DazedAndConfuzed
Contributor
Hi,
Maybe this should be in the photography forum, but this is specific to the galapagos islands. I was wondering with the kind of marine life expected in Galapagos, what kind of UW camera gear should I bringing or need to have. I have a old Oly C5050 w/WA wet lens an external strobe.
Is there macro life to take pix of? I am wondering cuz that would determine whether I take down the wet lens. I tried macro shots with wet lens and found subject too small, thus having to either get real close (not possible all the time) or zoom in. Zooming in caused the off centered part to be out of focus, so I can't do that too much. The screw on wet lens is a PITA to take off and hold for super macro shots. Reg lens is 35mm at the widest, and with wet lens, it is like 20mm. Not sure if 35mm is wide enough for the kind of big fish that comes around. With visibility of maybe 40ft, not sure what to expect. Don't want to carry so much things and constantly fiddling around with them and the drift off in the current.
Also, the camera is 5mp, which is fine, but its video is VHS quality (320x240), is video shots a must have? I don't do edit my clips into a movie with music backgrounds, but instead just have 30 sec to 2 min video clips of whatever I encounter that I think could be represented better with moving visuals. In 240p mode, what you see is like proof that I saw such thing, but nothing more.
Maybe this should be in the photography forum, but this is specific to the galapagos islands. I was wondering with the kind of marine life expected in Galapagos, what kind of UW camera gear should I bringing or need to have. I have a old Oly C5050 w/WA wet lens an external strobe.
Is there macro life to take pix of? I am wondering cuz that would determine whether I take down the wet lens. I tried macro shots with wet lens and found subject too small, thus having to either get real close (not possible all the time) or zoom in. Zooming in caused the off centered part to be out of focus, so I can't do that too much. The screw on wet lens is a PITA to take off and hold for super macro shots. Reg lens is 35mm at the widest, and with wet lens, it is like 20mm. Not sure if 35mm is wide enough for the kind of big fish that comes around. With visibility of maybe 40ft, not sure what to expect. Don't want to carry so much things and constantly fiddling around with them and the drift off in the current.
Also, the camera is 5mp, which is fine, but its video is VHS quality (320x240), is video shots a must have? I don't do edit my clips into a movie with music backgrounds, but instead just have 30 sec to 2 min video clips of whatever I encounter that I think could be represented better with moving visuals. In 240p mode, what you see is like proof that I saw such thing, but nothing more.
