Olympus c-7070 help :)

[biccus1]

Hi all


I am off to sharm on thursday and i have bought a new toy olympus c-7070 and olympus case also a red filter .

I need some help on which setting you think i should use as i have not much time for learning and want to get the best from it i can.

Also do you all think use raw or normal for pics ?

shane

P.s any help would be great

[Paul Sharman]

Hi Shane,
Each RAW File from Your 7070 will be over 10mb.
If your away for a week with No remote storage.
I would settle for HQ or SHQ,

Cheers,
Paul.

[biccus1]

Originally Posted by Paul Sharman

Hi Shane,
Each RAW File from Your 7070 will be over 10mb.
If your away for a week with No remote storage.
I would settle for HQ or SHQ,

Cheers,
Paul.

Hi paul

You here as well m8 as you can see i am trying to get as much as poss from this camera i will pm you and see if we can sort some settings over the phone

Thanks for the help m8

shane

P.s so on a i gig card only 100 pics

[Paul Sharman]

RAW On Compact's is memory Hungry.

With my 8080 and a 1 gig card I got 87

Shq was 200..and somthing!

Cheers,
Paul.

[Cussy]

Shane,
Now my settings have been made for good old UK diving, but should give you a pointer for Red Sea. With my 7070 I have 3 "My Modes", which I use as a starter - these are listed in order they appear in camera menu with some missed out that are just default:

My Mode 1: Macro with flash:
ISO 80; Forced flash; Macro; ESP = box filled in white; Noise reduction on; WB Auto; saturation +2; Aperture priority (for sync with strobe)

My Mode 2:Wide angle with external strobe:
ISO 80; Forced flash; AF; ESP = box filled in white; Noise reduction on; WB Auto (but for balanced light I sometimes use WB set at depth); saturation +2; Aperture priority (for sync with strobe)

My Mode 3: Natural light wide angle:
ISO 200; NO flash; AF; ESP = box filled in white; Noise reduction on; WB set at depth (you've got a filter so this not necessary); saturation +2; Shutter priority (1/30th or 1/60th)

I'm not saying I've got it right, but these modes seem the best starting points for the different types of photos. I am using an external strobe.

I now always shoot RAW, one advantage is that for some of the settings I've listed you can over-ride when processing. As Paul says though, for a holiday if you don't have an external hard-drive device (~£100) or a laptop then stick to SHQ. I have stayed in hotels in the past that allowed me to download my photos and burn to CD. Microdrives can have pretty high capacities, but have disadvantages.

Hope that helps,
Rob

[biccus1]

Hi Rob

Thanks for the reply i think i will have to ask the photo man at emperor if he will burn to disc at the end of each day!

In raw can i still veiw the pics taken at the end of the dive ?

I did find in scene mod there is an underwater macro and underwater wide settings has anyone ever just used these?

shane

[Cussy]

Originally Posted by biccus1

In raw can i still veiw the pics taken at the end of the dive ?

Yes, but it is quite slow to display a RAW

Originally Posted by biccus1

I did find in scene mod there is an underwater macro and underwater wide settings has anyone ever just used these?

Never tried them as I always dive in UK. They may be of use in the Red Sea, but personally now that I think I know a little I would be tempted just to setup my own MyModes. Most things auto are bad, but give them a try and report back what you find.

Rob

[dave s]

Hi ,
I use the u/water wide mode quite a bit but not sure if it makes any difference.

I agree with Rob the auto settings aren`t much good.
I use mainly manual focus super macro and when I get it right the results are good but doesn`t happen very often.

I think I should have bought a 5050 instead.

Good luck.

[Ding]

I got good results on macro with an 8080 TTL

as long as the subject doesent move!!!

[Honza]

Originally Posted by Ding

as long as the subject doesent move!!!

Same experience, my C-8080 doesn't handle moving well