First Time User G7 pics

Is that one of the lens you can install / remove U/W ??

When I get close.. usualy camera cant focus..

I usualy have to take 3 or 4 pics to get one to come out even in marco mode.

Three questions ryan sorry make that four :) Answer when you find some time

1) What was the ISO set on for the pics ?

2) What shutter speed?

3) What aperture?

4) Strobe power ?

1. Always leave it on ISO80, think I hay have wound it up for some shots inside that wreck, but from memory, non of those. Try to keep it low as possible though.

Details for the photos:

1. 1/60th, f2.8

2. 1/60th, f2.8

3. 1/160th, f4.5

4. 1/200th, f2.8 (I should have used a smaller f-stop here, I've since worked out this is the cause of the bluring)

5 (nudi photo). 1/60th, f5

All shots were taken in AV mode, so shutter speed was automatic. Strobe was on eTTL, so not sure what power it's putting out.

Thanks for the kind comments by the way! The nudi photo was on a trip to the Philippines in May, there's plenty more of them in my gallery. The other 4 were all from Gizo, Solomon Islands last month.

Peter, the wide angle lens is one you can remove underwater. As for your problem with focusing, I've had that issue in low light situations. A focussing light may help. I use a torch when shooting on night dives.

Ry.

Checked out the gallery ryan, Awesome pics. Love the Manta, especially the composition. The turtle pics are great too and i like the one "Dani with the Jellyfish"

Its all theory and i have not yet put this in practice underwater BUT was given a little input by Jeff ....my teacher which may be of some help.

Shutter Speed controls the darkness of the background in wide angle shots...so higher the shutter speed darker/deeper will be the colour of the water.

Aperture (F Stop) controls overall exposure and depth of field. Try not to use anything belw 3.5 or 4. Ideal would be f8 but apparently the DS51 is not powerful enough :)

Strobe Power controls the exposure of the foreground (where the strobe/s are lighting). So either you control this manualy or go for TTL

Cheers

Diggy

1. Always leave it on ISO80, think I hay have wound it up for some shots inside that wreck, but from memory, non of those. Try to keep it low as possible though.

 

Details for the photos:

1. 1/60th, f2.8

2. 1/60th, f2.8

3. 1/160th, f4.5

4. 1/200th, f2.8 (I should have used a smaller f-stop here, I've since worked out this is the cause of the bluring)

5 (nudi photo). 1/60th, f5

 

All shots were taken in AV mode, so shutter speed was automatic. Strobe was on eTTL, so not sure what power it's putting out.

 

Thanks for the kind comments by the way! The nudi photo was on a trip to the Philippines in May, there's plenty more of them in my gallery. The other 4 were all from Gizo, Solomon Islands last month.

 

Peter, the wide angle lens is one you can remove underwater. As for your problem with focusing, I've had that issue in low light situations. A focussing light may help. I use a torch when shooting on night dives.

 

Ry.

thanks for the input..

my DS-125 has a modeling light..

took this pic at night with it ,

f8, 1/60

thanks for the input..

 

my DS-125 has a modeling light..

 

took this pic at night with it ,

 

f8, 1/60

Awesome pic peter.....love the composition a lot. The round brain corals of different colours on the left and the red background behind the moray...totally completes the picture.

I guess the DS125 makes a much bigger difference as far as power is concerned to get higher apertures and depth of field.

Ryan have you considered getting an additional strobe for your setup ?? I was thinking it may make sense..BUT if so which one..I am sure it will make a BIG difference for wide angle as well as macro cause you could use one flash as a fill in at the lowest power ??

Do give me some input and thoughts on this one.

Cheers,

Diggy

Diggy,

yea the 125 got lots of power, I increased the DOF (f8) to help with the Focus troubles.

but you can see from the other pics it has its down falls.... Backscatter.. (due to the Strobe firing at full power)

probley would have been better but visabilty was not great.

Maybe a WA lens would help ???

peter

Awesome pic peter.....love the composition a lot. The round brain corals of different colours on the left and the red background behind the moray...totally completes the picture.

 

I guess the DS125 makes a much bigger difference as far as power is concerned to get higher apertures and depth of field.

 

Ryan have you considered getting an additional strobe for your setup ?? I was thinking it may make sense..BUT if so which one..I am sure it will make a BIG difference for wide angle as well as macro cause you could use one flash as a fill in at the lowest power ??

 

Do give me some input and thoughts on this one.

 

Cheers,

 

Diggy

Yeah, a second strobe is def on the list of stuff to buy. There's also a lot of other stuff on the list too - twin tank set up, lenses, etc! Thinking I'll get a DS-125, and the 51 can run as a secondary strobe. Would be nice for macro stuff as well as WA, would eliminate some of the harsher shadows in some of them.

