Super impressed with upgrade from P&S to T2i

[DiveMaven]

My husband recently upgraded from a point and shoot camera to a Canon T2i with a 60mm macro lens in a Sea&Sea Housing with 2 YS-01 strobes. Wow, talk about a huge difference in photo quality!! It's like night and day and no question he wishes he had made the switch much sooner.

 

[surf4life]

Sounds good, but need proof.

 

[c0r3yz]

The higher up the camera chain you go, the more you'll wonder why you settled for anything less! It sounds like you have a good setup there, can't wait to see some pics!

 

[deeper thoughts]

great!!

 

[under water]

:worthless:

 

[DiveMaven]

Good grief, tough crowd!!

 

[surf4life]

Thanks for the pic, guess we're a very visual group. Where was shot taken, Maui?

 

[under water]

We all believed you of course. I still think what makes a great photo is about 50% photographer (skill & artistic sense) , 25% equipment and 25% location & luck.
I have been tempted to house my T2i.
Great seahorse photo.

 

[darook]

I just returned from my first trip with my newly housed T2i. We were in Cozumel for a week and got to try out the macro and wide angle lenses. I think the WA shots are really fun. You can see some of the shots at www.brucep.smugmug.com Heading t...3 and that is an incredibly powerful program.

 

[DiveMaven]

Yes, that's our Hawaiian Seahorse taken in Maui about 10 days ago. Although I agree that the photographer is the biggest factor in good photos, there's simply no denying in my mind that the upgrade to a DSLR made a huge improvement in the clarity and quality of the photos this trip.

IMO the T2i/60mm macro lens combo blew our old P&S out of the water for subject quality and clarity in the photos. And we're talking about a "top of the line" type of P&S system with strobe and macro lens.

Where you really notice it is when you pull the photos up on Adobe at 100% (or greater) and can see EVERY detail crystal clear of a creature that is less than an inch in size in reality, but fills the frame entirely. The P&S simply never could accomplish this as well IMO.