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I would suggest renting a small car and visitting some other places. On the east side of the island, where breezers is situated, i would suggest driving to the Caracas bay area and dive on Directors bays. The local dive shop there is Dukes diving. I just reopened a couple of months ago. You can...

Hi Brad The whole year the temperature doesnt go beneath 24 degrees (75 °F) even at night. But its right, normally the wind gives you some cooling down. July and August are ok. But in september even the wind is hot ... But when there's a beach you will survive, and in resorts is always an airco...

I started a thread a while ago because i had bought the S70 just when the A620 became available. Since the A620 had the newer and better DIGIC II processor i started doubting about the S70. You can review this thread here : A620 vs S70 I ended up exchanging my S70 for a A620. I never...

I've only been diving in Curacao since i've been living here for the past year. So mostly i'm diving in very clear water. Down to 10m i hardly use a strobe. Deeper i try to use a strobe only for macros. The built in strobe can cause backscatter. For macros on the other hand the strobe seems to...

I have had 3 canons and never had the E-18 error. I don't think i ever had a camera error before. I can only recommend the A620. I'm happy with mine!

Hey! Glad to see the shots worked out nicely. I didn't manage to get any place this week. I was trying to come to St. Martha last saturday but i ended up doing a quick dive close to my house here. My gf's parents are visiting and taking away all my dive time :S . I was looking forward to...

Since you'll be diving with sunset divers you'll get a nice chance to practice on some seahorses in pretty shalow water. I found a nice one 2 weekends ago and notified Kurt, one of the instructors there. He should be able to show you where it is. I would suggest having a practice shoot walking...

I'm glad you liked that shot! I mostly put it in Aperture mode using centerweighted or spot metering. Depending on the shot i change the Aperture setting. The strobe or Macro mode is very easy on the A610/A620 with one press on the button. I also put the white balance on the underwater setting...

Most of the macroshots i made with the built in strobe contain no shadow. I did have a slight shadow on a shot once but it was not disturbing the picture ... the diffuser plate seems to help out alot here. If i remove the diffuser there is a big dark shadow in macro shots so the thing stays on...

Nice purchase! I've taken mine on about 5 dives since i bought it and i love it. I have the WP-DC90 housing and i like the results i get with it using the builtin strobe. The big diffuser plate seems to help alot. I have some resized sample shots (mostly to 1280*1024, my desktop size) of...

LOL, thnx.... they don't bite ... do they ? :D

Last weekend i finally took my a620 down for a second dive after some stormy weekends. I wanted to try some macro shots. I made some in shallow water at about 6 meters. The sea was still not calm so it was rather difficult keeping still because you could feel the motion of the waves swinging...

The reason I started this thread was because i was doubting which camera to buy. I tested the S70 and was happy with it. When i noticed the specs of the A620 i started doubting. The only advantage the S70 had vs the A620 for underwater use was the RAW capability and the 28 mm WAL instead of the...

I received my WP-DC90 last friday. I only did 1 dive with it but i love it already. The flash diffusor looks a bit clumsy at first but it certainly gets the job done. You'll love it. As long as you apply the grease as instructed and seal the camera off in a clean environment... so no hairs or...

If you're going to All west you'll be able to take some great shots! Both Watamula and Mushroom forest are great. I know Okke and Morag, the dive instructors there, pretty well. I used the underwater whitebalance settings and vivid colors. For the rest i've been been shooting mostly in...

Out of those 2 i would choose the A620 for sure. The 550 lacks the manual controls. If been diving with my a620 for the first time this weekend. It's rain season here in Curacao at the moment and it only seems to rain during my free time. My previous dive was with an S70. Both did a very...

The quality of the movies is fantastic according to me. I picked up the camera last saturday. Tested it this weekend. The movies are a pleasure to look at... the only downside is that 2 minutes of filming with sound takes up 130 MB of space :D I'm still waiting for the housing. You should...

Thnx for the info! Makes me feel more comfy. Yesterday i went to the store to arrange a deal. There was a guy looking for an S70 with a housing... so i'll be selling it to him today. For less then that price i can get the a620 with housing. I only have to wait for the housing for an extra 10...

I am thinking the fast focus of the A620 combined with the great macro and movie mode is more important to me then the ability to shoot in RAW. I just hope the WP-DC90 is any good. Does anybody here have one? All shots on the site were done without flash. The visibility here is great even in...

I just went to the store and tested the macro mode of the a620 ... it certainly has me hooked ... but on the other hand .... is there a big advantage in having RAW as a format on the S70. I never use it when shooting the 20D ... but in underwater photography some PS editing would be nice. Also...