Samsung V4 - First Photos

[ShoalDiverSA]

As promised in an earlier thread, here are some of my efforts from my first dives with the Samsung V4 camera. I tended to overexpose the shots - built-flash only without a flash diffuser. I will be making my own diffuser for the housing. Other than that, the usual newbie stuff is there - backscatter, lots of fish rear-ends, etc .

The only limitation I can see thus far is that the flash is disabled for macro shots less than 30cm. There is a near macro function that can focus to a minimum of 6cm which is great, but no flash... I got quite good results with the normal macro setting, but they are not worth posting yet. Maybe the next set is better.

[Edit: By the way, the photos were taken on the Aliwal Shoal off Umkomaas, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa. The Devil Firefish shot was taken under the stern of the Produce Wreck (Swedish Bulk Molasses carrier, sunk in 1974).]

Cheers,

Andrew

 

[Gilligan]

Good shots Andrew. I'll be curiuos to see how you make out with your flash diffuser. The internal flash is disabled on many cameras, if not all, in the Super Macro mode. Try it anyway with just the ambient light and adjust the pic in your software program.

 

[ShoalDiverSA]

Thanks for the info on other cameras' behaviour at Super Macro. I am seriously encouraged - I was starting to think I bought a white elephant!

Here is a shot of a nudibranch that I took on Super Macro. Colours are not as saturated as they could be.

Cheers,

Andrew

 

[ygthad]

Great pictures, Thanks for showing them