dhaas 38 Posted September 27, 2006 Amigos, See samples shot with itty bitty Fuji E900 camera. In an Ikelite housing, Single DS50 strobe with EV controller and INON UFL 165AD lens for wide shots. A great little tool! dhaas A few more! dhaas Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rocha 0 Posted September 27, 2006 Very nice, colors look nice and warm in the wide dolphins and snorkeler, any filters? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dhaas 38 Posted September 27, 2006 Luis, Good eyes....Used the new Auto-Magic Filter for most of the shallow shots. Works good! dhaas Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DesertEagle 2 Posted September 28, 2006 David, any thoughts on the Auto Magic filter vs the original? I used the original on my last trip and loved the colors. I'm probably going to get a Fuji F30 just for available light photos. I was thinking of just leaving it on auto, but concerned that shallow photos could turn up overly magenta/red? How do you like the Inon 165 wide angle? I was thinking of mounting that on top of the Fuji. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dhaas 38 Posted September 28, 2006 The new Auto-Magic Filter used with the AWB (Auto-White Balance) on P&S cameras is fine versus the original for dSLR cameras requiring a "reference shot" and custom white balancing. One less thing to mess with....Kudos to Alex and Peter. I should stress I have never had great luck below about 25 ' - 30' with either filter. But in shallow brightly lit water it works well prducing a more "painterly" type of image. You either like it or you don't. Many photographer friends can't seem to see the different look as unique. I love it but I found myself shooting more strobe than filter shots a the week went on. One discussion I've had with a Fuji E900 shooter was over AF, flash settings, etc. He found the E900 with the flash output decreased (since it only needs to trip an Ikelite EV controller and DS strobe) to be slower response. I had no problems getting a focus lock on moving fish or divers swimming over reefs in non pre-posed photos. I tend to anticipate a diver's direction, find an element in front of them I want to light and get set up paparrazi style Then when they swim by I shoot! So I guess I'm saying it just takes practice with the camera. I used center point AF except for the dolphins where I put the camera in continuous AF and multi-frame shooting. Simply pointed while free diving with them and held down the trigger Hope this helps! dhaas Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dhaas 38 Posted September 29, 2006 Desert Eagle, Sorry for not answering your questions...... Using the Auto - Magic Filter for surface / snorkeling shots just don't point it up. Shoot down a bit.....You can even remove a reddish tint if present with minimal post processing. The INON Fisheye is a fantastic. lens. On some housings you WILL have to zoom slightly from full wide to eliminate minor vignetting. But the lens is very, very sharp on the tiny Fuji P&S camera sensors..... I viewed a few files to well past 100% on my iMac 20" monitor and they still look good. Could easily print some to 11 X 14..... Good luck! dhaas Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riccati 0 Posted October 5, 2006 Hi, I just got an e900, and I have the INON AD-105 wide angle lens (not fisheye). For fast moving targets, I was thinking of just focusing on my fin, then putting it in manual focus. At wide angle, with these tiny sensors, I think you should have a hyperfocal distance of about a metre, and have anything from about 70cm to infinity in focus (a guess) The e900 responds much faster with manual focus! Has anyone tried this technique? BR Ric Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dhaas 38 Posted October 5, 2006 Ric, If I would've had more time to try your proposed technique, especially with the DOF of a wide external lens. I think as you say it would be the best for quick moving subjects. Although putting in continuous AF, the camera did pretty darn well while I was swimming like hell and free diving with the dolphins! I also put the camaera on multi-shot and when the dolphins zoomed by just mashed the trigger and pointed. My amigo, Lazaro Ruda used the MF technique for years capturing stupendous photos with his Olympus C5050 set up.... Go for it! dhaas Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
loftus 42 Posted October 5, 2006 Any reason why the new auto WB filter cannot be used with a DSLR on auto WB? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alex_Tattersall 90 Posted October 6, 2006 These are very impressive shots !!! I'm also a e900 fan... nice one Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
carina 0 Posted June 5, 2008 Hi I did a search on underwater photos with Fuji E900 and came across your message! Great shots, they are fantastic. I already have the 165 inon lens and I am looking to upgrade my camera which currently is an olympus C60zoom. I always had problems when trying to photograph large moving creatures - turtles, sharks etc and the camera would never take the photo! How is the E900 for this? Also - someone mentioned vignetting might be a problem - is this true and does the wide angle lenses still work to it's full range? I'd be so grateful for any advise if you are still out there and able to help! Cheers, Carina Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PRC 2 Posted June 5, 2008 (edited) Any reason why the new auto WB filter cannot be used with a DSLR on auto WB? Yea - it wont work as well as the standard and MWB or better yet RAW and allow yourself the latitude later. As I recall (from Alex) the std has a wider depth range over which it will do it's stuff, it (auto) was designed for cases where RAW & MWB were not an option. Paul C Edited June 5, 2008 by PRC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
