Bajan Freediver
New
Hey guys,
Super impressed with the Scuba Board forum. You have a great thing going on here.
For a living I offer snorkeling trips daily....swimming with turtles and shipwrecks. I taught myself the little that I know as far as photographing people with turtles which I give them at no additional cost.
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Right now I use an Olympus 6020 camera on the underwater mode with auto white balance, flash, and +- 0.0 whatever that is.
I would like to learn more about under water photography and buy a better camera.
I can not use strobes for what I am doing as being able to maneuver quickly would be difficult. A lot of maneuvering involved. Don't think I need strobes for surface photos as my camera is just inches under the water. Weather is mostly sunny. We do have cloudy days. Are internal flashes adequate for cloudy days for surface photos?
Looking at a few cameras :
I normally take about 150-300 photos per trip so battery life on the Canon s95 and s100 is a disadvantage because it would require me to open the casing on the boat to swith batteries.
Canon s 95 with Canon housing as recsea at this moment would be too expensive.
Canon S100 with Canon housing (lense error ...lense not retracting)
Canon G12 with Canon housing ...one handed operation?
Any other choice for my application?
Most of my photos are taken 18" to 36" away from the people with the turtles. I could have a family of 4 facing me with the turtle so lets say the entire subject may be 6 feet wide.
I know I need a wide angle lense . Which lense would you recommend for your choice of camera for me.
Do I need a fisheye lense?
If I do would it be too heavy or cumbersome or create too much drag?
Looking forward to some great advise ,
BF
Super impressed with the Scuba Board forum. You have a great thing going on here.
For a living I offer snorkeling trips daily....swimming with turtles and shipwrecks. I taught myself the little that I know as far as photographing people with turtles which I give them at no additional cost.
https://skydrive.live.com/redir?resid=EA951A0EBE556BC0!35403&authkey=!AEtdFX06txFEj2k
https://skydrive.live.com/redir?resid=EA951A0EBE556BC0!35917&authkey=!ACkj3n8IHbRh5Lc
Right now I use an Olympus 6020 camera on the underwater mode with auto white balance, flash, and +- 0.0 whatever that is.
I would like to learn more about under water photography and buy a better camera.
I can not use strobes for what I am doing as being able to maneuver quickly would be difficult. A lot of maneuvering involved. Don't think I need strobes for surface photos as my camera is just inches under the water. Weather is mostly sunny. We do have cloudy days. Are internal flashes adequate for cloudy days for surface photos?
Looking at a few cameras :
I normally take about 150-300 photos per trip so battery life on the Canon s95 and s100 is a disadvantage because it would require me to open the casing on the boat to swith batteries.
Canon s 95 with Canon housing as recsea at this moment would be too expensive.
Canon S100 with Canon housing (lense error ...lense not retracting)
Canon G12 with Canon housing ...one handed operation?
Any other choice for my application?
Most of my photos are taken 18" to 36" away from the people with the turtles. I could have a family of 4 facing me with the turtle so lets say the entire subject may be 6 feet wide.
I know I need a wide angle lense . Which lense would you recommend for your choice of camera for me.
Do I need a fisheye lense?
If I do would it be too heavy or cumbersome or create too much drag?
Looking forward to some great advise ,
BF