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Originally Posted by JBen
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New here, my set up just went live on the weekend, so I can only comment on the above.
Addressing some of that, sort of depends on what your comfortable with, and what hardware you have. At the least.
1) Use a tripod, especially if not using all your lights. If all your lights are on hand holding is more than possible.
2) Shoot in Raw. This allows you to adjust the white balance in post. I myself am just starting to play with this, now that I've got water in my tank and 5 actinics on it.
You can likely use any of the auto modes and get acceptable results. It's always better to shoot full manual or one of the semi auto modes (P,TV or AV). A camera will always make mistakes relative to what you want. For example, if your in an auto mode and its blowing highlights, there's little you can do. If your in control and its blowing highlights you can make a small adjustment.
3) If your unfamiliar/uncomfortable with full manual, shoot in AV. Your setting the f/stop, either for the Depth of field you want, or to control how much light is getting through the lens. The camera will determine SS.
4) Set your ISO as low as you can and yet still maintain good SSs. If you want to stop down for more DoF, you may need to raise your ISO to accommodate that. How far you can comfortably raise your ISO depends a lot on the body you use and it's high ISO capabilities.
5) Depending on the lens your using, and it's maximum aperture you might be able to open it more to allow more light in,if you find your SS is too low. However this results in a shallower DoF. Not a bad thing at all if your trying to isolate a specific subject vs a FTS.
Based on my own initial test shots and slight fooling around.
ISO 200
F8.0
1/60th rendered a proper/good exposure for a FTS.
However unless the light is exactly the same, those settings are immaterial, but might serve as a starting point for you by shooting in AV at f8.0 and then adjust as needed for more/less DoF, more/less SS. Example if you find the highlights (sand) getting blown, reduce the SS either by stopping down or dialling in some exp comp.
All that said, most of your shots look fine.
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JBen,
Thanks so much for the reply on the Camera and the shots. I have an Olympus 410.
I will start on the numbers you have gave me and play around with it from there. I do have different scene modes and what not and I believe most were shot with the "Underwater Wide Lens Mode"
I have tried with the A, and S,P,M Modes and playing around with the Shuttle and Ap speeds but I found that I can't get it close enough to looking half decent as just the pre set mode.