I finally got to get this new set-up in the pool yesterday. Without the camera, the case is quite bouyant but with the camera and counter-balance bar in place, it's just a hair negative. Just enough that it will s-l-o-w-l-y sink.
Without the tray and strobe, it's very easy to hold with one hand. My right index finger needs to be about --- that much longer to reach the shutter lever AND the zoom lever without repositioning my hand. But it's not that big a deal.
It's hard to see what mode you are in but I think the more familiar I get with the camera itself, it won't be a problem. At one time I switched to shutter priority, I thought, and actually took about 45 sec. of video!
I don't have the strobe yet so all the pictures I took were with the internal strobe. With the light sensitivity of the lens, the aperatures I learned for film doesn't compute equally but again, that will just be a matter of practice.
What amazed me the most was being able to zoom in for macro shots. Unlike my old S&S camera that used a macro lens with framer, the housed lens can't be closer than 8 in. to the subject. But with the zoom you get right up close and personal. I'll spare ya'll the pictures of hair balls on the pool drains! Suffice it to say I could tell which hairs had been dyed and which hadn't!
I won't...and probably can't, go into all the technical stuff about this digital camera. I really don't care HOW it does what it does! Just as long as it keeps doing it, I'll be happy.
I can hardly wait for the next 6 weeks to pass until our Roatan trip. In the meantime, I'll practice changing the settings until it is second nature. I'll also be ordering a new mask with bifocals... that little LED screen and these old eyes need some help! It'll also help me read my dive watch at depth, which I've been refusing to admit...hehe.
Without the tray and strobe, it's very easy to hold with one hand. My right index finger needs to be about --- that much longer to reach the shutter lever AND the zoom lever without repositioning my hand. But it's not that big a deal.
It's hard to see what mode you are in but I think the more familiar I get with the camera itself, it won't be a problem. At one time I switched to shutter priority, I thought, and actually took about 45 sec. of video!
I don't have the strobe yet so all the pictures I took were with the internal strobe. With the light sensitivity of the lens, the aperatures I learned for film doesn't compute equally but again, that will just be a matter of practice.
What amazed me the most was being able to zoom in for macro shots. Unlike my old S&S camera that used a macro lens with framer, the housed lens can't be closer than 8 in. to the subject. But with the zoom you get right up close and personal. I'll spare ya'll the pictures of hair balls on the pool drains! Suffice it to say I could tell which hairs had been dyed and which hadn't!
I won't...and probably can't, go into all the technical stuff about this digital camera. I really don't care HOW it does what it does! Just as long as it keeps doing it, I'll be happy.
I can hardly wait for the next 6 weeks to pass until our Roatan trip. In the meantime, I'll practice changing the settings until it is second nature. I'll also be ordering a new mask with bifocals... that little LED screen and these old eyes need some help! It'll also help me read my dive watch at depth, which I've been refusing to admit...hehe.
