jellognome
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Went diving on the 3rd of September and shot some cool pics of the Corsair. I learned a lot of important lessons. First of all, at 108 feet, that pressure causes the water moisture inside the underwater housing to condense on the lens and the LCD. I was told a silica gel packet would stop this, but I couldn't fit an entire packet inside the housing. I cut it in half and taped it together with water resistant surgical tape, and stuck it inside with the camera. It worked pretty well for about the first 7 minutes of the 15 minute dive, but then the lens fogged up again. Second of all, people are always telling me to use the red lens and I used to use it snorkeling and it would ruin the pictures (there is plenty of red light at the surface). But at 108 feet, the red lens didn't even look red anymore, it looked purple. As you can see, the red lens makes a dramatic difference at 108 feet and I've been told to start using it as shallow as 35 feet.
Without the red lens:
With the red lens:
Also when we began this dive my power inflator was leaking air so I unhooked it and just orally inflated the whole time. I took the opportunity to really get a feel for buoyancy. If you stand still the fish come right up to you, and if you want to take nice macro shots this is really important. I was holding my breath and exhaling slowly to descend a few inches to the perfect angle, then holding my breath again. The macro shots from the second dive really would have been amazing if the lens hadn't fogged up.
overall i'm pretty disappointed with the pics, and it was my second time at the corsair (my first time, NONE of the pics came out because i didn't have the silica gel and they were all blurry). but i think for 108 feet deep, with a $300 camera and $200 underwater housing, the pics are decent. Here is a video of the dive for your entertainment.
http://www.youtube.com/v/K9JwcBnu9Ic
Went diving on the 3rd of September and shot some cool pics of the Corsair. I learned a lot of important lessons. First of all, at 108 feet, that pressure causes the water moisture inside the underwater housing to condense on the lens and the LCD. I was told a silica gel packet would stop this, but I couldn't fit an entire packet inside the housing. I cut it in half and taped it together with water resistant surgical tape, and stuck it inside with the camera. It worked pretty well for about the first 7 minutes of the 15 minute dive, but then the lens fogged up again. Second of all, people are always telling me to use the red lens and I used to use it snorkeling and it would ruin the pictures (there is plenty of red light at the surface). But at 108 feet, the red lens didn't even look red anymore, it looked purple. As you can see, the red lens makes a dramatic difference at 108 feet and I've been told to start using it as shallow as 35 feet.
Without the red lens:
With the red lens:
Also when we began this dive my power inflator was leaking air so I unhooked it and just orally inflated the whole time. I took the opportunity to really get a feel for buoyancy. If you stand still the fish come right up to you, and if you want to take nice macro shots this is really important. I was holding my breath and exhaling slowly to descend a few inches to the perfect angle, then holding my breath again. The macro shots from the second dive really would have been amazing if the lens hadn't fogged up.
overall i'm pretty disappointed with the pics, and it was my second time at the corsair (my first time, NONE of the pics came out because i didn't have the silica gel and they were all blurry). but i think for 108 feet deep, with a $300 camera and $200 underwater housing, the pics are decent. Here is a video of the dive for your entertainment.
http://www.youtube.com/v/K9JwcBnu9Ic
guess you can't have it all..
