I took my S500 to Guanaja in May but after a few exposure issues, I went back to my S400 and felt more comfortable. I really wanted to give the S500 a fair chance so I went out to the Flower Gardens 7/1&7/2 and promised myself that I would only use the S500.
There were a couple exposure issues, mainly with highly reflective subjects (Barracuda). Other than those subjects, it worked as well as the S400.
Here's the folder for anyone interested in samples from this camera. -- Flower Gardens 2004
S500 - ISO-50, WB Cloudy, AIAF-off
Sea&Sea YS-25DX external strobe
http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder.tcl?folder_id=411109
Other photos, underwater and not.
http://www.photo.net/shared/community-member?user_id=400552
There were a couple exposure issues, mainly with highly reflective subjects (Barracuda). Other than those subjects, it worked as well as the S400.
Here's the folder for anyone interested in samples from this camera. -- Flower Gardens 2004
S500 - ISO-50, WB Cloudy, AIAF-off
Sea&Sea YS-25DX external strobe
http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder.tcl?folder_id=411109
Other photos, underwater and not.
http://www.photo.net/shared/community-member?user_id=400552