chippy
Contributor
I had my first ever night dive last at a new site.
I had an excellent dive, and was amazed at all the extra creatures that come out at night - photo opportunities were everywhere, and generally much larger creatures where out.
Thankfully I'd made the decision to take my 24-85mm lens instead of the usual 105mm macro. I found the new AFS lenses autofocus much better and faster in low light compared to the older "D" lenses.
The DS125's were excellent for dive lights too. I used one rigged up to act as the strobe on a single sync lead, and used the other, with the modelling light on, as the dive light/focussing light mounted directly onto the ball mount on the right handle without any arms....worked really well and definately a setup I might use again, when using the slow 70-180mm macro where a focussing light is required.
The only downside, was that I had to rely on the 4 power settings on the strobe as adjustment, as I had to dive with the flooded bulkhead, (replacement should be here in time for tomorrows dive) so no TTL or finer adjustment using the -/+ compensation was available.
The two lads I was diving with had a habit of kicking up quite a bit of sand too, so I had to get shot in quick before the sandstorm arrived, which didn't leave me much time to start fiddling with the strobe power adjustment. I must try and remember to stay in front next time!
Anyway, the pics....a few new creatures I haven't posted before together with a couple of familiar faces!!
I had an excellent dive, and was amazed at all the extra creatures that come out at night - photo opportunities were everywhere, and generally much larger creatures where out.
Thankfully I'd made the decision to take my 24-85mm lens instead of the usual 105mm macro. I found the new AFS lenses autofocus much better and faster in low light compared to the older "D" lenses.
The DS125's were excellent for dive lights too. I used one rigged up to act as the strobe on a single sync lead, and used the other, with the modelling light on, as the dive light/focussing light mounted directly onto the ball mount on the right handle without any arms....worked really well and definately a setup I might use again, when using the slow 70-180mm macro where a focussing light is required.
The only downside, was that I had to rely on the 4 power settings on the strobe as adjustment, as I had to dive with the flooded bulkhead, (replacement should be here in time for tomorrows dive) so no TTL or finer adjustment using the -/+ compensation was available.
The two lads I was diving with had a habit of kicking up quite a bit of sand too, so I had to get shot in quick before the sandstorm arrived, which didn't leave me much time to start fiddling with the strobe power adjustment. I must try and remember to stay in front next time!
Anyway, the pics....a few new creatures I haven't posted before together with a couple of familiar faces!!
