Born Again, Chris is my Savior!

Thank you very much Chris Guynn for your insight into my hard drive
dilemma. You have saved my Grand Cayman pics.

At first it was touch and go. I needed the S-ATA hard drive enclosure
for the drive that crashed on my trip and I figured I'd order an IDE
enclosure for the two other laptop drives I have sitting around to see
if I could get anything off them as well.

Unfortunately, the shop that you had linked to only had the IDE flavor
of the Sabrent enclosures. I found another shop that sold both and
placed an order, but that seemed to disappear into vapor since I never
heard back from them after getting the auto-confirmation e-mail reply.

So I tried with a third company, at twice the original price but still
worth it if it worked, and got confirmation that they shipped the two
enclosures. Unfortunately, what arrived was two IDE enclosures. I
let them know of the mistake and meanwhile went to work on on of the
the old IDE drives.

The IDE drive didn't work. I plugged it in and got an Unknown Device
instead of the USB Storage Device that was supposed to appear. Not a
good omen.

The second shipment arrived Friday and I finally opened it today. It
was the correct S-ATA enclosure, a good sign so far. Popped the drive
in and voila, success! I've now backed up the photos to two desktops
and I'll start working on them, hopefully having something to post by
tonight.

Thank you again. I sincerely owe you lots of beers whenever we meet.
Naw, forget that. If any of the recovered pics are halfway decent, I
owe you and the wife a steak dinner.

"Whoo hoo!" -- Doug "Popeye" Frederick (c. 1990s)

On Aug 5, 2:55 pm, Greg Mossman <moss...@qnet.com> wrote:
> Thank you very much Chris Guynn for your insight into my hard drive
> dilemma. You have saved my Grand Cayman pics.
>
> At first it was touch and go. I needed the S-ATA hard drive enclosure
> for the drive that crashed on my trip and I figured I'd order an IDE
> enclosure for the two other laptop drives I have sitting around to see
> if I could get anything off them as well.
>
> Unfortunately, the shop that you had linked to only had the IDE flavor
> of the Sabrent enclosures. I found another shop that sold both and
> placed an order, but that seemed to disappear into vapor since I never
> heard back from them after getting the auto-confirmation e-mail reply.
>
> So I tried with a third company, at twice the original price but still
> worth it if it worked, and got confirmation that they shipped the two
> enclosures. Unfortunately, what arrived was two IDE enclosures. I
> let them know of the mistake and meanwhile went to work on on of the
> the old IDE drives.
>
> The IDE drive didn't work. I plugged it in and got an Unknown Device
> instead of the USB Storage Device that was supposed to appear. Not a
> good omen.
>
> The second shipment arrived Friday and I finally opened it today. It
> was the correct S-ATA enclosure, a good sign so far. Popped the drive
> in and voila, success! I've now backed up the photos to two desktops
> and I'll start working on them, hopefully having something to post by
> tonight.
>
> Thank you again. I sincerely owe you lots of beers whenever we meet.
> Naw, forget that. If any of the recovered pics are halfway decent, I
> owe you and the wife a steak dinner.
>
> "Whoo hoo!" -- Doug "Popeye" Frederick (c. 1990s)

So much for all those who say rec.scuba is a total waste of time, huh?
We not only have fun trading insults, but some here actually have
little bits of arcane knowledge stored away that comes in handy once
in a while. Good stuff.

