MX10 - Help!!!
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gbundersea.com sells an excellent fiber optic cable as well as attachment parts that will enable you to put the strobe onto a S&S strobe arm. Trust me, even in what you think is really clear water, you WILL get backscatter if the YS040 is attached directly to the MX-10's side.
I upgraded my MX-10 to use these parts and as a newbie have taken some pretty good shots IMHO. I added the wide angle and macro lenses. This is a great system - one camera but macro/wa anytime you wish during same dive.
Several dive resorts now teach u/w photog courses using the MX-10 specifically for newbies that want to learn basics before being overwhelmed with so many variables.
You'll have a blast with this camera.
(posted by diveski01)
I upgraded my MX-10 to use these parts and as a newbie have taken some pretty good shots IMHO. I added the wide angle and macro lenses. This is a great system - one camera but macro/wa anytime you wish during same dive.
Several dive resorts now teach u/w photog courses using the MX-10 specifically for newbies that want to learn basics before being overwhelmed with so many variables.
You'll have a blast with this camera.
(posted by diveski01)
Thanks for all your help I have attached a few pics from my first time out. Visibility was a little bit of an issue - mainly because I was last in line on a drift dive so the divers in front kicked up alot of "dust".
It was alot of fun and I now have some documentation of my dive.
400 ASA with MX10+YS40A with and without close-up lens ~90ft down - overcast day
It was alot of fun and I now have some documentation of my dive.
400 ASA with MX10+YS40A with and without close-up lens ~90ft down - overcast day
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Good job, way better than my first attempt!
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Scuba65:
Word of advice. Do not buy the fiber optic cable manufactured by Sea & Sea. Unless they've done some serious improvement on it lately, it will fail, often. www.gbundersea.com has a great cable for the MX10 that has proven to us to be much superior.
Looks like you had a great time and took some lovely shots! Good job 
It looks like you are getting a little burn out from the strobe...if I remember right you can't actually adjust the angle or distance on the 40? You might want to use a diffuser with it and that should reduce a bit of that too bright foreground...
It looks like you are getting a little burn out from the strobe...if I remember right you can't actually adjust the angle or distance on the 40? You might want to use a diffuser with it and that should reduce a bit of that too bright foreground...
Alcina,
You are correct!! I think it was user error though. Since I am new to uw photography, I was a little excited my first time out. I thought I had everything set-up correctly before I entered the water - HOWEVER - When I got back on the boat I noticed my strobe was not set to auto exposure, therefore, I was using the full power which effected my results. I am going to chalk it up to lesson-learned!
You are correct!! I think it was user error though. Since I am new to uw photography, I was a little excited my first time out. I thought I had everything set-up correctly before I entered the water - HOWEVER - When I got back on the boat I noticed my strobe was not set to auto exposure, therefore, I was using the full power which effected my results. I am going to chalk it up to lesson-learned!
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