Mode question

[MdkSniper]

Hey guys, i'm just curious what mode everybody shoots in underwater. Do you guys use manual, aperature priority, shutter priority, or something else? I'm curious because I have been using a mixture between aperature priorority and manual. Often I forget to change both aperature and shutter speed in manual because the situation is changing, causing me to lose some shots that I would have liked to have taken.

 

[herman]

My guess is most of us shoot manual, at least I do. With an external strobe you can't let the camera pick any of the values and pretty much have to use manual. The F-stop and strobe setting have to agree. If you are using the internal strobe only you can get away with other modes.

 

[kdietz]

Manual Camera and manual strobes

Karl

 

[Kim]

If you want to go simple and not use manual try Sport mode. It gives fairly good results on the Oly C5050 for instance. It focuses quicker.

 

[alcina]

I use manual all the time. I don't find myself adjusting both settings for the same shot very often because I am often on the hunt for a similar sized/distance creature scene throughout parts of the dive.

So if I am shooting a nudi, I am likely at f8 and 1/500 or higher on the 5050. Then I leave that alone until I find the next nudi. I might fiddle with the f stop to change my dof - but usually a darker background is better/less distracting for a lot of my nudi shots.

If I am after fishies I will start around f5.6 or so and only vary my shutter speed in most instances.

Obviously things change as the dive goes on, but it's rare that a shot I need quickly will require changing both at once...

 

[scubajoe]

Manual all the time.

Joe

 

[BurBunny]

There's a setting that works underwater other than manual? :05:

 

[Mike Veitch]

Manual.

Sometimes i will play with either A or S when shooting silhouettes or natural light just to see the results

 

[Wolverine]

Manual... tried others but nothing turns out well...

 

[alcina]

Often I forget to change both aperature and shutter speed in manual because the situation is changing, causing me to lose some shots that I would have liked to have taken.

BTW - once you solve this problem you'll likely find another Seems I'm always looking left when there's something equally as cool happening to the right!