Hi all, question for everyone (may be obvious, I'm not sure). I've been taking photos for a few years with a canon s90 and about a year ago added an ion strobe without any issues. I recently upgraded to a canon s120 and have been having persistant issues with over exposure. Light shots (ie light through pier pylons etc) are sometimes blown out. Macro is usually blown out. I'm not sure if this is a "feature" of the s120's as I rarely had this issue with the s90, a problem with my particular camera or if I'm doing something wrong. Obviously doesn't apply to the light shots but with the macro I had a thought today maybe it has something to do with my flash settings? I read somewhere to turn the flash power down to conserve battery life, my strobe is operating on an optical fire. Is it likely the blowing out is happening because the camera thinks there's only going to be a low light flash but it's actually getting a much higher level from the strobe? (I would have thought the camera would have adjusted for the light levels it detected rather than relying on the flash setting but maybe not?) I know I could just go out and try it again, but it's the middle of winter in southern waters and I discovered yesterday I need to invest in some warmer gear, so if it's an issue with the camera, it'd be nice to know so I can contact canon.
The camera is often set on "P" underwater mode. Since the photos I usually take are on breath hold diving, I often don't have the time to set everything manually so it is operating on automatic at times.
The seahorse is an example of a photo I took yesterday with no editing (camera settings on automatic underwater mode were:
F-stop: f/1.8
