Canon g9 advice

Biodiversity_Guy · Post by **Biodiversity_Guy** » Tue Dec 25, 2007 11:44 pm

Thanks all in advance for any input or suggestions.

I am considering a new UW camera, am somewhat constrained by budget (No Nikon 300 with 3rd party housing yet) and have heard some good talk about the Canon g9.

I see Canon makes its own UW housing. Has anyone used this yet? Reactions?

Also, how does it work with external flashes? I have a Sealife digital flash that I would love to use as a slave flash, if needed--or is the built-in flash with diffuser that comes with the Canon all we need up here in the PNW?

Is there a thread on this topic already started somewhere I can browse?

cardiver · Post by **cardiver** » Wed Dec 26, 2007 7:26 am

i bought the G9 and the Canon housing a couple of weeks ago, but have yet to dive with it. I'm hoping to get out Thursday, and I'll post pics Thursday night.

Ken G · Post by **Ken G** » Wed Dec 26, 2007 9:33 am

As I understand it the Inon has the more options than many of the lower end strobes on the market. It offers the ability to shoot it optically with a point and shoot, and it will fire electrically when you get a camera with a hotseat. It shoots TTl or as a slave. For me shooting TTl is appealing. The Inon is also very adjustable in regards to light levels. The D-2000 might be a good one to look at depending on your budget. http://www.digitaldiver.net/strobes.php

Celeus · Post by **Celeus** » Wed Dec 26, 2007 11:12 am

I have a Canon G9, the Ikelite housing, an Inon Z240 strobe (fiber optic connector) and ULCS arms. I got the housing/strobe just in time to take it to Turks+Caicos two weeks ago.

I've posted some info on my experiences with it up on Scubaboard in the "Initial impressions of Canon G9" thread.

Short and sweet- I like it, but the learning curve to get good shots with it is a bit larger than with other simpler point-and-shoots. I'm thinking the canon housing wouldn't be a bad idea for relatively shallow, lower effort shots.

Photos from the trip are here.

Not my favorite shots, but getting better as time went on.

I plan to post a trip report including the photography, my regulator failure (and resulting near-miss) etc. sometime in the next week or so.

Haven't dove the rig in the sound yet. Yet.