First trip with G9

Hi everybody!

I finally have something to give back, after feeding on You'r great images for a while now

My first phototrip with UW camera set took place in january and destination was Marsa Alam, Red Sea.

All pics taken with P&S G9 in Ike housing. Flash DS-160 and Ike wideangle lens.

P.S Sorry for adding my wife into so many pic's, but that was the condition when I bought the rig

Hope You enjoy the result and criticism is most welcome!

You can see rest of the gallery on Flickr - http://www.flickr.com/photos/scubamoose/se...57614061940704/

Cheers

Scubamoose

Wow! Looks terrific! Well done.

Woooowww !! Beautiful beggining !!

And definitivly the G9 is a great camera , I own one also !

And you use it fairly well

Congratulations

Beautiful collection, Karel.

You did really well on your 1st trip... Keep it up!

Ed.

A great collection of shots for the first time out with a camera, the G9 is great for macro. I particularly like the blue spotted ray and Morey together, good capture.

Whoo Hoo! Congrats Karel on a great trip. The silhouette of the Dugong on your Flickr page is especially nice. You were able to get a bunch of shots with different techiques, very well done.

Cheers,

Steve

Moose, that first image is great, a very moving image. thanks for posting, what an experience!

really nice compositions, it looks like you get down really low on most of those shots? (which is a good thing). you have a good eye.

photo #8 doesn't work for me as well as the others.

I think your wife really adds to all of the photos. too bad she wasn't a little higher (completely surrounded by water) in the 3rd photo.

Scott

Very nice photos Karl. Amazing amount of light you got from that one strobe without overexposed areas.

Do you shoot this camera raw or jpeg. How do you find the focusing speed on the camera.

As well as the shutter lag?

Does the G9 and G10 has a button, like on slr camera, which one can press to focus the camera, instead of half pressing the shutter?

Do you use and optical cable to trigger the strobe?

Do you shoot in manual mode or one of the programed modes?

Any other G9G10 user please feel free to contribute.

Thanks

Hi Karl,

Great shots. I am anxiously awaiting my trip to Marsa Alam in June with my new G9, oem housing and Inon z240 - hopefully I will be able to get some shots on par with yours as ive not used this setup yet.

Where abouts did you stay - any recommendations/advice?

Cheers,

Mark

Lovely results Karl. This little camera just gets better and better...

Thanks alot for the nice comments

All the know how for takeing these shots I got right here from wetpixel - obtained in last 6 months. So as I have mentioned before - this forum is one of the best places to obtain theoretical knowledge!

Aqua-soul - I shoot only RAW's. Focusing speed is not a problem, but shutter lag is a bit of an issue with fast moving subjects like dolphins etc. Teaches You rapidly to wayt for the peack of the action I use the "half press" method to prefocus. Strobe is trigged by manual controller and I shot only in manual mode and did not use TTL at all so the strobe was allso on manual. Somehow I liked to be in controll of everything

Marktol - I stayed in Marinas Lodge at Port Ghalib and dived with Emperor Divers. Can't recommend them enough. Alltough I have heared that Red Sea divers are allso very good.

And indeed G9 is an amazing little camera for beginners and I belive for pro's as well!

Cheers

Scubamoose

Hey Karel,

Those are some really great pictures and that too the first time. Well done indeed !! The 2nd , 3rd and 4th are my favourites. Thanks for posting.

Cheers,

Diggy

lovely set of images, great colours and good lighting. marsa is a great place for photography. off now to look at your flickr page.

my favourite is the diver, blue spotted ray and the croc fish. !!!!

cheers for sharing, stew

Thanks again guys!

And now off to work to earn money for the next trip

Scubamoose