The TG5 is a very popular camera for underwater photography and having the right accessories for it alongside understanding the settings you can use will give owners better results.
Underwater Photography FAQ's Volume 3 : More about strobes
Underwater Photography FAQ's Volume 2 : Strobes
Underwater Photography FAQ’s Volume One : Domes
For my first blog in a while I thought it would be good to draw together answers to some of the questions I’ve seen asked on Facebook both on our own group and other diving and underwater photography groups. I’ll start this series off with some questions relating to dome ports and domed wide angle wet lenses.
The Truth About.......Filters for Underwater Photography
Automatic for the People?
When starting out taking a camera underwater, you are adding an additional task load to your diving. Because of this setting the camera to Auto and just taking snaps to start off with isn't necessarily a bad thing. But what you'll find is that often your pictures won't look as good as you'd like them to.
Macro Musings Part 4 : Using Shallow Depth of Field
Macro Musings Part 3 : Getting Snooty
In part two of my musings I mentioned using a snoot to manipulate strobe lighting while taking underwater macro shots. In this blog I'm going to cover them in some detail.
Macro Musings Part 2 : Against a Dark Background
In part one of my macro musings I talked about what macro is and a bit about macro lenses. Lets move on to a common question from would be underwater photographers.