets you focus much closer (to ~1" or so). It seems to work, although I think the camera has a harder time focusing with it attached.

Ben