General Shooting - Olympus E-3 User Manual

General shooting

Most compact cameras today come with a stan-
dard zoom lens that's able to deal with a good
variety of shooting situations. Besides sponta-
neous snapshots, you can also capture motifs
such as portraits of single marine creatures,
small schools of fish, pictures of other divers
or a colourful coral reef to name just a few of
the possibilities. For the great majority of shots
this will be sufficient – especially if using the
camera's underwater scene modes (if available).
to facilitate better wide-angle or macro shooting.
For even more professional requirements, SLR
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Nevertheless, there
are several shooting
situations where
specialised techni-
ques and even extra
equipment could
come in handy.
For such instances
some underwater
cases allow for
the attachment of
conversion lenses
camera systems enable photographers to change
the lenses they are using to perfectly suit their
specific needs.
• Optimal shooting distance in most cases is
Tips:
from 60cm to 120cm
• Use your camera's pre-defined underwater
scene modes as often as possible (if available:
Underwater Wide, Underwater Macro, Under-
water Snapshot, etc.)
• Zoom in or out to frame your subject (but
bear in mind the issue of colours diminishing
the further away you are from the subject)
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