Compact Course Pt2

Maria Munn · Issue 48, May/Jun 2009 · pp. 33–37

Products mentioned: Fuji Finepix F30, INON Fisheye Lens, INON D2000 Strobe, Canon Ixus 980, Sea & Sea

Welcome back to the second part of this quick start series in showing you how to get the very best out of your compact camera underwater. In this issue we are going to look at using apertures and shutter speeds as well as looking at different lenses to quickly help you get on the underwater track to really creative works of art. Aperture Settings The very mention of anything other than the Programme or Green Square Mode can make anyone’s fingers freeze when an attempt is made to move out of these settings. As many of my course guests have found, having the confidence to use different aperture settings on your equipment underwater will not only help to get much better sharpness in your overall images, it will also help you to create striking images when used together with a strobe. So where do you start and what does it all mean? The aperture of your camera (the f number) controls the dep…