Seeking location of James Wiseman's article on dome ports and core cell

[Seeking location of James Wiseman's article on dome ports and core cell]

Help!

 

I am looking for James Wiseman's article on making a dome port neutral underwater using core cell, here on wetpixel. Your help is appreciated.

 

Thanks!

Don

[Sea&Sea DX-D80 Review]

go here to translate the web page ....

 

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[Whale sharks and hammerhead schools in Galapagos]

WOW! Incredible images! I want to be Eric Cheng TOO!

[Dome Magnifier on a Housing]

It did'nt work, I think the image is too far away to be magnified, its just a big blur.

 

I think it will work if you try it underwater.

[Oly 5050 max size CF]

2 gigs

[Color Match-Monitor and Printer]

Maybe this will help.

 

http://www.ddisoftware.com/printerprofiles/

[dual strobe setup for wide angle]

When I shoot a wide angle, dual strobe shot on a wall....

 

The strobe closest to the wall tends to over-expose the wall.

 

So, put the big strobe away from the wall, and the weaker strobe closer to the wall.

 

I am not very experienced actually.

 

YMMV

[Olympus SP-350/Canon S-70]

Does the A620 shoot raw?

[Disguising luggage]

Property of St. Mary's convent (or similar idea).

 

Maybe with an image on the suitcase.

[Raw Workflow]

Thanks for the tip Marty and James. I am a photoshop newbie too

[San Juan Thread?]

I thought someone stole it !

[small magic experience]

A very interesting post. Thanks for sharing.

 

I am very interested in using flash with the Magic Filter, because I can't get a decent shot at less than 1/100 of a second. Oly 5050

[About doing and undoing RAW edits.]

I think Photoshop Elements 4 has a panel function to see "before" and "after" results side by side.

[JPEG 2000]

Here is an article that you may find interesting.

 

http://www.steves-digicams.com/techcorner/August_2005.html

[Lights, strobes, and lighting technique]

If you are going to do lots of testing .....

 

50 batteries for $18 dollars. Stores charge $3 or more each. Ok absurd, but .... search the net for 1225 battery prices.

 

http://www.batteryspace.com/index.asp?Page...WPROD&ProdID=27

[YS-90DX flashes, but don't see it in photo]

Set power to pre, or pre-flash

[Dual YS 300 Strobes, Olympus 5050, difusers, ....]

"Is this the Adapter from Matthias Heinrichs? I have heard about it but I have also heard that it's a bit unreliable? Is this true or was a dodgy dealer trying to get me to buy new strobes?"

 

The adapter is from Matthias Heinrichs. The adapter with the Nikonos connection, as opposed to the Sea and Sea connection, seems to work fine. The Sea and Sea connector didn't work reliably. I haven't tried the strobes underwater with this setup yet, but it should work fine.

 

If you get an adapter for your YS 300's, get the Nikonos connection. The strobes will work with either type, in theory. Get the Nikonos connector to be sure.

 

I am using the adapter as a ttl controller only.

 

With my Sea and Sea YS 90 DX strobes, the Sea and Sea connector works fine, and I think the Nikonos endpiece worked fine as well.

 

If you get the adapter, I believe you will be pleased.

[replacement for S40? fuji, sony or other?]

Go to a camera shop, and play with the Fuji 550. It is essentially the same camera as the 810 (which is hard to find locally). That will give you a feel for the speed of an 810. I still use a 5050 Olympus, which is also a very slow focusing camera.

[Dual YS 300 Strobes, Olympus 5050, difusers, ....]

No problem firing the strobes. I've got that figured out, and will write more about it after I know it works for sure. I believe I can do TTL and 1/4, 1/2, and full power using a digital adapter with a pt-015 housing, but I need to double check this (in water). So far (in air), it tests out fine, no Tetra case needed.

[Please Help with "white balance" !]

I think you should use a light blue paper to set white balance artificially, if you are diving blue water.

 

If diving green water, I'd use a green piece of paper.

 

I have never tried this. I am just guessing.

[Dual YS 300 Strobes, Olympus 5050, difusers, ....]

I want to do wide angle photography in Belize.

 

Subject matter with be diver portraits and reef scenics, eels, turtles, and sponges.

 

I want to use dual YS 300 strobes.

 

I might use a wide angle lens, but I doubt I'll use a dome port. I am afraid dome ports distort divers too much. Wide angle lens, maybe, although even that seems to freak out divers, because you have to get too close.

 

So I want some mondo strobes ( I own 2 YS 300's already ), and minimal backscatter. I'd like the divers to not look blue.

 

I'd like to minimize backscatter. ( I really hate backscatter )

 

How long should the strobe arms be?

 

Should I use the diffusers?

 

Should I use a green filter over the strobes in combo with a Singh-Ray FL-B filter?

 

Thanks for your help

[Oly C-5050]

The camera has probably been dropped. Impact will cause these streaks.

[Cheap cyan filter for available / fill flash technique]

Thanks for posting the pictures.

 

Do you think putting a filter on the strobes made a difference in the quality of color in the pictures.

[Cheap cyan filter for available / fill flash technique]

I'd love to see the reults you got with the filters. Can you post some pictures?

[underwater housing for Olympus C-750 (PT-018)]

http://search.ebay.com/pt-018_W0QQfkrZ1QQf...atitleZptQ2d018