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6. Much is written about reviewing pictures on the LCD screen
right after taking them and deleting the bad ones. While it is
some what possible to evaluate your picture on the LCD screen,
taking the time to eliminate the bad ones may not be the best
approach. In bright sunlight the LCD screen can be difficult to
see and underwater one does not have a lot of time to spend
eliminating photographs. A better solution is to purchase a
large memory card (film) that will allow you to take 100 plus
pictures in the High Quality mode. For most divers this would
be enough storage space for pictures from a couple of dives.
With a larger card you can check the picture, if it isn’t what you
want you don’t have to spend time deleting the picture, you can
spend that time concentrating on the subject and how to take a
better picture. Photos are best evaluated on a computer screen.
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1. Due to the power required to operate the camera, flash,
and LCD screen it is a good idea to start each dive with a
fresh set of batteries. (see camera manual).
2. As soon as you enter the water, take a moment and check the
housing to see that it is properly sealed.
3. Next, check to see if there are any bubbles on the face
of the lens port. If there are, take your finger and remove them.
If there are bubbles on the lens port they can produce soft focus
spots in your photographs.
4. Use the macro mode for photographs closer than 1.5 feet
(45cm).
5. Shoot pictures at the highest resolution. Several printing
methods require high resolution. It is easy to reduce the size
and resolution, but almost impossible to increase size and
resolution from a small file and obtain a satisfactory result.
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1. The number one rule in underwater photography is
eliminate as much water between camera and subject as
possible. Get as close as you can to the subject, then use the
zoom. If you are using flash, subjects beyond 5-6 feet (1.8m)
will not have much color.
2. Digital cameras have a slight lag time between when you
press the shutter release button and the camera actually takes
the picture. Hold the camera steady a second or two after
pressing the shutter release button.
3. Do not shoot down on subjects as they will quite often blend
into the background and be difficult to see in the photograph.
Shoot subjects straight on or shoot up at a slight angle using
the blue water as a contrasting background.
4. Underwater flash is used to restore the warmer colors
filtered out by the water as well as to illuminate the subject.
When photographing underwater, set the camera to use flash
on every shot.
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