Hi Everyone,
I am going shark diving in two weeks and will be spending 6 days swimming with Tiger sharks up close.
I have bought my first SLR and wondered if anyone could give me some tips?
My set up is as follows-
Canon EOS 550D.
15mm wide angle fisheye lens F2.8
8" dome port.
No strobe, going to try ambient light first and the dive is only 10 metres deep so should be plenty of natural light.
The sharks are big and close enough to touch.
Here s my dilema, my manual settings can not be changed once the EOS is in the housing, so initially I planned to shoot in sport with live view (30 seconds auto switch off). I have taken plenty of my dogs running in sport and it works well.
I have tried AV and manual with ISO1600, F8 and 1/100 and AI Servo which Is ok but seems to take a long time to focus, by which time i will have prob missed the shot/ shark (maybe I am doing it wrong?)
Also in manual there is no live view, just a black screen? So in summary-
A. Does live view not work in manual?
B. in sport the ISO is self adjusting but F is fixed at 5.6, would sport be better than manual or AV?
I am keen to use live view on this trip because there's going to be 30-40 sharks around me at all times and having a big camera stuck to my I've mask blocks out everything around me... Also sometimes Tigers and Lemons may bump your camera so better out in front then close to your head!
The chap who sold me the camera has been great with advise but I don't want to keep pestering him so thought I would try this site.
Any advise greatly received, it's all new to me but have been reading up on pasture I've, ISO etc....plan is to learn the basics and then upgrade to a housing I can change underwater later on.
I am taking my ipad so I can download each night and make adjustments to the camera then.
Thanks
Steve
I am going shark diving in two weeks and will be spending 6 days swimming with Tiger sharks up close.
I have bought my first SLR and wondered if anyone could give me some tips?
My set up is as follows-
Canon EOS 550D.
15mm wide angle fisheye lens F2.8
8" dome port.
No strobe, going to try ambient light first and the dive is only 10 metres deep so should be plenty of natural light.
The sharks are big and close enough to touch.
Here s my dilema, my manual settings can not be changed once the EOS is in the housing, so initially I planned to shoot in sport with live view (30 seconds auto switch off). I have taken plenty of my dogs running in sport and it works well.
I have tried AV and manual with ISO1600, F8 and 1/100 and AI Servo which Is ok but seems to take a long time to focus, by which time i will have prob missed the shot/ shark (maybe I am doing it wrong?)
Also in manual there is no live view, just a black screen? So in summary-
A. Does live view not work in manual?
B. in sport the ISO is self adjusting but F is fixed at 5.6, would sport be better than manual or AV?
I am keen to use live view on this trip because there's going to be 30-40 sharks around me at all times and having a big camera stuck to my I've mask blocks out everything around me... Also sometimes Tigers and Lemons may bump your camera so better out in front then close to your head!
The chap who sold me the camera has been great with advise but I don't want to keep pestering him so thought I would try this site.
Any advise greatly received, it's all new to me but have been reading up on pasture I've, ISO etc....plan is to learn the basics and then upgrade to a housing I can change underwater later on.
I am taking my ipad so I can download each night and make adjustments to the camera then.
Thanks
Steve
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