
simonK
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simonK last won the day on August 17 2015
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United Kingdom
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Camera Model & Brand
Olympus xz-1
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Camera Housing
Nautical
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Strobe/Lighting Model & Brand
Z240
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Housing/gear considerations for deep diving
simonK replied to chipi's topic in Photography Gear and Technique
I have had a 230mm dome crack at 70m, it was rated 100m. So recommend you stick to smaller domes for the deeper stuff, or at least do a test dive with an empty housing if you must have a big dome. -
A friend of mine is very happy with the saga mini dome on a cannon with the 8-15.
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I used a sigma 15 with a 1.4TC on full frame in Cocos. The real trick is positioning yourself so that the animals come to you. Though usually just as a shark /ray was about to swim into the perfect position some muppet with a GoPro on a stick, chasing a small fish, would come charging into shot and scare everything off.
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Forum Members Poll: Your first underwater camera
simonK replied to Interceptor121's topic in Beginner Forum
Nikonos IVA + subalwider add on wide angle lense and Morris aqua flash. All well second hand by the time I got them. -
Sea and Sea internal Correction Lens
simonK replied to ragauthier1's topic in Photography Gear and Technique
That makes more sense. Does it change the field of view? Adam, No idea. I don't own a 16-35 just noticed that subal recommend a +2 diopter. S -
Sea and Sea internal Correction Lens
simonK replied to ragauthier1's topic in Photography Gear and Technique
$400 ????!! why not go cheapskate and buy one from subal 73 Euro + tax. Or go onto Ebay and look for 77mm +2 dioptre / close up you can get a selection of different strengths to play with for a few dollars (quality not guaranteed) -
Removing scratches from a dome port
simonK replied to rschrager's topic in Photography Gear and Technique
Toothpaste works well fo light scratches. -
I use smug mug which gives a vast number of options: https://srkay.smugmug.com/ Another option if you already have web space is something like http://theturninggate.net/which provides plug ins for Lightroom to generate web pages. There are lots of other options but those are the two I have played with
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Setup for ambient light shooting of deep wrecks
simonK replied to divervince's topic in Beginner Forum
I know a coule of people who shoot quite happily with video lights, but that's mainly on deep UK weeks without a lot of ambient light. You do loose a lot of flexibility when trying to balance natural and artificial light. -
Setup for ambient light shooting of deep wrecks
simonK replied to divervince's topic in Beginner Forum
The problem with compact cameras (and full size dslr) is that the cost of the camera is a minor part, once you have added housings, extra glass and strobes the costs rapidly spiral! If you already have an S95 eBay or ads on here may be a good option pull together a decent system. -
Setup for ambient light shooting of deep wrecks
simonK replied to divervince's topic in Beginner Forum
These were taken with a Olympus XZ-1 in a nauticam housing and a UWL-H100 wide angle adapter + dome. Not going to win any prizes but gives you an Idea of whats possible. https://srkay.smugmug.com/Diving/Chuuk/ S -
My New Book: Underwater Photography Masterclass
simonK replied to Alex_Mustard's topic in The Galley: General Chat
Well I haven't suddenly started winning photo competitions but I did spend several happy hours practicing macro lighting on a mushroom on the dinning table. A well written book, clear and to the point. S -
Sigma 15 fisheye, least parallax point anyone?
simonK replied to PeteAtkinson's topic in Photography Gear and Technique
Put the /lens on a big sheet of graph paper. set up a vertical screen (white cardboard box) behind it and them used a laser level to project a vertical line into the lens and onto a line drawn on the screen, drew lines on the paper to match the laser line then looked for where they converged. it was all a bit rough. -
Sigma 15 fisheye, least parallax point anyone?
simonK replied to PeteAtkinson's topic in Photography Gear and Technique
Rough measurement made a while ago, about 38mm from the mount surface with the lens focused at 300mm S -
I made one by splicing loops into a bit of rope (good excuse to learn to splice). Just don't do what I did and get complacent, let go of the camera swimming for the shot in 70m of water - it wasn't clipped on! the worlds fastest decent followed, caught the camera and found the wreck.