Tim,
Have a look at
http://photobucket.com/albums/y34/Fiji_Dave/
These are my red sea shots from Sharm, back in February. They were taken with a Sony DSC-P120 in a sony housing using only the internal flash (The camera was a present and I hadn't time to get a strobe sorted before we went)
Personally for a first timer like myself I think they're pretty darned good, but quite a few would definitely have benefited from having a strobe. Particularly the shots deeper down and inside the thistlegorm.
The pictures aren't perfect but they certainly work as a reminder of a great trip, and after all, that's mainly what taking photos is about IMHO. Though having said that, I hope to have a strobe sorted before I go to the red sea again in October.
You say the housing doesn't have a strobe facility, have you looked at strobes with an optical sensor. If I understand it right, it's a small patch which sticks on the front of the housing infront of the cameras internal flash, the patch is connected via a fibre optic cable to the strobe and then when the camera flash goes off, the light triggers the strobe.
(Or do you mean you can't physically attach a strobe arm to the housing?)
Have you tried speaking to someone like Alan James at Alan James Photography, or the guys at Cameras Underwater. I've spoken to both of them and have found them helpful in the extreme.
(In fact the cameras underwater people even talked themselves out of 300+ quids worth of sale because they said they'd rather give me good honest advice than sell me something I'd regret buying later!)
Either way, you'll have some cracking dives and get sopme good shots. Don't forget to show us the result when you get back!
Cheers
Dave
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| Originally Posted by Tim B Hi all,
Wondered if I could get some pointers from the wealth of expirience found on this great website?
Next week I am divinging for the first time in the red sea. Its a live aboard and hopefully all the usual favs will be dived (thistlegorm!)
I have a Nikon coolpix and fantasea housing which is ok but I really want to get the most from this trip in terms of photographs.
As a point and shoot with its own flash do people think that it will suffice? I guess I want to have some good photos to look back on without splashing out on too much. Unfortunately the housing does not have a strobe facility- I would just be using its own internal flash.
Regards
Tim B |