JF

On Aug 5, 2:55 pm, Greg Mossman <moss...@qnet.com> wrote:
> Thank you very much Chris Guynn for your insight into my hard drive
> dilemma. You have saved my Grand Cayman pics.
>
> At first it was touch and go. I needed the S-ATA hard drive enclosure
> for the drive that crashed on my trip and I figured I'd order an IDE
> enclosure for the two other laptop drives I have sitting around to see
> if I could get anything off them as well.
>
> Unfortunately, the shop that you had linked to only had the IDE flavor
> of the Sabrent enclosures. I found another shop that sold both and
> placed an order, but that seemed to disappear into vapor since I never
> heard back from them after getting the auto-confirmation e-mail reply.
>
> So I tried with a third company, at twice the original price but still
> worth it if it worked, and got confirmation that they shipped the two
> enclosures. Unfortunately, what arrived was two IDE enclosures. I
> let them know of the mistake and meanwhile went to work on on of the
> the old IDE drives.
>
> The IDE drive didn't work. I plugged it in and got an Unknown Device
> instead of the USB Storage Device that was supposed to appear. Not a
> good omen.
>
> The second shipment arrived Friday and I finally opened it today. It
> was the correct S-ATA enclosure, a good sign so far. Popped the drive
> in and voila, success! I've now backed up the photos to two desktops
> and I'll start working on them, hopefully having something to post by
> tonight.
>
> Thank you again. I sincerely owe you lots of beers whenever we meet.
> Naw, forget that. If any of the recovered pics are halfway decent, I
> owe you and the wife a steak dinner.
>
> "Whoo hoo!" -- Doug "Popeye" Frederick (c. 1990s)

Can't wait to see the photos, Greg!

gc

On Aug 5, 12:30 pm, George Cathcart <george.cathc...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Aug 5, 2:55 pm, Greg Mossman <moss...@qnet.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > Thank you very much Chris Guynn for your insight into my hard drive
> > dilemma. You have saved my Grand Cayman pics.
>
> > At first it was touch and go. I needed the S-ATA hard drive enclosure
> > for the drive that crashed on my trip and I figured I'd order an IDE
> > enclosure for the two other laptop drives I have sitting around to see
> > if I could get anything off them as well.
>
> > Unfortunately, the shop that you had linked to only had the IDE flavor
> > of the Sabrent enclosures. I found another shop that sold both and
> > placed an order, but that seemed to disappear into vapor since I never
> > heard back from them after getting the auto-confirmation e-mail reply.
>
> > So I tried with a third company, at twice the original price but still
> > worth it if it worked, and got confirmation that they shipped the two
> > enclosures. Unfortunately, what arrived was two IDE enclosures. I
> > let them know of the mistake and meanwhile went to work on on of the
> > the old IDE drives.
>
> > The IDE drive didn't work. I plugged it in and got an Unknown Device
> > instead of the USB Storage Device that was supposed to appear. Not a
> > good omen.
>
> > The second shipment arrived Friday and I finally opened it today. It
> > was the correct S-ATA enclosure, a good sign so far. Popped the drive
> > in and voila, success! I've now backed up the photos to two desktops
> > and I'll start working on them, hopefully having something to post by
> > tonight.
>
> > Thank you again. I sincerely owe you lots of beers whenever we meet.
> > Naw, forget that. If any of the recovered pics are halfway decent, I
> > owe you and the wife a steak dinner.
>
> > "Whoo hoo!" -- Doug "Popeye" Frederick (c. 1990s)
>
> Can't wait to see the photos, Greg!

The first batch is ready, from the very first dive with the new
housing. I wasn't having much luck getting the exposures right in the
shallows using the housing's ROC strobe control, but realized after
the dive that I had forgotten to program the housing for my particular
strobe type. No wonder.

Also, I thought I had programmed the camera to max out at ISO 400, but
apparently this was reset to the default, as I noticed that the ISO
jumped to 1,600 at the deeper part of the dive, introducing lots of
unwanted grain.

Finally, the housing kept crashing every time I stopped using it for a
minute or so, and I'd have to reboot it and reset my aperture and
shutter speed again each time. I later found out from my camera guy,
after I returned home from the trip, that Light & Motion had left a
crucial part of the instructions out of the manual: a required setting
for the camera to not automatically shut the metering system off after
inactivity.

