Last week the family went on a Disney cruise with some family friends. The main priority of the trip was to relax and forget about work. In preparation of this trip I brought the Canon WP-DC21 Underwater housing for my Canon G9 and planned to use it while snorkeling on Disney's Castaway Cay island. On my last cruise I brought my Canon 5D and was able to get up early each morning to wander the decks to take some stock photos. Some of these photos happen to be my best sellers for stock.
For this trip I decided to bring both my Canon 5D and the Canon G9. I think I took a total of 5 photos with the 5D for the entire week. The G9 just always seemed like my go to camera on this trip. I loved the portability and its ability to shoot RAW. I'm not sure if the files from the G9 would be good enough for stock sales, but it was great for the needs of this trip.
This post was not meant to be a review of the G9, but I feel confident that on future family trips I could comfortably leave my DSLR at home.
The underwater housing for the G9 also worked great. I did find that the shutter lag common to point and shoot cameras was difficult to work with underwater. But after a while I was able to workaround the lag by anticipating the shot. Normally you can by pass the lag with a half press of the shutter to lock focus. But, I found the housing made it difficult to do the half press trick. I may just need more practice with the feel of the shutter and the housing.
On this trip I also discovered I loved being underwater with the fish and taking pictures. I have subscribed to several underwater photoblogs (echeng.com for example) for a while and I can now see the allure of this type of photography. What I discovered is the 30-60 seconds you have underwater during each breath was just not enough and it made me seriously think about taking scuba classes.
Here are a selection of photos from the trip. I may try to submit a couple of the underwater photos to my stock agency just to see if the G9 is able to keep up with my 5D.
For this trip I decided to bring both my Canon 5D and the Canon G9. I think I took a total of 5 photos with the 5D for the entire week. The G9 just always seemed like my go to camera on this trip. I loved the portability and its ability to shoot RAW. I'm not sure if the files from the G9 would be good enough for stock sales, but it was great for the needs of this trip.
This post was not meant to be a review of the G9, but I feel confident that on future family trips I could comfortably leave my DSLR at home.
The underwater housing for the G9 also worked great. I did find that the shutter lag common to point and shoot cameras was difficult to work with underwater. But after a while I was able to workaround the lag by anticipating the shot. Normally you can by pass the lag with a half press of the shutter to lock focus. But, I found the housing made it difficult to do the half press trick. I may just need more practice with the feel of the shutter and the housing.
On this trip I also discovered I loved being underwater with the fish and taking pictures. I have subscribed to several underwater photoblogs (echeng.com for example) for a while and I can now see the allure of this type of photography. What I discovered is the 30-60 seconds you have underwater during each breath was just not enough and it made me seriously think about taking scuba classes.
Here are a selection of photos from the trip. I may try to submit a couple of the underwater photos to my stock agency just to see if the G9 is able to keep up with my 5D.
