Dive Pacific 175 Dec2020 Jan 2021
Dive Pacific, New Zealand's Dive Magazine , captures the best of diving in New Zealand and the Pacific. with adventures, top photos and expert technical advice
Dive Pacific, New Zealand's Dive Magazine , captures the best of diving in New Zealand and the Pacific. with adventures, top photos and expert technical advice
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Shark watching in Fiji<br />
fast moving subjects require shorter<br />
shutter speeds. The camera selects the<br />
aperture value and if the image doesn’t<br />
look right (most likely overexposure),<br />
you can negatively compensate for that.<br />
5) All other modes – ‘Active’,<br />
‘Landscape’, ‘Portrait’…<br />
These are crutches for a photographer<br />
too lazy to think. If you know<br />
that to take an interesting portrait the<br />
background should be blurred, you can<br />
open up the aperture, can’t you? If you<br />
are shooting action, you choose the ‘S’<br />
mode, set the shortest possible shutter<br />
speed (to ‘freeze’ the subject’s motion)…<br />
There is no need for a thinking and<br />
knowledgeable photographer to use<br />
these modes…<br />
Wreck “Kingston” (1881). Straits of Gubal, Red Sea, Egypt.<br />
Nikon D700 15 mm F2.8 (f11; 1/60 ñ; ISO100)<br />
Ikelite housing<br />
6) The underwater mode<br />
Almost all Olympus cameras, both pointand-shoots<br />
and mirrorless, are equipped<br />
with this. It works fine! When set to this<br />
mode, the camera automatically chooses<br />
the right white balance, selects shutter<br />
speed, aperture and sensitivity values.<br />
For an owner of a point-and-shoot, who<br />
is just starting, this is a simple and<br />
reliable solution.<br />
Then when you’ve played enough with<br />
the auto underwater mode, you will<br />
want to switch to the manual mode. Of<br />
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