So, with those caveats, here you go:

They're the Grand Cayman UW 1 collection:

www.kodakgallery.com/mossman

On Aug 5, 7:12 pm, Greg Mossman <moss...@qnet.com> wrote:
> On Aug 5, 12:30 pm, George Cathcart <george.cathc...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > On Aug 5, 2:55 pm, Greg Mossman <moss...@qnet.com> wrote:
>
> > > Thank you very much Chris Guynn for your insight into my hard drive
> > > dilemma. You have saved my Grand Cayman pics.
>
> > > At first it was touch and go. I needed the S-ATA hard drive enclosure
> > > for the drive that crashed on my trip and I figured I'd order an IDE
> > > enclosure for the two other laptop drives I have sitting around to see
> > > if I could get anything off them as well.
>
> > > Unfortunately, the shop that you had linked to only had the IDE flavor
> > > of the Sabrent enclosures. I found another shop that sold both and
> > > placed an order, but that seemed to disappear into vapor since I never
> > > heard back from them after getting the auto-confirmation e-mail reply.
>
> > > So I tried with a third company, at twice the original price but still
> > > worth it if it worked, and got confirmation that they shipped the two
> > > enclosures. Unfortunately, what arrived was two IDE enclosures. I
> > > let them know of the mistake and meanwhile went to work on on of the
> > > the old IDE drives.
>
> > > The IDE drive didn't work. I plugged it in and got an Unknown Device
> > > instead of the USB Storage Device that was supposed to appear. Not a
> > > good omen.
>
> > > The second shipment arrived Friday and I finally opened it today. It
> > > was the correct S-ATA enclosure, a good sign so far. Popped the drive
> > > in and voila, success! I've now backed up the photos to two desktops
> > > and I'll start working on them, hopefully having something to post by
> > > tonight.
>
> > > Thank you again. I sincerely owe you lots of beers whenever we meet.
> > > Naw, forget that. If any of the recovered pics are halfway decent, I
> > > owe you and the wife a steak dinner.
>
> > > "Whoo hoo!" -- Doug "Popeye" Frederick (c. 1990s)
>
> > Can't wait to see the photos, Greg!
>
> The first batch is ready, from the very first dive with the new
> housing. I wasn't having much luck getting the exposures right in the
> shallows using the housing's ROC strobe control, but realized after
> the dive that I had forgotten to program the housing for my particular
> strobe type. No wonder.
>
> Also, I thought I had programmed the camera to max out at ISO 400, but
> apparently this was reset to the default, as I noticed that the ISO
> jumped to 1,600 at the deeper part of the dive, introducing lots of
> unwanted grain.
>
> Finally, the housing kept crashing every time I stopped using it for a
> minute or so, and I'd have to reboot it and reset my aperture and
> shutter speed again each time. I later found out from my camera guy,
> after I returned home from the trip, that Light & Motion had left a
> crucial part of the instructions out of the manual: a required setting
> for the camera to not automatically shut the metering system off after
> inactivity.
>
> So, with those caveats, here you go:
>
> They're the Grand Cayman UW 1 collection:
>
> www.kodakgallery.com/mossman

Greg, excellent compositions, and way to get close. The barracuda is
outstanding. On most of them, there's probably enough detail in the
highlights to salvage, so they're not totally blown out. As you know,
it's usually better to be underexposed than over. I hope you'll post
the rest soon.

gc

"Greg Mossman" <mossman@qnet.com> wrote in message
news:1186340133.938479.204160@l70g2000hse.googlegr oups.com...
> Thank you very much Chris Guynn for your insight into my hard drive
> dilemma. You have saved my Grand Cayman pics.
>
> At first it was touch and go. I needed the S-ATA hard drive enclosure
> for the drive that crashed on my trip and I figured I'd order an IDE
> enclosure for the two other laptop drives I have sitting around to see
> if I could get anything off them as well.
>
> Unfortunately, the shop that you had linked to only had the IDE flavor
> of the Sabrent enclosures. I found another shop that sold both and
> placed an order, but that seemed to disappear into vapor since I never
> heard back from them after getting the auto-confirmation e-mail reply.
>
> So I tried with a third company, at twice the original price but still
> worth it if it worked, and got confirmation that they shipped the two
> enclosures. Unfortunately, what arrived was two IDE enclosures. I
> let them know of the mistake and meanwhile went to work on on of the
> the old IDE drives.
>
> The IDE drive didn't work. I plugged it in and got an Unknown Device
> instead of the USB Storage Device that was supposed to appear. Not a
> good omen.
>
> The second shipment arrived Friday and I finally opened it today. It
> was the correct S-ATA enclosure, a good sign so far. Popped the drive
> in and voila, success! I've now backed up the photos to two desktops
> and I'll start working on them, hopefully having something to post by
> tonight.
>
> Thank you again. I sincerely owe you lots of beers whenever we meet.
> Naw, forget that. If any of the recovered pics are halfway decent, I
> owe you and the wife a steak dinner.
>
> "Whoo hoo!" -- Doug "Popeye" Frederick (c. 1990s)

I have had nightmares about not being able to do my underwater photography,
and I rarely have bad dreams.
Good show! Good that it worked out. For the K's we spend on some of these
vacations, if you don't have your UW pictures it can really make a
difference.

