Diving and snorkeling on Catalina Island

[cninsd 0]

I had a chance to take my new Sea & Sea DX-1G (aka Ricoh GX100) diving and snorkeling on Catalina Island (California):

 

http://chrisnelson.ca/gallery/2007/11/02/

 

These shots were all taken with available light, no flash or strobe. Some processing from DNG using ACR, mostly just some slight tint adjustments for white balance.

[ce4jesus 1]

Wow Chris..excellent. I'd die for a willing photo op like that seal and you made the most of it. Excellent use of natural light. That Ricoh seems to have a nice quick lens on it as well. Were they all taken in RAW?

[cninsd 0]

Yup, all in RAW. I wish the camera had a decent buffer on it, write times for RAW + JPG are about 4 seconds. I think it will burst 2/second in JPG, but I'm hooked on RAW.

[ce4jesus 1]

Yeah I'm right there too with the RAW thing. 4 seconds is actually pretty snappy for a P&S. My old SP-350 was about 7 seconds tops. I upgraded to a DSLR about 2 months ago. Haven't done a dive yet but that's all about to change at the end of the month. I was looking at your exif information on your shots. I was surprised at the quality of your camera lens...ie shot in aperture mode with shutter speeds well above 100, with -1 exposure and you ended up with excellent lighting. Either you did a fantastic job of using natural light or the lens on that little camera is very good.

Edited November 17, 2007 by ce4jesus