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OK Guys and gals!  Here is the first clip from the maiden voyage of my Canon S30 w/ L&M housing.  Thanks to everyone who chimed in on helping me decide on buying this set up.  So far, I am extremely pleased with the initial results.  It also is my first foray into the world of Mac, having always been a PC dude.  The Final Cut X software that most everyone here recommended to me is becoming easier to use with each attempt.  Please be gentle on the critique....   I'm new to Video.  On the self critique I'll start off with the length of the clip (9 mins).  with 8 days of great diving, it was hard to get it down to that length.  As I learn, I'm sure I'll look back at this clip and think..."Coulda trimmed that...coulda cut that" etc..

Thanks again for all the help during the research and buying process!!

Greg

I'm a PC guy in general.  Yeah yeah.... don't knock me..   Recently though, we've tried to downsize  our travel gear and we bought a 15" macbook.  SO!!  being new to MAC, what's the best editing program available for MAC?  On my PC I use Adobe's Premiere Elements 9.  Thanks guys!!

Greg

**edit.....  just a lil FYI... I'm now using a Canon HF S30 in a L&M Bluefin Housing.

Thank's in advance for any and all assistance. I've looked through the few pages of threads here, but didn't really get the info I need. So, basicaly I need help building the best system I can with a budget of 5-6k US. Currently I do UW stills with my DSLR. Recently I bought a little JVC Picsio set up with a WA wet lens and 2 Sola 1200 lights. Suffice to say, after a couple trips, the quality and capabilities compared to what I'm looking for are lacking. I'd like to be able to do both WA and Macro. Here are some questions ( yes I'm a noob...hehe).

1. Are the Sola 1200's powerful enough for a decent rig?

2. I'm assuming that one button manual WB is a must?

3. What attachments are needed for WA and macro? Ports?? Wet Lenses? Diopters?

So, If you were me, and had the budget I had....what would you buy? On a unrelated topic.... does anyone know of an editing program that has a WB feature similiar to Lightrooms WB "Eye dropper"??

Again, thanks for any help you can offer!!

Greg

Well I finally bit the bullet and bought the 105mm. While playing around with it on land yesterday I found it quite difficult to get the focus right. I've been shooting the 60mm for a couple years now, and have had pretty good success with it.

For those of you guru's/experts who made a similar transition, what would you recommend as far as tips and or technique?

** Do you utilize auto or manual focus? Or a combo of the 2?

**On the lens, you have a selector for full or .5 (I believe this is for reduced focal range?)

**I noticed when getting as close as the focal length would allow, it was extremely difficult to keep the subject in focus. Should I back up more?? Obviously for land it's tough without a tripod, but you don't have a tripod UW

Any tips will help!! Thanks in advance!!! I would love to practice in a pool, but don't really have one available.

Greg