Hi everyone,
I am fairly new to underwater photography and there's a few things I don't understand. I've been using this gear for the past 8 months on over 100 dives now, and I'm pretty happy with some of the shots I get but I feel like it could be better if I understood how things work
I use the camera in Aperture Priority more (which doesn't seem to matter as it's always on 1/60) and the strobe on TTL mode. I don't do real wide angle shots, because my YS01 is not powerful enough and I don't have a dome. Most of my shots are overexposed though (especially the subject), and I'm wondering why this happens.
Isn't the TTL mode supposed to adjust the lighting automatically? how does it calculates how much light is needed? Taking an average on the whole picture or a random point in the middle?
I don't have a pre-flash when I shoot in TTL, is that normal? Is there a specific mode I need to select on the camera beforehead?
Why is the shutter speed only 1/60? I thought I could go up to 1/160 or even push it to 1/250 with this camera? I'm syncing using fiber optic cable and internal flash.
There's a lot of wireless transmitters for strobes outside the water (that can sync really fast), why are there none fore underwater? Signal doesn't travel as fast underwater? Is there really no way to get 1/4000 sync speed underwater?
But then I'm also wondering, is it really a problem if the subject is overexposed? I don't seem to lose details when I reduce the exposure on lightroom (while I do if I shoot a landscape and it's overexposed). Are underwater shots meant to be overexposed?
I tried to look on the internet but couldn't find much. Any answer, tip or link would be greatly appreciated
Thank you!
I am fairly new to underwater photography and there's a few things I don't understand. I've been using this gear for the past 8 months on over 100 dives now, and I'm pretty happy with some of the shots I get but I feel like it could be better if I understood how things work
I use the camera in Aperture Priority more (which doesn't seem to matter as it's always on 1/60) and the strobe on TTL mode. I don't do real wide angle shots, because my YS01 is not powerful enough and I don't have a dome. Most of my shots are overexposed though (especially the subject), and I'm wondering why this happens.
Isn't the TTL mode supposed to adjust the lighting automatically? how does it calculates how much light is needed? Taking an average on the whole picture or a random point in the middle?
I don't have a pre-flash when I shoot in TTL, is that normal? Is there a specific mode I need to select on the camera beforehead?
Why is the shutter speed only 1/60? I thought I could go up to 1/160 or even push it to 1/250 with this camera? I'm syncing using fiber optic cable and internal flash.
There's a lot of wireless transmitters for strobes outside the water (that can sync really fast), why are there none fore underwater? Signal doesn't travel as fast underwater? Is there really no way to get 1/4000 sync speed underwater?
But then I'm also wondering, is it really a problem if the subject is overexposed? I don't seem to lose details when I reduce the exposure on lightroom (while I do if I shoot a landscape and it's overexposed). Are underwater shots meant to be overexposed?
I tried to look on the internet but couldn't find much. Any answer, tip or link would be greatly appreciated
Thank you!