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LX100 underwater

Started May 8, 2018 | Discussions thread
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ShatteredSky
ShatteredSky Senior Member • Posts: 2,065
LX100 underwater
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Dear all,

following my post from several months back I would like to post a small update with color-corrected images (partly similar) taken with the LX100 and the Meikon housing (all shot in Greece around the southern Peloponnese and Kythira Island). I am still satisfied with this setup, the only drawback still bugging me is the reduced macro-capability vs. the XZ-2 or even more so the TG-1 to 5 series.

The other thing bothering me (slightly) is that the setup really represents the uppermost size limit tolerable for snorkelling. This summer I might go back to the XZ-2 combined with the TG-5. So far the LX100 is best IQ-wise for larger scenes and largish biota.

I am still unhappy that there is no large-sensor tough camera out there except the saline model, and that is fixed-lens. Losing the housing would bring back more fun to underwater shooting while snorkelling. Something à la TG-5, but the size of the Nikon AW1 series.

Well, until then I will continue to have fun with what I currently employ.

Cheers

Spondylus shell with Chondrilla nucola sponge

A colony of Bryozoa using some algae as attachment, behind some Hydrozoa colonising the same algae

A cuttlefish in hiding

Some medium-sized hermit crab, partly illuminated with dive light

The sea around Kythira Island, what more to say (shot without the housing of course)

Diverse algae "meadow"

The starfish Echinaster sepositus

Partly exposed boring sponge (Clionidae) in yellow, with Phorbas fictitious in red

Chromis chromis and Oblada melanura

A school of mainly Chromis chromis

Octopus, with suspicious / curious Serranus scriba in background

Hydroid Pennaria disticha

A species of genus Scorpaena

Multiple tunicates of the genus Microcosmus

A small blenny

Anemone colony

A cerianthid anemone

A common stingray with a male flounder Bothus podas. I think the ray was watching for eggs since it seemed to be spawning season, hence the aggressive behaviour. This was shot in a depth where the color-correction became an issue (dominance of the blue channel), since I did not use external lighting.

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