boy22ban
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I shoot with a Canon S110 in an Ikelite housing. I have 1 strobe and 1 continuous light.
I have some experience shooting macro (Nudis for example with 2 Inon UCL 165s) and general wide angle (wrecks for example with a FIX UWL28M52 in ambient light). Its a work in progress for me, but I have developed some habits and some default settings for both scenarios which allow me to get some decent shots.
The problem is, where I am from, there are rarely any larger things to take photos of.
My wife and I are scheduled for Tubbataha Reef this April, and we are anticipating sharks and turtles and mantas and a hell of a great time. I do not have experience shooting sharks or anything of the same-ish size. I tried shooting a thresher shark with the UWL28 once, and that did not turn out well at all (shot was too "far"). I would like return to land with at least 1 decent Manta portrait -- it would be my first time to see a Manta.
So where do you think I should start? I am asking this because my housing allows only knob adjustments on the front/lens ring -- to my mind, this allows me to pick only one setting to play with quickly.
Anticipating that I will be shooting only with ambient light, I was thinking of this:
1. Shoot manual. Set aperture at 5.6, shutter speed at 125 (most dives will be done with hopefully clear skies and excellent viz).
2. Set front ring to adjust ISO. Adjust accordingly.
3. Use zoom lever to adjust focal point, but start at 28 mm.
You think that would work? Can I leave the wide wet lens on the boat?
I have some experience shooting macro (Nudis for example with 2 Inon UCL 165s) and general wide angle (wrecks for example with a FIX UWL28M52 in ambient light). Its a work in progress for me, but I have developed some habits and some default settings for both scenarios which allow me to get some decent shots.
The problem is, where I am from, there are rarely any larger things to take photos of.
My wife and I are scheduled for Tubbataha Reef this April, and we are anticipating sharks and turtles and mantas and a hell of a great time. I do not have experience shooting sharks or anything of the same-ish size. I tried shooting a thresher shark with the UWL28 once, and that did not turn out well at all (shot was too "far"). I would like return to land with at least 1 decent Manta portrait -- it would be my first time to see a Manta.
So where do you think I should start? I am asking this because my housing allows only knob adjustments on the front/lens ring -- to my mind, this allows me to pick only one setting to play with quickly.
Anticipating that I will be shooting only with ambient light, I was thinking of this:
1. Shoot manual. Set aperture at 5.6, shutter speed at 125 (most dives will be done with hopefully clear skies and excellent viz).
2. Set front ring to adjust ISO. Adjust accordingly.
3. Use zoom lever to adjust focal point, but start at 28 mm.
You think that would work? Can I leave the wide wet lens on the boat?
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