Forum: Photography


Subject: "Hoyo Maru" Truk Lagoon, Micronesia (An under water grave sight.)

gsalas opened this issue on Aug 15, 2001 ยท 9 posts


gsalas posted Thu, 16 August 2001 at 7:22 PM

Dorukasal: Thank you ... Ireally apreciate that. The one thing that I will say that I don't like about it is the way that it fades to black. I think It is really harsh. I acualy shot it in black and white, and screwed up the expoture by 2 stops, but also had alot of trouble with my scanner. I have an old "HP Photo Smart s20", which in it's day was great, but is starting to realy get out dated. It scans much more contrasty than I would like it to. JordyArt: That's OK, I hate me too at times. Example 1: When I bought my first digital camara (A Canon D30) I really didn't think about it too hard, I just went and bought it in a rush of excitement on a trip... Hay, tax free!!! Then I realised I had no lenzes for it $2000.00 more to the price, no housing for it, $3000.00 more to the price, and I couldn't return it because I was no longer in that country... I think I sold the first Canon D30 on E-bay with in a week of owning it... (I lost alot of money on it) Example2: When I closed my housing with my brand new unused S1 Pro. (I had to send the camara to gates to get the housing modified) And a strand of my long hair, got caught in the O Ring that seals it. At 60 feet... well... It just... UM... dicided that... wel... it Died OK. I really hated my self for that one. Statefarms though is really good with replacing stuff when you need it. Final Example: My F100 also once took a little unexpected trip, when I was climbing once. I really hated my self that time because it was on the secound day of a two week expedition in Cambodia, and I was trying to travel light and didn't take a good backup. Oops... But that's how I make my living, so the equipment quality is nessesary. The S1 Pro also has a few really serious draw backs. 1: TTL Sucks!!!!!!! I think they forgit to even put in the feture. 2: It is a very delicate chamara. All plastic. 3: It is missing alot of fetures that could really com in handy that most mid level camaras have. (It was bilt on the old Nikon N60 Body to cut cost.) 4: It is incompatible with some of the high end Nikon AF lenzes. Ie the auto focus doesn't work, and sometimes even the on camara apoture controle won't work either. That is the worst of the 2 because the camara then becomes more of a pig than anything else. Well this message got realy long, so... take care -Gabe-