Hi,
My fiancé and I are new to underwater photography (and photography in general). We have always carried a GoPro 4 around with us on our dives but the photo quality isn't very good.
We always want better pictures when we look at what we snapped photos of while diving. So I bought her an Olympus TG-5 with the underwater housing for Christmas. It has great reviews and it sounds like all we need in addition to the camera/housing is a mount for a light.
I was reading more though and it seems like the lens is comes with is very good for macro photography and tiny subjects. Most of the photography I see us doing is of larger fish like calico bass and California sheephead. Not super close ups, but not super wide angle shots either. Really just "portrait" pictures if that makes sense.
Would the standard lens it comes with be good for this? We normally take photos of fish that are within 10 feet of us.
I really don't know much about photography and we'll learn a lot on the way. But I'm just worried this lens will only be good for tiny macro photos rather than the medium sized fish photos we're looking to take.
As you can probably tell I have no idea about photography haha. I'm hoping we learn a lot on the way and can come home with some great pictures.
My fiancé and I are new to underwater photography (and photography in general). We have always carried a GoPro 4 around with us on our dives but the photo quality isn't very good.
We always want better pictures when we look at what we snapped photos of while diving. So I bought her an Olympus TG-5 with the underwater housing for Christmas. It has great reviews and it sounds like all we need in addition to the camera/housing is a mount for a light.
I was reading more though and it seems like the lens is comes with is very good for macro photography and tiny subjects. Most of the photography I see us doing is of larger fish like calico bass and California sheephead. Not super close ups, but not super wide angle shots either. Really just "portrait" pictures if that makes sense.
Would the standard lens it comes with be good for this? We normally take photos of fish that are within 10 feet of us.
I really don't know much about photography and we'll learn a lot on the way. But I'm just worried this lens will only be good for tiny macro photos rather than the medium sized fish photos we're looking to take.
As you can probably tell I have no idea about photography haha. I'm hoping we learn a lot on the way and can come home with some great pictures.