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• Sep 28, 2005

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Just got a Used sealife Reefmaster bought it from *FLOATER* of these forums im very happy with the camera and cant wait to get out this weekend to take some pictures does anyone have any advice for a begginer?

Thanks

 

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• Sep 28, 2005

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If you don't have a strobe get one I have a nice digital setup but can't afford the strobe for it, I was getting better pictures with my good old point & shoot Reefmaster Pro.

 

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• Sep 28, 2005

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Which model did you get?

 

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• Sep 28, 2005

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Brand0n:

Just got a Used Sea and Sea Reefmaster bought it from *FLOATER* of these forums im very happy with the camera and cant wait to get out this weekend to take some pictures does anyone have any advice for a begginer?

Thanks

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Simple Advice:

1) Get close.
2) Get even closer
3) Repete above steps untill the frame is completely filled with your subject
4) Stay shallow where the sunlight is bright
5) Shoot lots of pictures
6) Be very critical of your own work

That's enough for now #6 is a the most importent step.

Your next posts to scubaboard should be question about how to correct things you are unhappy about with your photos. The more specific your questions the better advice you will get.

 

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I got the sealife Reefmaster and the camera inside is a 35 mm Selife reefmaster to.

 

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Brand0n:

I got the sealife Reefmaster and the camera inside is a 35 mm Selife reefmaster to.

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Oh, so it is a FILM camera. One thing you might want to try is to have the film developed and scanned and don't bother to have prints made. If you can find a place to do this at reasonable cost it will be almost like having a digital camera. Just make sure the scans are decent resolution. 2000 x 3000 pixels would be ideal.

Then you can look at the images on a computer and "tweek" them using a photo editor. I use "gimp" (www.gimp.org) although many prefer to buy commerical software.