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I finally got a chance to get my Tokina 10-17 wet ... had to travel 250 miles up to Sechelt Inlet along the sunshine coast of British Columbia to find the vis for it, though.
Being mostly into macro photography, I can tell this is going to take some getting used to. I was surprised at how long I had to wait between when I pressed the shutter and when the camera would take the picture ... I thought DSLR's were more or less instantaneous, but I often had a 3-4 second delay. Perhaps I need a stronger focus light for our dark water. Also, on some dives I found out that TTL would severely overexpose the subject ... and so I switched back to manual control of the strobes.
Anyway, I ended up tossing about 90% of my pictures ... keeping only about 20 shots from 9 dives. Here's a few that I liked ...
Overall, I like this setup ... although it's going to take me some time to figure out how to use it properly in PNW conditions ...
... Bob (Grateful Diver)
Being mostly into macro photography, I can tell this is going to take some getting used to. I was surprised at how long I had to wait between when I pressed the shutter and when the camera would take the picture ... I thought DSLR's were more or less instantaneous, but I often had a 3-4 second delay. Perhaps I need a stronger focus light for our dark water. Also, on some dives I found out that TTL would severely overexpose the subject ... and so I switched back to manual control of the strobes.
Anyway, I ended up tossing about 90% of my pictures ... keeping only about 20 shots from 9 dives. Here's a few that I liked ...
![SeaPens-3.jpg](http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m257/NWGratefulDiver/British%20Columbia/SeaPens-3.jpg)
![SeaPen-1.jpg](http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m257/NWGratefulDiver/British%20Columbia/SeaPen-1.jpg)
![RichSponge1.jpg](http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m257/NWGratefulDiver/British%20Columbia/RichSponge1.jpg)
![RichAnemones2.jpg](http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m257/NWGratefulDiver/British%20Columbia/RichAnemones2.jpg)
![CloudSponge4.jpg](http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m257/NWGratefulDiver/British%20Columbia/CloudSponge4.jpg)
![CloudSponge3.jpg](http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m257/NWGratefulDiver/British%20Columbia/CloudSponge3.jpg)
Overall, I like this setup ... although it's going to take me some time to figure out how to use it properly in PNW conditions ...
... Bob (Grateful Diver)