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Philippines, Southern Visayas route with the Philippine Siren

Started Oct 13, 2019 | Discussions thread
daveco2
daveco2 Contributing Member • Posts: 953
Re: Philippines, Southern Visayas route with the Philippine Siren

Barmaglot_07 wrote:

daveco2 wrote:

Very nice shots. And encouraging that you were able to nail focus with the 90 mm and diopter added - autofocus or manual?

Thank you. I only have AF on the 90mm, as the SeaFrogs port for it fits very snugly and doesn't leave the room for a zoom gear even if I were to make one. I was using DMF and moving the camera to achieve final focus; getting that shot took some time and multiple failed attempts. I'll be in Anilao next week - should have more opportunities to play with it there.

I too have the Seafrogs case, but with an a6500, in addition to the a7RII setup. I found that with the 90 mm macro on either, the in-focus rate was much higher if I just trusted the autofocus and released the shutter in one motion. The success rate with the alternative approach of checking focus before shutter release was far lower, I think because my drifting caused so much uncertainty that I lost track of peak focus.

With the a7RII setup, I was not very successful with manual focus on the 90 mm - chasing focus manually while drifting.

Was battery life ok for a day of diving, or did you make a change at each dive?

You don't do video, correct?

Do you pack all your dive gear?

Looks like you have exposure dialed in. Your shots are studio quality. TTL?

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