What digital cameras to get for uwp - Specific Models

[yzr500abe]

due to my dumb dumb canon A70, w/o strobe, i sometimes need to set to F2.8 in order to get a clearer shot. For f5.6, it's popular with C5050/60 users?...

I'm still at learning stage... i'm too embarased to show my sub-standard pics

 

[siaoon]

for me.. i uses f2.8, f5.6 for most WA shots and ambient lighting shots..

For most macro.. i try to set to the highest number possible.. which for most oly users.. its F8.. (if theres F11 or higher.. i will use that!)

well.. it will be gd to understand the use of aperture and shutter speeds for different results.. theres no fixed rules... it depends on what kind of results u wish to take..

some of my 2 cents... HEE.

 

[miko]

In fact this is 2 of the most popular f stop settings for aperture.

4 dives? How many shots per dive? if it's 60 shots per dive, multiply by 4 that's pretty good endurance IMHO.

Eh.. i can't remember exactly but I believe I took more than 100 shots totally..

 

[waisj]

I'd normally shoot 138 shots perdive over in lembeh in drive mode.
The strobes will be the ones running out of juice first rather than the batteries.. but that is me.

Normally i'd only use F2.8 if i want to achieve a good strobe/ambient balanced shot. (which is rare nowadays as the trend is to go the underexposed background shots)

If you want a more underexposed "blue" background type of "punchy" underwater WA photos go with F4.0 to F5.0

my slr days were F8.0 to F11 depending on conditions and 1/60... normally..

Hope that would clear some confusion as what aperture to use.

just remember the higher the aperture, the more power your strobes need to light up your subject/foreground and comparitively the darker it will be compared to a smaller aperture.

It all depends on what you wanna achieve.
Our dear lovells19 has also recently shared with me that he is hooked on WA as it is alot more challenging.

Try it.....

 

[yzr500abe]

just remember the higher the aperture, the more power your strobes need to light up your subject/foreground and comparitively the darker it will be compared to a smaller aperture.

Are you refering to the F stop numbers for aperture or the size of the aperture? I assume u are refering to the former?

 

[lovells19]

he mean the number behind the F.
bigger number, smaller hole, less light.

wide angle is the killer...
oh but fun! hehe

 

[yzr500abe]

U got use wide angle lens boh...or u juz shoot?

 

[beivied]

U got use wide angle lens boh...or u juz shoot?

you should know that much about lovells' setup if you had been reading the subforum ..

 

[yzr500abe]

i lazy lah...never read enuff

 

[lovells19]

recent one yes lor. without still can be done lah. but abit harder lor

 

[yzr500abe]

hmm...next time must learn from the lovells19 sifu liao

 

[foxwagon]

yep F810 no good at all.....she wanna sell?

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no lah, i think she still havent figured out how to use it to the max potential yet. give her some time n practise.

 

[lovells19]

hmm...next time must learn from the lovells19 sifu liao

har? i cannot be sifu lah i just saying what i've learnt from the others here

 

[kthan]

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no lah, i think she still havent figured out how to use it to the max potential yet. give her some time n practise.

if you cannot get it right the first time, it is not the camera for u. sell , sell, sell to me lah.....or camera + top up cash to get my dslr setup

:devil:

 

[kthan]

foxwagon: is your friend using the Fuji housing for F810? any fogging issues? Is there a 67mm lens thread for attachment of macro and WA lens on the Fuji housing?

Eric

 

[beivied]

if you dun mind, i know this person as well.. yes she is using the fuji housing, no 67mm thread. fogging, i dunno.

 

[beivied]

she says its perfect, no fogging

 

[kthan]

tks...too bad no thread for attaching lens

 

[kthan]

now i wonder how much can a C-5050 and PT-015 get?

 

[kthan]

ok, the F810 is discontinued by Fuji.....

that makes 2 very competent cameras (C-5050) on the way out from our shelves. So grab them before it is too late.

i must say the F810 is one sweet camera. happy to see the saturated colors on my S2 Pro being reproduced on a camera 1/5 the price. F810 is no longer avail at South Asia Computer in Funan. Avail in HK still though. Who wants?

for those who can wait, Fuji has a new E900 coming soon. 9 mp, RAW, full manual control, 5th generation CCD, excellent low noise ISO800 , 4X optical zoom, 680*480 30 fps video, and 2 NiMh batteries. Read that there is true TTL too, though unconfirmed as i don't know if it means u can connect via bulkhead to conventional film strobes to achieve TTL (like the S2 Pro), or Fuji is adopting Nikon's iTTL and u need digital strobes.

Kng, u listening?

Eric