For Sony users!

[BILLB]

Nice shots. We have more in common than I though! Hope to be diving with you and taking some shots together.

excellent, a new forum for the ten of us.
just kidding of course. but you have to admit we are a rarity.

regardless, i like my p-10. the best feature is the size.
it tucks away nicely in my drysuit pocket. of course feature
wise it has a much to be desired, but for a point and shoot
i can't complain.

i've had the housing down to 130 fsw repeatedly with no problems.
i've taken it on really rough shore dives and it survived unscathed,
although i really hate sand in my gear.

i keep it set on the min. time to shut off, which i think is a minute.
never had a fog problem, but have missed a few shots cause it
was off. of course if you tap a button it starts the countdown over.
so you can keep it on that way.

i've taken plenty of good shots not in macro mode and some with
a sea & sea wa lens attached. in macro mode i've also learned
that there is such a thing as too close.

and of course green is my favorite color.

 

[BILLB]

The Mpeg movie you can take with a still digital camera are going to be fairly low res. But your biggest problem is light. After 15 feet down everything is going to look blue. A color correcting filter (red filter) works nicely if the camera sensitivity can compensate for the lost of total ambient light.

Great a new forum for all the "walkman-divers"...
Ok...my main pet-peeves with the sony, mine´s a P10 (hoping you´ll tell me how stupid I am to not have figured out how to fix it):
*"Nightvision pictures" (seems I´m not the only one) although sometimes these turn out pretty cool...
*Flash, when I dive in tropical waters I usually have it switched off completely (for OW) because it seems to "mess up" the pictures...actually I keep it switched of most of the time and use my HID for lighting up the darkness...
*Movies...I just havent gotten this to work well...I´ll shoot while pentrating [insert name of cool wreck] all the while thinking how great it´ll look when I show my friends only to be dissapointed. Any and all tips for beginners would be appreciated...

That´s it for now ;-)

 

[XJae]

Nice shots. We have more in common than I though! Hope to be diving with you and taking some shots together.

Thanks Bill.
If I don't see you on the next instructor weekend,
I'll see you at the next.
I still need to give you a few blank disks,
so you can dub me a few of your videos.

 

[triggertravel]

XJae: Did you paint that picture of the whales?

 

[XJae]

XJae: Did you paint that picture of the whales?

I wish I could paint that.
That's Wyland, he was at Beneath the Sea last year.

 

[XJae]

Go figure. I asked if a Sony forum could be started and here it is! Thanks, Dee! All you Sony users, come share your advice, techniques, and photos so I can learn more!

Well that didn't last long. :ne_nau:

 

[triggertravel]

Thanks XJae!