First weekend in April Destin dive report.

[sontek]

Your pictures are always amazing... What equipment are you using?

 

[Puffer Fish]

Your pictures are always amazing... What equipment are you using?

Thanks..well I own a G10, a S90, a LX-5 and GH-1 with underwater housings. These images were a mix of the GH-1 with a 45mm macro lens and some LX-5 images. I used two Oly UH-1 strobes.

The GH-1 setup is a dream to use, but one is only going to shoot macro images. I actually like the LX-5 more, as I can carry a wide angle lens with me.

The images are more the result of the setup than the camera.

The Oly strobes are interesting (as I normally use YS110's)..they only work with Oly camera's... or Panasonic. They are made by Sea and Sea for Oly.. not the most powerful, or that wide an angle, but they work amazingly well with any Oly or panasonic in TTL. One can buy one for under $200, and to my knowledge is the only quality strobe anywhere near that price. Did not like them for use with a DSLR and a dome, but they work great with a P & S.

 

[jviehe]

I loved the video. Much rather see wide action shots than still macro.

 

[Puffer Fish]

I loved the video. Much rather see wide action shots than still macro.

Thanks... I do about equal parts still to video, but have not found an easy way to post the actual HD video, as the file sizes are so large.

Normally I do a complete white balance so one can see what the color of the ledges actually are, but in this case, I left it as it would appear to someone (ok, there was a slight increase on the red channel.. but not much.

Both the Panasonic camera's do amazing HD... that compressed ugly one you were looking at was shot it 60 fps and is amazingly detailed in the original.

Even macro video can be fun...

 

[jviehe]

You could put it out there as a torrent. Still requires bandwidth, but its easier to share large stuff. Compress it useing xvid/mp3 as a mp4 file. That works best for me. 600mb for 60 mins of video at 720p.

 

[Puffer Fish]

You could put it out there as a torrent. Still requires bandwidth, but its easier to share large stuff. Compress it useing xvid/mp3 as a mp4 file. That works best for me. 600mb for 60 mins of video at 720p.

SB does not allow MP4 format (I use it a lot for people that don't have AVCHD). Not sure why you cannot upload one, but it is blocked.

You are right, it is much better looking.

 

[jviehe]

SB does not allow MP4 format (I use it a lot for people that don't have AVCHD). Not sure why you cannot upload one, but it is blocked.

You are right, it is much better looking.

Yeah youll have to link it to offsite if you want HQ. I thought it looked great though, we watched it at scuba Club tonight.

 

[Puffer Fish]

Yeah youll have to link it to offsite if you want HQ. I thought it looked great though, we watched it at scuba Club tonight.

Here I did a direct conversion... still pretty distorted, but better:

http://www.scubaboard.com/gallery/data/500/grey_snapperwmv.wmv

I did a little color correction, as the diver in this video had a purple tank...

 

[jviehe]

Nice!