G9 questions

[KARELNIJEBOER]

Hey Josh;

The diffuser delivered is actually pretty good! The lighting is very even, and it can be used to 1foot roughly; good enough for very pretty shots!

Karel

 

[KARELNIJEBOER]

Hi Joker;

I bought mine at b&h; but i did see them slightly cheaper on ebay.

Karel

 

[Luv2dive4pics]

Josh,
I too have been debating on which housing to go with for my G9, until... Check out what this guy's shots with a G7 and a Canon case.. they are amazing!!! Flickr: BrianMayes
I might change my mind and go with Canon now and use his idea for closeup attachment...

 

[jkotik]

Hi all - first please excuse my bad english, since it's not my native language. I have bought UW case (wp-dc21) for canon G9 and what a surprise - when I use a camera internal flash, it casts a MASSIVE DARK SHADOW in the lower right corner, so I guess the internal flash is completely unusable underwater?? I did not find one single information about this anywhere on the internet - this is strange, because I thougth using flash underwater is essential, so I guess that the UW housing should get many complaints for this from users.. Or am I the only one experiencig this?? Here are links to the pictures ( all made without any zoom, the third one WITHOUT the UW case - shows the same problem, when using flash from short distance (macro - est. 10cm), but the problem is much worse when using UW housing:

http://www.xbox-360-shop.info/uwcase/img96.jpg
http://www.xbox-360-shop.info/uwcase/img97.jpg
http://www.xbox-360-shop.info/uwcase/img99.jpg

Please help, since I dont really know if I should contact camera seller about this issue, or I have to use some external strobe? I saw galerries from this camera from users using internal strobe only, and it did not have anything like this ..

Thanks for help or advice,

Jan, Czech Republic

 

[AUTiger]

JKOTIK,

The WP-DC21 comes with a diffuser. Its the milky white "shield" that sits at the front of the lens. In the attached photo, it is connected by a leash. The purpose of the diffuser is to spread the light around, preventing the shadowing that you encountered. Having never used this specific housing, I can't say how well it works, but that is what it is for.

David

Hi all - first please excuse my bad english, since it's not my native language. I have bought UW case (wp-dc21) for canon G9 and what a surprise - when I use a camera internal flash, it casts a MASSIVE DARK SHADOW in the lower right corner, so I guess the internal flash is completely unusable underwater?? I did not find one single information about this anywhere on the internet - this is strange, because I thougth using flash underwater is essential, so I guess that the UW housing should get many complaints for this from users.. Or am I the only one experiencig this?? Here are links to the pictures ( all made without any zoom, the third one WITHOUT the UW case - shows the same problem, when using flash from short distance (macro - est. 10cm), but the problem is much worse when using UW housing:

http://www.xbox-360-shop.info/uwcase/img96.jpg
http://www.xbox-360-shop.info/uwcase/img97.jpg
http://www.xbox-360-shop.info/uwcase/img99.jpg

Please help, since I dont really know if I should contact camera seller about this issue, or I have to use some external strobe? I saw galerries from this camera from users using internal strobe only, and it did not have anything like this ..

Thanks for help or advice,

Jan, Czech Republic

 

[jkotik]

JKOTIK,

The WP-DC21 comes with a diffuser.
David

Thank you very much, I did not see it in the box before .. I should probably read the user manuals sometimes

Jan

 

[Geoff_H]

Thank you very much, I did not see it in the box before .. I should probably read the user manuals sometimes

Jan

Did that solve the problem?

I am concerned about the bottom right hand corner of the photo being shielded from the flash by the lens port?

I too am thinking of buying a G9 and Canon housing by seeing those sort of pictures is a little scary.

 

[jkotik]

Did that solve the problem?

I am concerned about the bottom right hand corner of the photo being shielded from the flash by the lens port?

I too am thinking of buying a G9 and Canon housing by seeing those sort of pictures is a little scary.

It did solve the problem, I just did not know about the difuser . However, even with the difuser, there still is a slightly darker area in the lower right corner when taking a picture from less that 20cm. This is obvious if you take a picture of white paper /wall, I'm not sure if it will be noticable underwater.

The problem with macro with flash (without the UW housing - photo no. 3) is sure still there, and I think this cannot be solved by any way. You simply cannot use flash with macro - which I find a bit strange. Maybe the macro add-on lens and some DYI difuser would help, but in normal setup the maximum you can do when using flash + macro is to crop the lower right area of the foto ..

 

[friscuba]

The diffuser makes a big difference, just being in water probably makes a sli9ght bit of a difference as opposed to shooting in air (but don't quote me on that). As far as shooting from within 20 cm/6 inches.... just stay outside of that distance and zoom in a little. I've gotten some of my better macro shots using a bit of zoom from a distance, it helps tremendously with things that are wary also.

 

[jbb]

Thank you very much, I did not see it in the box before .. I should probably read the user manuals sometimes

Jan

Ha, just try going on a three week dive trip without it. I had just gotten both the case and camera. I still think the camera is best served with a seperate strobe though. A must have for macro photos when you need to really get close.