George

On Aug 5, 8:14 pm, Dan Bracuk <NOTbra...@pathcom.com> wrote:
> Greg Mossman <moss...@qnet.com> pounded away at his keyboard resulting
> in:
> :They're the Grand Cayman UW 1 collection:
> :
> :www.kodakgallery.com/mossman
>
> Cudos on image 8.

Thanks. I've put Grand Cayman UW 2 up now, with two more queenies at
#1 and 2.

On Aug 5, 6:54 pm, George Cathcart <george.cathc...@gmail.com> wrote:

> >www.kodakgallery.com/mossman
>
> Greg, excellent compositions, and way to get close. The barracuda is
> outstanding. On most of them, there's probably enough detail in the
> highlights to salvage, so they're not totally blown out. As you know,
> it's usually better to be underexposed than over. I hope you'll post
> the rest soon.

Thanks. I have to give lots of credit to the high-res camera and the
macro lens - it gets me close without having to get too close. Even
close enough to shoot fishies while they're being cleaned, as you can
see from the last pictures in my set from the second dive, which I
just posted as Grand Cayman UW 2. I can't wait until I get the macro
port upgraded to handle my 105mm VR lens, but Light & Motion is still
working on it.

As for overexposed vs. underexposed, I'll scrap a lot of pics if so
underexposed that they get grainy, unless the grain doesn't detract
too much like in the barracuda. On the other hand, it's hard to avoid
overexposing whites and silvers, so sometimes you gotta live with a
little. The diamond blenny (#15 in UW 2) is way too overexposed, but
since it was my only shot of it before it disappeared, I blew it out
even more to try to make it "artistic".

That's it for the macro. Now I have to see what good came out of my
two wide-angle dives and that's gonna have to wait until tomorrow.

"Greg Mossman" <mossman@qnet.com> wrote in message
news:1186340133.938479.204160@l70g2000hse.googlegr oups.com...
> Thank you very much Chris Guynn for your insight into my hard drive
> dilemma. You have saved my Grand Cayman pics.

Glad I could be of assitance.

I enjoyed seeing the pics.

> The second shipment arrived Friday and I finally opened it today. It
> was the correct S-ATA enclosure, a good sign so far. Popped the drive
> in and voila, success! I've now backed up the photos to two desktops
> and I'll start working on them, hopefully having something to post by
> tonight.
>
> Thank you again. I sincerely owe you lots of beers whenever we meet.
> Naw, forget that. If any of the recovered pics are halfway decent, I
> owe you and the wife a steak dinner.

I look forward to collecting someday. Whether that's beers or steaks, I'll
happily consume my share.

On Aug 6, 5:58 am, Dan Bracuk <NOTbra...@pathcom.com> wrote:

> :As for overexposed vs. underexposed, I'll scrap a lot of pics if so
> :underexposed that they get grainy, unless the grain doesn't detract
> :too much like in the barracuda. On the other hand, it's hard to avoid
> :overexposing whites and silvers, so sometimes you gotta live with a
> :little. The diamond blenny (#15 in UW 2) is way too overexposed, but
> :since it was my only shot of it before it disappeared, I blew it out
> :even more to try to make it "artistic".
>
> You could always go natural light for the whites and silvers.

I believe this was in natural light, but in shallow water (15' or so)
under direct sun. It's the ironshore/sand flat that leads from the
Cobalt Coast dock to the miniwall, perfect for juveniles and small
critters, but very bright on a cloudless day and a bit surgey. I
should have waited until the sun went down a bit or increased the
shutter speed and/or narrowed the aperture. That's the learning
process.