Malaysian Blenny

First time using a digital camera underwater recently on a trip to Pulau Redang in Malaysia.

I managed to lose my 12 yr old daughter onshore for a couple of dives so I could concentrate more on smaller subject matter.

D70 in Sea&Sea housing with YS120 strobe on half power with diffuser, f32 @ 1/60

Hi Gordon.........welcome to Wetpixel

Nice Blenny shot......my wife and I shoot D70's and except for a couple of freshwater checkout dives, we will be using them for the first time on a real dive trip in two weeks......Wakatobi, Indonesia

Let's see some more!

Karl

Thanks Karl,

First time shooting digital underwater so I did shoot a lot of cr@p at first until I got the lighting sorted out.

Some more pics on my website which I believe you can access from the button below (www).

I prefer to shoot macro with manual focus but still waiting for a focus ring for my 60 micro

What a joy to have more than 36(-38) exposures on a dive

Gordon, I enjoyed you website.....very nice film shots.....it won't take you long to meet and exceed those as you get used to the D70

We'll be using the 60mm in autofocus...port doesn't allow manual....the 105 can do both....I am expecting a big learning curve as we both have stepped up from cp5000 and c4040's.....were you shooting the 60 in AF-S or C?.....single or dynamic focus mode?.....most people seem to find the autofocus on the 60 to be acceptable, but it's probably what you are used to

Karl

Hi Karl,

Glad you enjoyed the site, been a long time since I did much work on it except for the recent trip to Malaysia.

I was shooting on AF-S

For me the eyes have to be in focus to make a decent shot. Due to the digitally increased focal length of the 60mm -> 90mm I suspect the autofocus was almost acting like a 105mm on auto which is next to impossible :x

The first time I used a 105 on my F801 (Aquatica Housing) it drove me nuts. Some other friends at the same time had similar experiences with same camera and lens in Subal housings.

All I need is some more opportunites to get back under water.

Planning a trip to the east coast of UAE in a couple of weeks to a site that has lots of nudibranchs + I will be in Oman in the second week of September so planning a couple of dives at the Damniyat Islands

Glad I found this site, lots of interesting and helpful posts to read