First time with Sony DSC-N2...

I started taking pics underwater in January of this year and admittedly am a huge novice. After reading all the input (over and over again) of sites like Wetpixel I am trying to apply what I learn every time I go out. Today was an overcast day about 66 degrees with a fairly cool current from the north of the Sea of Japan which lowered the water temp to the low low 70s. Clear conditions to about 35 feet though until the tide changed going out and silted up the water. Didnt hear the whales today but the sea snakes are in mating season and are pretty active down past the 10m mark. I didnt photo any as they can be way too curious and aggressive right now so I kept my distance.

This is the first time I took the Sony DSC-N2 out in a Sony housing and so far I am happy. The camera focuses quickly, is easy to manage and generally fun. I did set the Manual mode before I went out with the F at 4.0, shutter at 1000, focus at center, metering mode to Spot, White Balance to Auto and ISO to 100. Once done I shut the camera up, put my flippers on and slid into the water. I am not using tanks so the deepest I went today was 18 feet.

If anyone has any suggestions on how to better the pics or any general comments please let me know!

Katamuki

Went out several times again between rain showers and high winds with the Sony N2 again. My first impression is still very positive about the camera for a point and shoot. My biggest complaint is that once the camera is set for a particular picture type using the Manual setting (such as macro with black background) this setting cant be changed once its sealed into the housing. On land the Auto and Program pictures it takes are very nice so tomorrow I will try it underwater with these settings. If Sony had made a housing with access to the settings menu this wouldnt be a problem.

Here are some more shots I took from today and on Tuesday...

ha! what a strange thing for Sony to do, why on earth they wouldn't let you change settings in the housing...

Photos look pretty good to me for a first time! the colours are rich and you definitely got close enough to fill the frame and not too close to cut off the flash.

1000 for the shutter sounds a bit high but the results look good so i wouldn't worry about changing that in those same conditions. However, if you are wanting to take some wider angle photos it will be a bit high.

Also, i would suggest f5.6 or f8 rather than f4, this will give you a little more DOF and colour although again the SOny looks like it did a pretty good job at that!

If you are going to shoot on P be sure to set your +/- to -1

I was using the 1000 for a shutter speed to try and get the black background. What are the results if a slightly slower speed is chosen?

The N2 only goes from f4 to f8. When I chose f8 before I put it in the housing the screen turned totally dark so I chose the f4 so I could see what I was looking at.

Modes are still beyond me and I still dont actually know what the P is for. I know that -1 will allow less light for exposure but dont know what that will do. Today I might change the settings around to see how they all work out.

Took some more pics today. Its really nice living 10 mins from a huge reef!!! I forgot to change the shutter speed and switch from Manual to Program but will do that tomorrow afternoon if I get a chance to go out again.

some of todays pics...