Perhaps this title is a bit misleading. Think of this as more of personal observations of how shooting black and white film over the winter led to new perspectives and improved results when I went back to digital for our recent vacation.
There were three areas where I felt improvement was particularly noticeable:
Overhead Flyover
A great example of what I love about diving – going along, minding my own business, and notice my dive buddy pointing frantically. Roll over onto my back, and this is what I see.
Good thing the camera was ready.
Check out these three items:
Note that the total price is just over $600, and remember that I said “cheap-ish“. You’ll see a few more posts about this setup over the next few days – this is the setup I took with me to Hawaii for my latest dive trip. Click to continue »
It’s a bit early fir a full diagnosis, but so far I’m tempted to give th’ G11 a thumb’s up for it’s underwater performance. Some sample pics to come later, though – for now, I have more tests to run.
Just suffice it to say, the slowness hasn’t Newman issue in my dirst two days of testing.
Good God, is it slow to take a picture. I haven’t experienced this slow of a burst mode since 1999! Maybe that’s just luck, but it doesn’t seem so.
Rather, it seems that there’s no buffer. Instead of taking shots until memory is filled up, it just takes ‘em one at a time. Which puts you at the mercy of the disk write speed.
Even with a professional SD card, it’s painfully slow. Forget about using this with your kids…
It’s official: I’ve hit the limit of the LX3′s capabilities. The lack of zoom wasn’t what did it in, interestingly – it was the cost of accessories.
To explain: since I spend so much of the year in cold places, I tend to escape to warm places. These warm places tend to be areas where you can swim, and spend time on the beach. And in those places, you must have a waterproof case.
The last two trips that I have taken were effectively without the waterproof housing. You may recall that my old camera died on the first one, and I spent the second trip occasionally borrowing one. I will not go through that again, so it’s time to look for a replacement.
That replacement is now here: the Canon G11. Not sure if I like it that much, but we’ll see if it grows on me.
G11, Sample image (macro)