Diver_C
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427 Dave - below the mode button is a button with a screen on it. That button acts like the switch on top of the camera - switches between video, playback, and stills (but only when camera set in sea or ext. flash modes). I think our water is too cold for getting two dives out of one battery. I have always put in a fresh one between dives (and be very careful not screw up the waterproofness of the housing - always a nerve wracking proposition).
Nice photos! I see the 600 has the same design defect as the 500 - the shadow in the lower left-hand corner is caused by the accessory lip of the housing for the lens. I don't know why SeaLife designed it that way, and didn't fix it in the 600. Just move the flash over an 1/8" of an inch. After I realized this problem, I was a tad torked, but resolved the problem by buying a strobe. Then bought a wide angle lens, which would have created a huge shadow. The strobe flooded towards the end of a Cozumel trip. While I was waiting for its return, my LDS loaned me another one. Then when the first one came back (no charge), I tried both. It was so impressive, I could not go back to just one. PNW water is pretty dark. Strobes are pretty important. They will reduce or get rid of the backscatter. Some day I will get to the clear, warm waters of Florida.
Nice photos! I see the 600 has the same design defect as the 500 - the shadow in the lower left-hand corner is caused by the accessory lip of the housing for the lens. I don't know why SeaLife designed it that way, and didn't fix it in the 600. Just move the flash over an 1/8" of an inch. After I realized this problem, I was a tad torked, but resolved the problem by buying a strobe. Then bought a wide angle lens, which would have created a huge shadow. The strobe flooded towards the end of a Cozumel trip. While I was waiting for its return, my LDS loaned me another one. Then when the first one came back (no charge), I tried both. It was so impressive, I could not go back to just one. PNW water is pretty dark. Strobes are pretty important. They will reduce or get rid of the backscatter. Some day I will get to the clear, warm waters of Florida.