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Underwater Photos with Oly 3030

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Nice job, Anotonio. I used to do a lot of underwater photography (when I lived in Florida). Getting good colors and clear water while underwater can be a daunting task. It looks like conditions were very good at the Club Med.

Your equipment sounds like an excellent and convenient setup. Do you have any comments about how easy it was to frame your photos and use the C-3030 in its underwater housing?

Jon
Antonio Perrotta said:
Olympus C-3030 in an Olympus PT-005 case and with an Ikelite DS-50
Digital Sub-Strobe and Remote TTL Sensor.

http://communities.msn.com/Perrotta/clubmedturkoiseaug2001.msnw

Re., Antonio
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Antonio,

Man you got a lot of babes on that dive boat. If I could make a suggestion on portrait shots you should have your models be looking at a tube sponge or something very colorful and not looking at the lens and try to light up the eyes to get a "catch shot" on the pupils. Once you think you are close get closer the strobe will only travel about 3 to 5 ft to catch color in subjects. I like your lobster photos. Plus during the nite dive, man that was a kewl nurse shark, get closer and light him up. I think it would be good to go to manual settings on 3030 and shoot 60 speed with aperture of around 5.6 and bracket. Try the macro setting on the camera it is fantastic but it will only work right on manual settings. Safe diving and keep your camera dry.. Oh one more suggestion, get rid of the lanyard on the camera it caused mine and a few other peoples housing to flood...

Tony
 
Nice shots, Antonio!

Did you have to do anything special to attach the Ikelite strobe to the PT005 housing?

I was thinking about an Ikelite or Tetra to put around my 3040Z, but I find it hard to justify the extra cost. These housings may be a bit more robust, but they are also two to four times as expensive.

Frank
 
Frank,

The only real advantage IMO of the tetra housing is the ability to put on a wide angle port for the camera. I don't find this terribly necessary as long as when you go underwater you know what your lens is capable of. There is a company in California that is working on a wide angle port but presently it looks too much like a dinner plate to screw on the front of the pt0xx housings. I will get one of those ports when it is available.

Tony
 
Tony Carro said:
Frank,

The only real advantage IMO of the tetra housing is the ability to
put on a wide angle port for the camera. I don't find this
terribly necessary as long as when you go underwater you know what
your lens is capable of. There is a company in California that is
working on a wide angle port but presently it looks too much like a
dinner plate to screw on the front of the pt0xx housings. I will
get one of those ports when it is available.

Tony
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Tony , Check your e-mail . Thanks , Dale
 
Great Shot Dale! You gotta post the banded gobie. This is so exciting divers on the forum. When i get my big pc back I will post some pics that I took with the 3030. I was on a yahoo forum of underwater photographers and I never heard so much crap in my life how they poo poo individuals who were shooting digitally. I mean insulted there very ability to dive and shoot pics. I don't care what someone's abilities are or aren't I frankly think they were jealous or ignorant or both. I don't run into any of those personalities here on this forum..

Tony
 
Tony Carro said:
Great Shot Dale! You gotta post the banded gobie. >
Tony
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Tony , I would post it if I knew how . I registerd with this forum thinking I could post a picture but I have been unable to paste a picture to a reply . Any suggestion for a hastle free website as a host for the picture ? Thanks , Dale
 
Try using msn they are free for right now. On my web communities and start your own community and upload some pics from your pc. Check the email I sent you and register and start a community and follow the instructions. Then just cut and paste the urls on your posts here....

Tony
 
You cannot use the viewfinder. So, framing would usually be done using the LCD. The caveat is that if you are in very clear and shallow water, the LCD might not be of much help. I then switched to an "aiming" light. It works great, even more in night dives. The only caveat is that it shows in the pictures, as you may have noticed in many of them.
Jon said:
Your equipment sounds like an excellent and convenient setup. Do
you have any comments about how easy it was to frame your photos
and use the C-3030 in its underwater housing?

Jon
Antonio Perrotta said:
Olympus C-3030 in an Olympus PT-005 case and with an Ikelite DS-50
Digital Sub-Strobe and Remote TTL Sensor.

http://communities.msn.com/Perrotta/clubmedturkoiseaug2001.msnw

Re., Antonio
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Tony Carro said:
Antonio,

Man you got a lot of babes on that dive boat. If I could make a
suggestion on portrait shots you should have your models be looking
at a tube sponge or something very colorful and not looking at the
lens and try to light up the eyes to get a "catch shot" on the
pupils. Once you think you are close get closer the strobe will
only travel about 3 to 5 ft to catch color in subjects. I like
your lobster photos. Plus during the nite dive, man that was a
kewl nurse shark, get closer and light him up. I think it would be
good to go to manual settings on 3030 and shoot 60 speed with
aperture of around 5.6 and bracket. Try the macro setting on the
camera it is fantastic but it will only work right on manual
settings. Safe diving and keep your camera dry.. Oh one more
suggestion, get rid of the lanyard on the camera it caused mine and
a few other peoples housing to flood...

Tony
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I used everything on Auto U/W but I'll have to give the manual a try as although I did get some great macro I really wanted more ! And to get closer ! Do you have any advice ?

BTW I use an expanding clip-on attached to the housing and to my top right D-ring. This worked great ! Since the housing is positively buoyant it will float above me and not interfere with my diving but is instantly available and since it can be unclipped (but still attached) it stretches out further than I can, for all those 'hard to get at' places that other cameras just can't get to due to their bulk -for example under coral heads to photograph the shrimp that you just know is hiding there !
 
one piece of advice is to go someplace dark like your garage and set up some test subjects on the floor of the garage on some white posterboard and start practicing some shots in manual setting. Trying using a speed of 1/60 and bracket around 5.6 and get a feel for the macro on the surface so that it will make the use of camera underwater easier.

Tony
Manta 888 said:
Tony Carro said:
Antonio,

Man you got a lot of babes on that dive boat. If I could make a
suggestion on portrait shots you should have your models be looking
at a tube sponge or something very colorful and not looking at the
lens and try to light up the eyes to get a "catch shot" on the
pupils. Once you think you are close get closer the strobe will
only travel about 3 to 5 ft to catch color in subjects. I like
your lobster photos. Plus during the nite dive, man that was a
kewl nurse shark, get closer and light him up. I think it would be
good to go to manual settings on 3030 and shoot 60 speed with
aperture of around 5.6 and bracket. Try the macro setting on the
camera it is fantastic but it will only work right on manual
settings. Safe diving and keep your camera dry.. Oh one more
suggestion, get rid of the lanyard on the camera it caused mine and
a few other peoples housing to flood...

Tony
Click to expand...
I used everything on Auto U/W but I'll have to give the manual a
try as although I did get some great macro I really wanted more !
And to get closer ! Do you have any advice ?
BTW I use an expanding clip-on attached to the housing and to my
top right D-ring. This worked great ! Since the housing is
positively buoyant it will float above me and not interfere with my
diving but is instantly available and since it can be unclipped
(but still attached) it stretches out further than I can, for all
those 'hard to get at' places that other cameras just can't get to
due to their bulk -for example under coral heads to photograph the
shrimp that you just know is hiding there !
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