Results of Free dive Photography
A free dive photograph - Emperor Angelfish - and friends
one of my first free dive photos using a simple, little compact camera
Angelfish - Emperor
Maldives - Hembadhu - Vivanta
which digital camera and settings for free dive photography
Fujifilm Finepix F70 EXR - Auto - No flash - F3.3, 1/400 sec, Iso 200, Focal length 5mm
free diving photography - point and shoot -
as a digital camera, it doesn't come much simpler than this one. While we wouldn't recommend this particular model -
Fujifilm Finepix F70 EXR - for free dive photography -
Fujifilm do produce some good cameras
a criticism of the Fujifilm Finepix F70 EXR is that it lacks an 'underwater scene' shooting mode
this alone would have produced better colours, although I think the photo editing software has worked well enough even with only 3-clicks/ adjustments (colour balance and sharpening were vital)
most importantly though, this camera lacks a purpose-built underwater housing so when free diving you don't have access to any of the controls other than focus and shoot - very important
I've surprised myself in that now, with another camera, I find I use a little bit of zoom quite often - not too much though. And access to the zoom means a housing built for a particular model of camera
an underwater scene setting is good to have, especially while you are tending to use 'automatic'
what I like about this photo is that it highlights how free diving can be just like swimming in an aquarium and doesn't the idea of having a photographic record just make you want to go and do it - now?
a criticism of the Fujifilm Finepix F70 EXR is that it lacks an 'underwater scene' shooting mode
this alone would have produced better colours, although I think the photo editing software has worked well enough even with only 3-clicks/ adjustments (colour balance and sharpening were vital)
most importantly though, this camera lacks a purpose-built underwater housing so when free diving you don't have access to any of the controls other than focus and shoot - very important
I've surprised myself in that now, with another camera, I find I use a little bit of zoom quite often - not too much though. And access to the zoom means a housing built for a particular model of camera
an underwater scene setting is good to have, especially while you are tending to use 'automatic'
what I like about this photo is that it highlights how free diving can be just like swimming in an aquarium and doesn't the idea of having a photographic record just make you want to go and do it - now?
