The Wife Was Right

"Rudy Benner" <bennerREMOVE@personainternet.com> wrote:

> This is what I want Santa to bring me next year.
>
>
> http://www.ikelite.com/web_pages/opt10dlx.html


What's the matter with this year?



> Damned strobe costs more than the camera and housing.

Par for the course, especially when you pay for a strobe with a fast
recycle time...


-hh

Will you never learn???

Rule #1: The wife is always right.

Dan Bracuk wrote:
> She kept telling me that if I got a half decent digital camera I
> wouldn't need an external strobe. My experience with rented film
> cameras of varying qualities, a low end film camera (Sealife
> Reefmaster), and a low end digital camera (1.3 megapixel Sealife
> Reefmaster) prevented me from believing her.
>
> But, since I was buying a digital camera anyway, I got a housing and
> tried it out. The camera is a 4 megapixel Sony Cybershot which is a
> half decent camera, nothing spectacular, but much better than the
> Sealife.
>
> The proof is in the pictures. Anything marked new on this site is a
> rencently photographed Mexican fish.
>
> http://www.pathcom.com/~bracuk/underwater/index.htm
>
> My major concerns were that I would not have enough light to not only
> illuminate the fish, but also to bring out the colours. That was
> proved false in the following photos where the fish was under a ledge
> or somewhere else out of the sun.
>
> http://www.pathcom.com/~bracuk/underwater/Moray2.htm
>
> http://www.pathcom.com/~bracuk/underwater/Toadfish.htm
>
> http://www.pathcom.com/~bracuk/underwater/GrayAngel.htm
>
> Regarding backscatter, I got some, but no more than I did with other
> cameras.
>
> Bottom line, you don't need a strobe.
>
> Dan Bracuk
> Is it my imagination, or do Buffalo Wings taste like chicken?
> The Best of rec.scuba http://www.pathcom.com/~bracuk/RecScuba/
>
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Great pics!!!!!!!

Were those pics taken with the Sony in auto mode or manual?


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scubby <scubby.1hxwfm@forums.deeperblue.net> pounded away at his
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:Were those pics taken with the Sony in auto mode or manual?

Auto.

I read various parts of the manual during the trip and concluded that
pre-selecting macro and flash every time was the best way to go.

Dan Bracuk
Is it my imagination, or do Buffalo Wings taste like chicken?
The Best of rec.scuba http://www.pathcom.com/~bracuk/RecScuba/

Thankyou for the reply, I have bought the P150 with the underwater
housing but have not tried it yet, tried to search the web for info
about other users and their feedback but have not found much.Do you
know of any sites that may have info?


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scubby <scubby.1hy42n@forums.deeperblue.net> pounded away at his
keyboard resulting in:

:Thankyou for the reply, I have bought the P150 with the underwater
:housing but have not tried it yet, tried to search the web for info
:about other users and their feedback but have not found much.Do you
:know of any sites that may have info?

Try http://www.digideep.com

Personally, I use trial and error, especially error.

Dan Bracuk
Is it my imagination, or do Buffalo Wings taste like chicken?
The Best of rec.scuba http://www.pathcom.com/~bracuk/RecScuba/

nospam@all.please.net pounded away at his keyboard resulting in:
:Nice pics. What proportion of the attempts are keepers?

Including a dozen or so land shots, I brought home 132 images, of
which I printed 42 and put 10 on the web. So far I have 111
electronic keepers, but, I may get rid of some more because I have a
lot of very similar images. I adhere to the theory that in order to
get good pictures, take lots.

My guess is that I deleted about 100 images while I was in Mexico. I
wasn't keeping track. The resort had a small tv in each room and
since I brought my video cable, culling was a lot easier than had I
only had the camera display to work with.

This is a lot better than the bad old days when I was using a rented
camera with slide film and would be absolutely delighted to get 3
keepers from a roll of 36 exposures.

Dan Bracuk
Is it my imagination, or do Buffalo Wings taste like chicken?
The Best of rec.scuba http://www.pathcom.com/~bracuk/RecScuba/

On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 11:59:43 -0500, Dan Bracuk wrote:

> nospam@all.please.net pounded away at his keyboard resulting in:
> :Nice pics. What proportion of the attempts are keepers?
>
> Including a dozen or so land shots, I brought home 132 images, of
> which I printed 42 and put 10 on the web.


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> I adhere to the theory that in order to
> get good pictures, take lots.

I concur. Up to inconvenience, and perhaps beyond, backup is good.

8<

>
> I've had 3 strobes and 5 UW camera housings, and never flooded one. It's
> all about careful preparation and not rushing the it. Look after the O
> rings and surfaces and they will look after you.
>

Since I'm buying a UW housing for my PS400, I was wondering - is it a
problem using my 10W HID light with a video diffuser as a "strobe"?? In
theory (my) it should bring the light needed for a proper shot, since I can
point the light directly at the object using the goodman handle.

-Henrik

"BUFF5200" <buff5200@aol.com> wrote in message news:41CD931D.9080305@aol.com...
> Will you never learn???
>
> Rule #1: The wife is always right.

It depends on the wife.