On Thursday, February 20, 2003 5:04 PM, Reef Fish wrote:
> On Wed, 19 Feb 2003 19:11:57 +1100, David Strike <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote, in response to Fred:
> >What sort of camera do you have? (The reason that I ask is that apart
> >from Viv, Bjorn, Crusty, Bob, John Nitrox, Lee, Poe, Huw, Alfred,
rad, -
> >and sum uvvers of note - I have a low tolerance of U/W photographers!
> Strike! You Pommie Bastard!! :-))
Mate, Purleeze! I'm an Ozzie Bastard - until the Poms start winning at
Cricket again! :-)))
(snip)
> Since our NEW (once used) MX-10 flooded and I had told the manufacturer
> to smash it to smitherines with the biggest hammer they could find,
> instead of paying for a repair bill that cost nearly as much as the
> purchase of a new one (Sea&Sea probably sold the repaired flooded one
> as new, and wait for the next victim), we are now the proud owner
> (so far so good) of the bottom of the line UW digital camera, the
> SeaLife ReefMaster 200, which Sue took plenty of picture of crow in
> dark forests in the Coral Seas (Oz) and the archipelagos of French
> Polynesia, as well as many colorless color-pics.
> The internal flash, just as that of the MX-10, just wasn't enough for
> anything more than two feet away.
Janet's been using a 'Light & Motion' video light with her camera. It's an
extremely small unit with 3 light intensity settings and is - judging by the
results that she's been getting - ideally suited to digital cameras. (She's
also got the Sony DCS-P5 with 40-metre housing - as have I - and found the
on-board flash not as satisfactory as having a good external light source.
Even with the video light and Sea & Sea Macro lens attached the unit's still
very small and compact.) :-)
> So, we now have an external strobe attachment, waiting for its premier
> tryout, in Coz, and the pics of the Caballitos Grandes should offer
> a comparison of the quality of our former MX-10 vs the present
> ReefMaster.
I always thought there were difficulties in linking a strobe to a digital
camera?? :-)
Strike
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