Advices please...

agentjw · 10th July 2004

Hi to all brothers and sisters of the deep blue yonder,

Well, think I better get to the point.... I NEED SOME ADVICE PLEASE...
I'm quite new to uderwater photography and i just got myself a olympus 5060 with the underwater casing.

I've been "fondering"

with the settings for quite a while but sad to say that the best I got so far is to set to manual, the shuttle speed to 1/160 with a slow flash and a apeture of F3.2 in the mymode settings.
Dun think it worked real well......

Can someone enligthen me on the setings I should use, both day and night?

Sad to say that I do not have YET the fundings to get myself a strobe.

JW

blueisland · 10th July 2004

I ussually play between S 1/60 to 1/100 with internal flash. A around 5.6. The pics turn out ok. Bring a small torch along, that might help out a little in focusing the subject. Also play some bracketing with S and A, that might help.

For night, I found it is difficult to snap nice picture w/o strobe. I could not even focus right at night.

lovells19 · 12th July 2004

close up i shoot f8 1/125, internal strobe(not slave). marco mode..
white balance i set as auto..

wide angle er.. hardly take any :P

strobe is a plus not a must.. better to start off without a strobe.. so you can get to know your camera better... strobe is an addition burden if you don't know how to use it..

get close to your subjects.. use spot focusing..

siaoon · 12th July 2004

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10th July 2004	#1
agentjw New Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 1	Advices please... Hi to all brothers and sisters of the deep blue yonder, Well, think I better get to the point.... I NEED SOME ADVICE PLEASE... I'm quite new to uderwater photography and i just got myself a olympus 5060 with the underwater casing. I've been "fondering" with the settings for quite a while but sad to say that the best I got so far is to set to manual, the shuttle speed to 1/160 with a slow flash and a apeture of F3.2 in the mymode settings. Dun think it worked real well...... Can someone enligthen me on the setings I should use, both day and night? Sad to say that I do not have YET the fundings to get myself a strobe. JW

10th July 2004	#2
blueisland New Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 12	I ussually play between S 1/60 to 1/100 with internal flash. A around 5.6. The pics turn out ok. Bring a small torch along, that might help out a little in focusing the subject. Also play some bracketing with S and A, that might help. For night, I found it is difficult to snap nice picture w/o strobe. I could not even focus right at night.

12th July 2004	#3
lovells19 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Deep Deep in the sea Posts: 3,234	close up i shoot f8 1/125, internal strobe(not slave). marco mode.. white balance i set as auto.. wide angle er.. hardly take any :P strobe is a plus not a must.. better to start off without a strobe.. so you can get to know your camera better... strobe is an addition burden if you don't know how to use it.. get close to your subjects.. use spot focusing..

12th July 2004	#4
siaoon Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 738	maybe u like to read this... they are extracted from our interersting articles links... http://www.digitaldiver.net/lib_docs/olyprimer.pdf http://wetpixel.com/PNphpBB2-viewtopic-t-2820.phtml theres many more useful links in there... explore yrself..