Comments on: Great Underwater Photos Without a Strobe https://www.uwphotographyguide.com/great-underwater-photos/ Fri, 15 Aug 2025 06:57:39 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 By: Anonymous https://www.uwphotographyguide.com/great-underwater-photos/#comment-691 Thu, 24 Feb 2011 17:48:40 +0000 https://uwphoto.onpressidium.com/great-underwater-photos/#comment-691 Thanks for this article,
Thanks for this article, Scott, and the others. I am learning a lot! My p&s does default to 2.8 1/60th in auto or when i do a forced flash in UW mode, but if i go to External Flash Manual Mode (even though i don’t have an ext. strobe), i can up the f-stop to 5.3. Not quite f8 to block the ambient light, but 5.3 is better than 2.8. What time and ISO would you recommend for a 5.3 f-stop for best results?
Thanks,
Ryan

]]> By: Anonymous https://www.uwphotographyguide.com/great-underwater-photos/#comment-155 Mon, 01 Feb 2010 11:06:09 +0000 https://uwphoto.onpressidium.com/great-underwater-photos/#comment-155 Good article, I have 2 Inon

Good article, I have 2 Inon z240’s and am debating whether I need a focus light as well. The Inons have an in-built continuous mode but it is a bit awkward to switch on and off when the strobes are extended on arms. Anyway thanks for the article. Matt Considine

 

– thanks Matt. I think a focus light is always a good idea, since often the strobes will not be pointed at the subject

]]> By: Anonymous https://www.uwphotographyguide.com/great-underwater-photos/#comment-132 Tue, 19 Jan 2010 02:28:36 +0000 https://uwphoto.onpressidium.com/great-underwater-photos/#comment-132 Great article–I especially
Great article–I especially liked the advice about how a strobe may not necessarily be the answer, if one does not have the ability to set aperture or manual exposure. I wish I had known this one my first trip to Cozumel–I got a lot of washed out exposures because my camera was defaulting to a wide-open aperture.

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