who are divers on CS?

[Tsangstudios]

Hey Kelvin:
Managed to sneek a look at your album today. You have alot of good shots man. Maybe if you selected the others you would have beaten me

Kenneth

 

[waisj]

Been trying to go since 3 years later....u have a good quote from Sangalaki Lodge / Derawan? Can share the quote or not (via PM).

hi there KTHAN, it is actually a video shoot job that my instructor is negotiating for. We will be goin there mainly to shoot digital stills, slides and video. I am not very sure about the resort, or even if it is built yetr, but will inquire more and let you know.!

 

[beivied]

welcome back fellas ^_^ wa lao, see how important you fellas are, sparked off so many posts in one day! gave me a shock ... nice work! waiting to see more photos ^_^

 

[Tsangstudios]

Hi Lanxx and gang here are my shots delayed as usual.

 

[kthan]

Thanks for all the compliments. kthan, I don't know if the clownfish were tending their eggs (you are referring to the orange patch they are both "looking at"?) Do clownfish eggs look like that? To me at that time, they looked like a parent and a baby clown fish, I just happened to snap them at that moment in that pose.

The first clown fish and the conch shell were shot on the night dive, (you should have come on the night dive lanxx! Kenneth's lion fish shot was also taken on the night dive) The conch was hunting, you could see him probing around with a kind of feeler that you can't see in that photo, looking for some fish to inject and start digesting from the inside. Dangerous creatures...

scotsman, these pics I had 1 strobe, the sea and sea YS90DX, the second strobe (SB-105) didn't work out so well for me, I was letting my gf use the other YS90DX on this trip.

Don't know if they are eggs. Anyone can confirm?

Wow, hunting conch! That would be nice to see.

 

[kthan]

hi there KTHAN, it is actually a video shoot job that my instructor is negotiating for. We will be goin there mainly to shoot digital stills, slides and video. I am not very sure about the resort, or even if it is built yetr, but will inquire more and let you know.!

i meant been trying to go since 3 years earlier.....

yep, do let me know.

 

[kng]

Hi Lanxx and gang here are my shots delayed as usual. [/IMG]

Stunning photos!! :thumbsup:

Hope you don't mind me asking - are you using the YS90DX x 2? Is the 2nd strobe fired via slave mode?

 

[scotsman]

Kenneth76: Lovely photos, I particularly like the 1st and the 4th photo. Very good eye. What camera and housing did u use?

 

[Tsangstudios]

Thanks for the compliments

I have a DX auto and a DX 90.

Yes the second strob is fired as a slave to the first.

The camera was and olympus5050 and the pt15 housing.

Have a nice day guys.

 

[Tsangstudios]

But if you are looking into a dual strobe configuration you need to know what you want them for first. Eg are you attempting to light up 2 subject of different distances. Doing macro photography, creating artificial flares in you shots etc. If not you might not actually need to spend taht kind of money Also between choosing a DX and a Auto
I would say the DX still give much more control. The auto is good for general exposure of subject but lacks flexibility if you want to do more creative lightings. Yup anyway thats my 5 cents worth

 

[beivied]

hmm... just wondering, is it possible to fire the internal flash on super macro? saw that someone mentioned can override, but i read back and i cannot find the link that the person pasted here. was it kthan?

anyway kenneth76 very nice photos! actually lanxx nightshades and kenneth76 are all using c5050z and pt015. strobes different la.

 

[beivied]

http://wetpixel.com/forums/index.ph...f=1&t=1144&hl=&

found it! ya it was contributed by kthan. and it does work. but it also means you have a dark shadow on the left hand corner. dunno if the dark area can be smaller using uw casing since there is a diffuser. will try it out when my nephew is not sneaking around me.

 

[Tsangstudios]

yes it is possible to trigger the the internal flash in super macro but there is no preflash. you can also control the power of the flash from 1 to 10 if am not wrong. yes you will get a bit of shadow on your shot.

 

[beivied]

yes it is possible to trigger the the internal flash in super macro but there is no preflash. you can also control the power of the flash from 1 to 10 if am not wrong. yes you will get a bit of shadow on your shot.

preflash? meanin two flashes fired by my internal flash? me no external strobe one wo..... tonight i will try firing the internal flash in super macro and in uw housing.

 

[Tsangstudios]

preflash? meanin two flashes fired by my internal flash? me no external strobe one wo..... tonight i will try firing the internal flash in super macro and in uw housing.

