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| 07-07-2015, 03:59 PM - 4 Likes | #1 |
| Underwater shots with the Pentax Q7
Hello again, I just finished my second dive with the Penta Q7 and 5-15mm lens. You might be wondering how I got the Q7 underwater in the first place. You can get more details on my approach in this thread here: https://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/136-pentax-q/224428-underwater-housing-q.html#post3295250 We went diving fairly late today, and the sun disappeared behind a thick layer of clouds. Combined with a visibility of 5-7 meters, this essentially made the dive a night-dive. This is not necessarily a bad thing, but I need to upgrade my underwater flashlight in order to get more photo light into the photographs. Overall the Q7 is an OK underwater camera. Its certainly NOT an SLR, but it is far from a slow compact too. I am planning on purchasing the 8,5mm prime lens, which I think will be a better fit underwater. The dive today was very good, and lasted for about 45 minutes at depths of 26 meters. But... Moving on to the photographs, which have all been post processed in Adobe Lightroom. Overall I was quite pleased with how the photographs turned out! Comments and critique is very much appreciated! I was quite pleased with how these anemones came out. This was the look I was going for, so spot on. 2 slightly different versions   This was huge, about twice as large as any other sea urchins I've seen in the area. Lit up from the side with the flashlight  I think this is a Grey gurnard fish. Its head is about the size of my fist. First time I've seen one on a dive   We where lucky enough to see a lobster. This one was quite large, the largest I've seen while diving in Norway. It wasn't as happy to see us, as we where to see it, though  Thank you for watching! These and others are part of my Underwater gallery: Zenfolio | Joachim Haagen Skeie | Underwater | |
| 07-07-2015, 05:36 PM | #2 |
 Originally posted by joachimhs  Hello again, I just finished my second dive with the Penta Q7 and 5-15mm lens. You might be wondering how I got the Q7 underwater in the first place. You can get more details on my approach in this thread here: https://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/136-pentax-q/224428-underwater-housing-q.html#post3295250 We went diving fairly late today, and the sun disappeared behind a thick layer of clouds. Combined with a visibility of 5-7 meters, this essentially made the dive a night-dive. This is not necessarily a bad thing, but I need to upgrade my underwater flashlight in order to get more photo light into the photographs. Overall the Q7 is an OK underwater camera. Its certainly NOT an SLR, but it is far from a slow compact too. I am planning on purchasing the 8,5mm prime lens, which I think will be a better fit underwater. The dive today was very good, and lasted for about 45 minutes at depths of 26 meters. But... Moving on to the photographs, which have all been post processed in Adobe Lightroom. Overall I was quite pleased with how the photographs turned out! Comments and critique is very much appreciated! I was quite pleased with how these anemones came out. This was the look I was going for, so spot on. 2 slightly different versions This was huge, about twice as large as any other sea urchins I've seen in the area. Lit up from the side with the flashlight I think this is a Grey gurnard fish. Its head is about the size of my fist. First time I've seen one on a dive We where lucky enough to see a lobster. This one was quite large, the largest I've seen while diving in Norway. It wasn't as happy to see us, as we where to see it, though Thank you for watching! These and others are part of my Underwater gallery: Zenfolio | Joachim Haagen Skeie | Underwater It is mid winter here but I live near ray/ shark heaven (nice, small sharks). Getting keen on the idea of photographing them. Come spring I will be shopping! | |
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| 07-09-2015, 12:21 AM | #8 |
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As I mentioned in the YouTube video, the details are: The 3D printed parts can be found via Tinkercad: https://www.tinkercad.com/things/kuWq... Link to Ikelite Housing: Ikelite | Underwater Housings for Sony Cameras... The video is available here: Originally posted by max_pyne can you share some more details and if your kind enough the stl's for printing if you don't mind..please? what's the exact type of case you got? do you use the onboard flash? seems to be the ideal solution for me... not willing to spend thousands on a new camera and housing as there is no real solution for our Pentax cameras anymore... and better than the point & shoot i have | |
| 07-09-2015, 04:38 AM | #9 |
| Originally posted by joachimhs As I mentioned in the YouTube video, the details are: The 3D printed parts can be found via Tinkercad: https://www.tinkercad.com/things/kuWq... Link to Ikelite Housing: Ikelite | Underwater Housings for Sony Cameras... The video is available here: | |
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