First time out with RX100. Cold dark quarry

[00wabbit]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/deglossed/sets/72157633294322059/

This was my first time out with the rx100 and it performed well. I originally inquired about purchasing the ikelite housing which was a mistake. I sent it back and got the nauticam housing with the easy tray handle.

I shot these with an older ikelite w-20 lens I got for a good price. I will get the inon lens eventually.

They were all shot between Iso 800 and 1600. It was a cloudy day and they top 10ft of the quarry was hazy due to all the rain we had.

I do with the camera had auto ISO in manual mode. In this situation I would like to get the shutter speed as slow as possible but still ffreeze motion and also have the aperture around f4 so I can get some depth. I would be happy to let the ISO fluctuate to keep me in those settings.

I ended up remapping ISO to the left button on the toggle pad on the back. That helped but was a little hard to access quickly with drygloves.

 

[James R]

Your images have an interesting "feel." To me, it seems like they're old photos, found in an attic or something. I think is a pretty cool effect!


That quarry has about 10x better viz than anything we have around here! I don't even take my Rx100 diving locally!

 

[00wabbit]

Thanks - Since everything is covered in green slime and the water is green I like to convert to Black and White. I like the feel it gives.

It really looks good on shipwrecks. It makes them feel like ghost ships.

The vis was actually better a couple of weeks ago but I didn't have the RX100 then. IT was almost too bright down there. I wasn't used to it. It will get progressively worse as the season progresses because classes are starting there, but now I'm off to the great lakes.