You going diving tonight? Yes the flash fires only once.
It hard to tell on land the effect underwater. Cause of refraction of light underwater from the housing port to water.

What this means your shots will become less wide but more enlarged cause the light rays are bent inwards.

You will be likely get a shadow with shots that close because of the camera barrel. However underwater if your subject is about 8 to 10cm away you should get a nicely exposed picture in marco on MF super macro.

 

[toasty]

You going diving tonight? Yes the flash fires only once.
It hard to tell on land the effect underwater. Cause of refraction of light underwater from the housing port to water.

What this means your shots will become less wide but more enlarged cause the light rays are bent inwards.

You will be likely get a shadow with shots that close because of the camera barrel. However underwater if your subject is about 8 to 10cm away you should get a nicely exposed picture in marco on MF super macro.

I thought that for super macro, the subject is 1-2cm away? If you are shooting with flash and supermacro underwater, I think your flash should only be used to trigger the external strobe. My camera does not have super macro, but I don't miss it. I have not seen very good results with the super macro feature, and not many creatures let you get 1-2cm from them to take a photo. Maybe can be used for nudis or anemones.
Do you ever use the super-macro mode on your camera kenneth?

I tried to go to that article that allows you to trigger the flash in super macro, but it seems to be a dead-link. If you can get around this flash problem with the olympus to trigger in super-macro mode, can we do a similar hack on the camera to only flash once (eliminate the pre-flash)? If so, that would get around the problem of the pre-flash for all our strobes and mean that we can buy the cheaper "analog-camera" strobes for our U/W photography. Save a bundle!

 

[toasty]

I don't suppose anyone here has had experience bringing the Fuji 602Z underwater have they? I am interested to try this, because of the extended video capability (30 fps, recording time limited by capacity of card), the extra zoom (6x optical), the quicker response time, and (supposedly) better picture quality. Anybody have a fuji 602Z can comment on this? Does anyone know how the picture quality and colours of the 602Z compares with the 5050?

 

[Tsangstudios]

I thought that for super macro, the subject is 1-2cm away? If you are shooting with flash and supermacro underwater, I think your flash should only be used to trigger the external strobe. My camera does not have super macro, but I don't miss it. I have not seen very good results with the super macro feature, and not many creatures let you get 1-2cm from them to take a photo. Maybe can be used for nudis or anemones.
Do you ever use the super-macro mode on your camera kenneth?

I tried to go to that article that allows you to trigger the flash in super macro, but it seems to be a dead-link. If you can get around this flash problem with the olympus to trigger in super-macro mode, can we do a similar hack on the camera to only flash once (eliminate the pre-flash)? If so, that would get around the problem of the pre-flash for all our strobes and mean that we can buy the cheaper "analog-camera" strobes for our U/W photography. Save a bundle!

MF super marco allows you to fix your focal distance manually. So it allows you to change your focal distance to 8cm, 10cm etc.

Yes but rarely.

Its not hacked. Its in the manual.

Just set your flash mode to slave. You can control the flash strength there. The slow1 icon will then be enabled in the various modes you shoot in.

 

[beivied]

yo yo yo

i have tested the camera with uw housing, slave flash slow2 in super macro mode. tested it in a basin of water. it works quite well. from my tests, no shadow on the left lower side of the picture. the diffuser is doing its work, haha. i actually took a few pictures without uw housing and no lower left shadow too!~ was shocked. but after switching some settings, i end up cannot find back the same setting. grrrr~

but i find it quite difficult to focus in super macro mode. hai. any tips or suggestions?

someone mentioned about marine life not staying or letting you come so near to use super macro. macro mode is about 20cm away. if you take pics of tiny crabs, shrimps, nudibranches, cowries etc i.e. the slow or not moving stuff, should be ok.

manual focus will work if you have the time underwater. tried the 5cm thingie last night. also ok. but underwater you may have a slight error in judgement of distance... how about letting auto focus do the work? i cant take wide angle pics in macro mode. but i find that in super macro mode, it is ok. can take.

 

[Tsangstudios]

yo yo yo

i have tested the camera with uw housing, slave flash slow2 in super macro mode. tested it in a basin of water. it works quite well. from my tests, no shadow on the left lower side of the picture. the diffuser is doing its work, haha. i

Hi as long as your subject is not too close you will not get a shadow. Yes smacro good only for slow subjects.