New Underwater Camera

[fishlette]

i am so excited i cant even wait to upload the pics to photobucket lol *takes a deep breath and starts at the beginning*

i went to the shop today to get myself a new digital camera. i wasnt planning on spending any more than a few hundred dollars until the sales man showed me the olympus 770 SW. the only thing that got my attention was the bit that said underwater to 33ft. woohoo! it was twice the price of what i was intending to pay but hey, its an underwater camera. im going to learn to dive soon up on the GBR so having an underwater camera would be awesome

anyhoo, i bought my new little treasure home and something terrible happened...i was too scared to put it in the tank lol it just didnt seem right putting a camera in water. when i finally did it, after having a stern chat with myself, i was amazed at the results. i took photos down behind and in between all the rock to see what was going on. i found my missing ricordea. hes hanging out under a rock and is about 6 times bigger than he was when i last saw him

got some amazing pics of my fish that i have never gotten good pics of before. one of the good things about having your hand in their is they all think its dinner time some they come swimming up. no flash means no scare and everyone is none the wiser

no time to upload pics right now but when i get back from dinner i will get them all onto photobucket

 

[Matty P]

Hey sounds awsome Can't wait for those pics

 

[rictheredneck]

the 770 is a great camera a few of my friends have them all are keen kayakers...

 

[fishlette]

here are the pics. a lot didnt come out well cause i didnt have it on the right setting oops anyway, i put them all on one website so as not to clog up the thread.

pics

click on the marine link on the left

 

[Matty P]

Those pics are amazing, wish I had an underwater camera

 

[fishlette]

Those pics are amazing, wish I had an underwater camera

goes to show that anyone can take good pics as long as you have a good camera. doesnt even have to be really expensive. this one cost $590. with a housing to allow it to go to 30m it will end up costing about $800. i know its not as cheap as i could have gotten it but i had urgent need for hence the 'non-ebay' buy plus, it is a good camera. ive always wondered how people get those crisp, clear, up close pics. now i know. they shoot underwater rather than through the glass

still feels really weird putting a cam in water i will keep adding to the album over the next little while. am going to try and get some pics in underneath all the rock and see what is going on in there

can definitely recommend it to anyone wanting to take serious pics. tis shock proof to 5ft too which is good for butter fingers me

 

[littleme1969]

Stunning!! Totally stunning some of the nicest shots of seen in a while

 

[divisible by zero]

this sure beats my plan on dropping my camera into a ziplock bag

 

[SkiFletch]

OMG so jealous those pictures are amazing.

 

[jeasko]

Ok now to burst the bubble a little! (sorry mate)
If you plan on using ur camera out on the GBR invest in a red filter as underwater the colour is absorbed by the water with red being first colour to go (hence red filter) and blue being the last colour (hence sea looks blue on a good day) this will work upto around 8-10m max depending on the sunlight beyond there you are getting into external flash etc which aint cheap no matter what country your in, and then gets beyond complex.
While your camera is rated to to 30m and you will get pics you will find a whole lot of blueness and a smidge of other colours at 30m this can occur even at 10m prob the best example is to look at a red star fish at 30m (18m if you newly qualified) and you will see it looks grey until you shine a torch on it, looks really wierd when you do this.
Having said that i started where you are and now own a full underwater set up including filters and sea and sea flash etc, if your interested get a book by a guy called martin edge on underwater photography as he explains it all so damn easily (if only it was that easy)

However love the pics of inside your tank it looks awesome maybe one day mine will have as much going on.

 

[SkiFletch]

Who needs underwater flashes? Just photoshop it. With modern color balancing and adjusting software it's not that hard and the pics turn out great

 

[jeasko]

Who needs underwater flashes? Just photoshop it. With modern color balancing and adjusting software it's not that hard and the pics turn out great

thats a common miss conception
in photoshop you still need a good pic to start with and at depth you need a flsah to get anything even worth working with, although photoshop is the best software but still have to know how to use it.

either way fishlette happy snapping

 

[fishlette]

Stunning!! Totally stunning some of the nicest shots of seen in a while

thank you

this sure beats my plan on dropping my camera into a ziplock bag

lmao

 

[fishlette]

Ok now to burst the bubble a little! (sorry mate)If you plan on using ur camera out on the GBR invest in a red filter as underwater the colour is absorbed by the water with red being first colour to go (hence red filter) and blue being the last colour (hence sea looks blue on a good day) this will work upto around 8-10m max depending on the sunlight beyond there you are getting into external flash etc which aint cheap no matter what country your in, and then gets beyond complex.While your camera is rated to to 30m and you will get pics you will find a whole lot of blueness and a smidge of other colours at 30m this can occur even at 10m prob the best example is to look at a red star fish at 30m (18m if you newly qualified) and you will see it looks grey until you shine a torch on it, looks really wierd when you do this.Having said that i started where you are and now own a full underwater set up including filters and sea and sea flash etc, if your interested get a book by a guy called martin edge on underwater photography as he explains it all so damn easily (if only it was that easy)However love the pics of inside your tank it looks awesome maybe one day mine will have as much going on.

thanks for the input. im learning with both things so as with everything, i will get bigger and better as my experience levels change. for where i am starting, i should be ok.why wouldnt the flash on the camera be good enough? what are these red filters you speak of and how does it work?

Who needs underwater flashes? Just photoshop it. With modern color balancing and adjusting software it's not that hard and the pics turn out great

thats a common miss conceptionin photoshop you still need a good pic to start with and at depth you need a flsah to get anything even worth working with, although photoshop is the best software but still have to know how to use it.either way fishlette happy snapping

thats what its really all about...happy snapping if i can get some good shots in the shallower water and some ok ones in the deep then thats ok for me for now

OMG so jealous those pictures are amazing.

thanks ski dont be too jealous, we have to test it in the open water yet lol

 

[fishlette]

add some more pics to the mix. got a carpet anemone and anemone shrimp for my nano today so theres some of those see link in sig