First UW shots!! A620

[amajamar]

Well, here are my first underwater pics ever!! Deleted plenty, have a lot to learn!!

The camera is AWESOME! Some of the full res shots are really clean!

























Please let me know what you think... As long as it's all good!

 

[Jschmees]

Nice job on first time out...Where were you at?

 

[Easy Rider]

I have about 12 dives with mine and aren't getting any shots this good. How are you handling the white balance- setting it yourself or using one of the presets?

Tom

 

[amajamar]

I have about 12 dives with mine and aren't getting any shots this good. How are you handling the white balance- setting it yourself or using one of the presets?

Tom

Well, I used shutter speed priority at 1/125 as I was not really familiar with full manual mode. (Thanks alcina for all of your informative stickys! I couldn't have done it without ya'!) As far as white balance is concerned, I used a variety of different settings. Some shots were set at Auto, some were Underwater, and a few were set against the sandy bottom. I in my rush to get in the water I had forgotten my dive slate which I had planned to use for white balance calibration! :11doh:

Most of the shots I posted were untouched except for shrinking the file size. I used Elements to auto-adjust the color on a couple. The color is more realistic, but it takes away from the smoothness of the original. Next time I won't forget the slate!!

 

[YCW]

I see that you are finally taking the new toy for a spin. Great shots for a first timer (my first never come out half as good)! A620 is really a great camera that can produce some fantastic results. I am sure you will have a lot of fun with it (I sure do).

 

[amajamar]

Thanks for commenting YCW! I appreciate the encouragement.

I had unusually good visibility this weekend and a lot of natural light.

The camera is pretty quick (focus and shoot) and that is nice. It also can focus extremely close to the lens. I have a shot where the focus actually locked on some fibers on the inside of the housing!! (Which wasn't the intended shot but interesting none the less!) That is a close focusing macro setting!

The best shots were the available light shots. The camera did a good job with aperature adjustment. I had locked the shutter speed at 1/125.

All in all I was very pleased for the first time out...

 

[amajamar]

It also takes some nice videos, too!!

I'd show you but I don't know how to upload an avi!!

 

[sarita75]

Those are great photos - where were they taken?

 

[amajamar]

Those are great photos - where were they taken?

Plymouth, MA

 

[sarita75]

Plymouth, MA

Wow! The water looks nicer than I would have imagined MA would look ... nice!