At present I have a fuji 4700 zoom, which I'm sure no UW cases are available for. I also have a reefmaster 35mm, which Im having little joy with. I intend to get shot of these both and buy a digi still cam that can be used on land as well as UW.
Can any of you point me in the right direction on which model to go for. I intend printing some of my shots out onto A4 so I reckon a 3m camera should do, but which one. I also don't wanna spend millions, but around £500 max.
Apparently you can now get this setup for just over £500 warehouse express. You will not be dissapointed - it can handle everybody from total beginner to advanced user.
<font color='#0000FF'>Look around for Olympus C4000 (4meg) bought mine for 280 ish and housed in a Olympus PT010 case for about 220 (only downside is this housing only has a 30 meter rating) Thing the housing for the C4040 is a 40m
Goto here for a start. Then get over to www.digitaldiver.net where you will find stacks of info (many of the contributors own the same set-up). If you have any more questions then come back and we will try and help more.
Oh, and congrats on purchasing a great set-up - you will not regret it!
Try looking here http://www.dpreview.com/ for a good place to compare different digital cameras.
I personally bought a Sony DSC 5 which is getting old now but take very good clear pictures. The down side to my model is the focus time. It takes a second or so focus and set up when you depress the shutter button. I don't know if the newer models have been improved but my camera is not that good for fast action/instantanious shots.
Yeah, looked there before I bought, very good review on the 5050, ta
I've since had a look at the other links you guys have pointed out and am now a little worried about my pt015 leaking!! Have you guys had any floods with this rig yet?
Regards, the leaking - as far as I can make out, lots of 015's have been sold and a few people have made posts saying they leak - I've had no probs so far. Answer is maintain the housing, cleaning the O-rings and checking the housing without the camera after long journeys. Above all, insure the whole set-up with proper insurance (which should also include flooding - daft, I know, but I have heard of some insurance not covering this - go figure.). Remember this tho - as John Bantin says, it is not a case of if your set-up floods but when.
As for settings, the photos I took in the Red Sea were as follows:
1. Scenic / non-macro with available light (ie no flash) - use auto-settings. This will generally decide the best settings for the picture, certainly until you are happy using manual.
2. For close up, (inc. night or low light conditions), I use manual - set the aperture to give the depth of filed I want and the lowest shutter speed I can get away with for the subject. I then use forced flash (ie always triggers).
I have yet to get really good use of the camera in UK waters but the same as above should apply.
I keep WB and ISO on auto.
For best quality I use RAW or SHQ but make sure that you have a big enough memory card - I have never used TIFF - mainly because I not heard positive things about it. Also, because I have 2300mAh rechargable batteries I also use full time auto-focus; this reduces the shutter lag problem. Use only if you have good batteries tho because this can really suck up the power.
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