Hi All.
Just thought I'd get down the camera settings I've been using with the G2, underwater, in an ike housing, with their ds50 strobe and digital slave. For a few points, I've put down reasons. I'd love to discuss this with others. And, in fact, most of these are directly applicable to any camera.
Don
G2 modes & setting:
shooting menu:
file format - raw - best quality, very little overhead, digital negative
ISO 50 - lowest noise
dig zoom off
autofocus continuous mode - prevents lcd freeze! Very important when trying to frame moving things using the LCD
evaluative metering
spot metering in center
cont mode low speed
review 2 seconds - you can always half press shutter to escape review mode or press set, to hold the review longer
trick - take a shot, press set during the review, now press display, until histogram is shown. Now, every shot, will show histogram.
contrast normal
sharpness low - do sharpening as final step of image preparation
saturation normal
shooting utility menu:
beep off
lcd brightness high
auto power down - turn off during dive - lcd still blanks after a few minutes idle, to save battery, but camera wakes up quicker.
playback utility menu:
playback sound off - turns off power up jingle
Shooting controls:
Go into record mode
push the display button twice, until shooting data shown on lcd
Av (aperture priority mode) - gives me control over DOF and control over aperture to ensure it is in the right general range for strobe to subject distance. The G2 Av mode, with flash, works like the Nikon SLR's A mode, where it limits the slowest shutter speed to some reasonable value, and just lets the strobe take over, if there is no enough light.
flash forced on, no red-eye
Auto White Balance
Rarely any exposure compensation
Sometimes negative flash compensation
Auto Focus, and in and out of "macro" mode, as needed.
