Made my decision and went shopping today for my G10

[saschagast]

thanx again for all your help in my other thread.
so this whole week I spent browsing the web and I really intended to buy the Canon original housing for my G10, a tray/arm set and the ys-110. at least that was my intention until I drove to Newport beach to H2O photopros, because once I held the Fix10, well, I bought their "ready to dive" package, Fix 10 and ys-110a deal.

I fully intend to shoot manual, but for now, I am running around the house trying it all out.
it's just small enough not to feel I overdidit, but that strobe is big, didn't see that coming.

if you guys have any advise or resources for a good starting point it would be greatly appreciated.
I did find a few threads about that a few days ago but can't find them anymore, so if you could guide me in the right direction, awesome.

any and all tips would help, I am leaving for Maui in not even 2 weeks

 

[Hexanchus]

saschagast,

When you headed for Maui & for how long? We arrive there on the 29th.......

I've got the cannon OEM housing and my Fantasea Bigeye lens has shipped. My strobe, etc. (Inon S2000) will be here next week, but at this point I'm undecided whether to bring it with me. Unfortunately I won't have a chance to dive the camera before we leave, so I'm doing the same thing you are - playing with it to get as familiar with it as possible. Our first boat dive isn't until the 1st, so at least I've got a couple days to play with it snorkeling/shore diving before then....

Tim

 

[saschagast]

I'll be there on the 26th to the 2nd. I'll be the guy in one of the cabanas at the Sheraton, black rock, smoking cigars and having his scuba gear next to me, and of course my beautiful girl, so if you see me, say hi

 

[Warmwater Wank]

Jeez, well great. I'd say learn the camera then put it in the housing and learn it again. The more practiced you are with your setup, the easier it will be to dive with and get great shots. The users manual is not that bad to wade through, spend time with it. Do a search here on SB for more tips. The YS110-A is a very nice flash--and UW you won't notice the weight. Get some rechargeable NiMH batteries (covered very nicely in a thread last week) for it.

Try to look at your shots on a monitor between dives or at least check out results periodically. A common mistake is not to notice how blurry something is from camera or subject movement until you see it bigger. When the YS-110A is providing the light (ie--when not shooting distant shots) make sure the shutter speed is really cranked up (1/1000th sec. or higher). What else--oh, shoot RAW of course (use the Canon software if you don't have image editing software that will download it). Oh yeah, have fun! Nice move on the housing and strobe. // ww

 

[saschagast]

haha, that's kinda how i felt.
i was really all about being reasonable, but once I held it, I couldn't resist

 

[saschagast]

ok, so now I played with it a bit, I know most camera function by heart already, so that'll be fine, but in regards camera settings

when I shoot totally manual, I use slave on and manual 2
when I shoot Av, Tv, I have slave on and manual 1

when do I put the YS-110 on DsTTL???

I use a optic fiber cable, am I correct so far?
shooting around the house, I sometimes get a great exposure and sometimes way too dark

thank you guys for your help

 

[Puffer Fish]

Jeez, well great. I'd say learn the camera then put it in the housing and learn it again. The more practiced you are with your setup, the easier it will be to dive with and get great shots. The users manual is not that bad to wade through, spend time with it. Do a search here on SB for more tips. The YS110-A is a very nice flash--and UW you won't notice the weight. Get some rechargeable NiMH batteries (covered very nicely in a thread last week) for it.

Try to look at your shots on a monitor between dives or at least check out results periodically. A common mistake is not to notice how blurry something is from camera or subject movement until you see it bigger. When the YS-110A is providing the light (ie--when not shooting distant shots) make sure the shutter speed is really cranked up (1/1000th sec. or higher). What else--oh, shoot RAW of course (use the Canon software if you don't have image editing software that will download it). Oh yeah, have fun! Nice move on the housing and strobe. // ww

If he wants to shoot manual, then using a high shutter speed works, but if you are using the TTL function, too high a shutter speed = no TTL. I shoot mostly with the antishake system on and use 1/60...only going higher when needed. Not had any major issue.

I do have a program setup in shutter priority at 1/500, but have only used that for 20 or 30 images out of thousands.

Also keep in mind that TTL only works when the preflash is on, which is not the case in manual...so one needs to learn how to also switch the strobe.

 

[Hexanchus]

I'll be there on the 26th to the 2nd. I'll be the guy in one of the cabanas at the Sheraton, black rock, smoking cigars and having his scuba gear next to me, and of course my beautiful girl, so if you see me, say hi

We're staying just a mile or so up the beach at Papakea Resort.....29th through the 5th...