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    Wide angle rectilinear versus fisheye

    A) The remark about depth of field was, in context, a guess about what the poster meant by "one-dimensional". Some interpretation must be given to this, since all photographs are in fact, two dimensional. My comment was meant to imply that the only meaning I can get from such a criticism is that...
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    Wide angle rectilinear versus fisheye

    All due respect to Guy Harrison, who's air photos are quite nice, if you take the time to look at his portfolio, you will see next to nothing in U/W photography. In all candor his opinions appear to be highly biased by his land experience and lack of U/W photographic experience (one might also...
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    Advice needed for photo newb on decent, simple kit for under $1200

    I would offer several points (which you will likely ignore): Painful as it is to hear, you are not good enough at diving yet to mess with other complications. A camera will significantly retard progress. The RX100 is exactly what you want. Don't even think about getting another still camera...
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    Nauticam EM-5 housing and 12-50mm Port question

    My zoom control on the housing seems to have a weak return spring. In effect, I need to "manually" return the zoom to the center (idle) position. In some cases it will return by itself, but in other cases, not. The zoom gear on the lens is absolutely free and snaps back to center without...
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    Is the 12-50 really 'one lens to rule them all'

    jlyle: how do you get your pics to post in-line? I've used the uploader in the past and it's definitely not nice to my pics. Really nice pics with great lighting.
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    Is the 12-50 really 'one lens to rule them all'

    I only have a few hundred shots on it, but I have to agree with the consensus. It's a fine overall lens. After seeing the quality of the macro outcomes, I don't know if I will even bother with the 60mm I was planning on...The 60 is incredible but is cannot be dialed back to 12 when a whaleshark...
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    8mm fe or 7-14

    I'm sorry ASA400, but I can't make sense of your post. If you have enough money to buy another lens, then you certainly have enough money to buy another strobe. If it is an "either/or" proposition, the strobe wins; hands down. I'm not surprised you were dissatisfied with one strobe on the mighty...
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    OMD EM-5+12-50mm+Nauticam = No Manual focus?

    I know the gear on the port doesn't do it. That's why my question asks how to do it without access to the focus ring. The lens is operated electronically. The camera focuses the lens without turning the ring. My hope is that there is some setting(s) in the menu system that permit focusing the...
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    OMD EM-5+12-50mm+Nauticam = No Manual focus?

    I have all the above. I have just assembled it and it all works just fine. What I can't figure out is how to accomplish Manual Focus without access to the Focus ring on the lens. I have no problem selecting MF Mode. The problem is actually focusing the lens manually without the ring. Is it...
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    OM-D Rig, Its HEEEEEEERRRRREEEEEE (almost)

    I'm curious why you chose the 12-50 over 14-42...The port is what, $800? Yes, I know it has a macro mode, but I just can't see it, unless that was to be your only lens and port... which is clearly not your situation. Since I'm looking at something similar i'm wondering what your thinking is.
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    LX5 + SnS 110a TTL Not Syncing

    What auto do you mean? Seriously, I can't make heads or tails of what you guys are talking about. You switch back and forth in context between makers, cameras, strobes, and modes. As it reads, there is a lot of incorrect information there. I have LX5 and YS-01's they work fine in DS-TTL mode...
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    Tables & computers

    Why is it that wherever you go on the internet there is always some wag that will chime in with an unverifiable, unproveable story about some non-repeatable occurrence that is necessarily spewed on a thread to try and disprove something that is obviously true? First, you just verified me by 4...
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    Tables & computers

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    Tables & computers

    1) You don't really understand your RDP tables at all. They were made with a computer, and you don't understand how that was done any better than you know how your computer works. In fact, one extremely popular computer is exactly the same algorithm as that used to produce the RDP. Were you to...
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    Trip Report: Cobalt Coast Grand Cayman

    You're welcome.
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    Do get a co analyzer or not?

    Absolutely not. CO is an unforgiveable contaminant, and a super exceedingly rare occurrence. Don't cite the numbers you heard until you can cite the number of dives conducted per year without incident and can cite reliable sources to prove the "I heard"s. There are thousands and thousands of...
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    Trip Report: Cobalt Coast Grand Cayman

    Clearly, Cayman is notoriously expensive. It is what it is and if you didn't know that, your didn't look very hard. As the saying goes "The only thing that gets to Cayman without a ship or plane, is gossip". From your report, you're not really looking for diving. You want restaurants, and...
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    Correcting Colour Cast

    You have the wrong tool,IMO. Photoshop is a pixel editor for creating fantasies or compositing photos - Nice for HDR and studio stuff; not so much for underwater stills. It'll do what you need eventually though much harder than it should be... Lightroom is a digital photographic development...
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    Pansonic DMC-LX5 First day out.

    It was dark and stormy, but the seas were calm and starting to warm up (now 75F). We were gifted with clear blue water today at Boynton Beach with visibility well over 100 feet. We were out on Splashdown, a Delta 38 with brand spanking new Cummins 375's. Well equipped with normal features...
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