Thanks for the kind comments about the photos. The manta is actually from a couple of years ago, taken with an older Powershot A-75, no strobe.

Just looking at the Inon macro lenses, anyone got a preference between the two?

Well have purchased an INON close up lens but have not used it as yet. As for wide angle.....No way am i spending that kind of money unless i see some results with me own eyes So guys anybody who has had good results with a wide angle lens on this set up please do let me know.

 

Am using an Ikelite DS 51 strobe pilgrim and am happy with it.

 

Diggy

Tried that close up lens yet diggy? make much of a difference? Any pics to show off?

Tried that close up lens yet diggy? make much of a difference? Any pics to show off?

Hi Ryan,

Hopefully will give you some input on the close up by tuesday. Jumping in the pool this weekened with the W/A and closeup.

Peter : I dont know the length of the arms you place the strobe on but if they are long enough then you could move the strobe further away from the subject and also point the strobe at a minor angle away from the subject so that the peripheral light hits the subject and not the core intensity. This will help aviod backscatter as also in exposing the subject.

Cheers,

Diggy

Hi,

Great pictures!!!

I've got an G7 too. I'm very happy with the camera!

You can really make beautiful pictures with it.

Till now I only made some picturs in Dutch waters (Northern Sea). Not al lot of colorful fish there, but still some beautiful things for foto's.

Greets Tom

Hi guys,

 

As mentioned in my introduction earlier. Was completely new to U/W photography, especally Digital cause only used film SLR's earlier. So this August went off to Tulamben, Bali and took an Underwater Photo Course with Mr. Jeff Mullins. Great guy and a super teacher. Post that, went on to take some pictures and hope you guys like them. All comments and critique - welcome cause its a never ending learnig process. Just returned last week from the Andamans, where we had organised a dive trip for 14 . Got a few pics there too.

 

Sadly Canon announced the G9 a little after i acquired the G7

 

Copying the link to the pics : http://www.flickr.com/photos/14232146@N08/

 

Cheers,

 

Diggy

Hey Tom,

Got any of them up online for us to see?

Unfortuantely my Ike housing has had to go back to the states for an adjustment, so no new photos lately (although with the conditions we've been having here, I'm not too worried).

Hi,

 

Great pictures!!!

 

I've got an G7 too. I'm very happy with the camera!

You can really make beautiful pictures with it.

 

Till now I only made some picturs in Dutch waters (Northern Sea). Not al lot of colorful fish there, but still some beautiful things for foto's.

 

Greets Tom

Thanks Tom,

Like aussie says can you upload some pics for us to see ?

Ok guys finally managed to upload the Maldiives pics. Aussie...quite a few of them are with the new Ikelite wide angle and short port. Works pretty well if you zoom in a bit ..but at times the sharpness at the edges can be compromised. Maybe i need to use a higher f stop and this should be solved. Check out the attached pic as an example.

Cheers ,

Diggy

Hey Tom,

 

Got any of them up online for us to see?

 

Unfortuantely my Ike housing has had to go back to the states for an adjustment, so no new photos lately (although with the conditions we've been having here, I'm not too worried).

Sorry ...here's the link

http://www.flickr.com/photos/14232146@N08/...57603329472017/

Diggy

Hey guys ... I just bought the Ikelite W-20 and short port for the Ikelite case for use with my G9

I have two related questions ..

>> Is there a significant difference betwee the INON UWL-100 and the Ikelite W-20?

>> Can the INON dome port adapter fit on the Ikelite W-20?

Thanks in advance!

From what I've seen, the Ike is a re-badged Epoque WA lens. Won't be able to fit the dome over this lens.

I've been using the Epoque though, and am very happy with this lens.

Ry.

Just got Ik WA Lens for my g7 / Ikelite w/125 strobe.

I tried it in fresh water last week, going to take it in two weeks to caymens

I Can't wait to see it in action, I am hopeing it helps taking better pics.

anybody else using it.. does it help with focus or shudder lag ?

Aussie's correct. No dome port can be fixed on this lens. Am very happy with the lens and have been using it for a while. The blues come our real great. I am not sure if there is a difference between Inon and Ikelite/epoque

Peter, the focus/shutter lag has no significant change when using this lens.

Cheers,

Diggy

Just got Ik WA Lens for my g7 / Ikelite w/125 strobe.

 

I tried it in fresh water last week, going to take it in two weeks to caymens

I Can't wait to see it in action, I am hopeing it helps taking better pics.

 

anybody else using it.. does it help with focus or shudder lag ?

Thanks, Diggy!