Canon 5D Mark II underwater video

[scottg]

I noticed this on wetpixel - Stephen Frink created this nice underwater video of stingrays with the Canon 5D Mark II and a 14mm lens



enjoy!

[Bart]

Wow, that's a cool video. and what a beautiful clear water.

[ivan jakac]

hello
i am new in this forum -
thanks for the supercool link. well put together and amazing symbiosis. love it.

i also work with 5dmkII. a very nice toy to make video.
http://vimeo.com/16677760 is a quick cut of my 1st year shots.
ivan

[bvanant]

Ivan:
Very very, nice, and the music is also quite lovely. The mood using only natural light is quite interesting, but personally I like video shot with lighting a bit more. You can see some of my wife's video at
www.blueviews.net, particularly some flounders looking at themselves in a mirror.

Bill

[ivan jakac]

hi!
love the whole package of blueviews!!! amazing with lots of info on uw life.
i am in the phase of collecting the money for additional lights... couldn't get the whole package in one go.
c'est la vie...
best regards
ivan

[gmdgeek]

Great Vid!!! Recently started using the Canon 5D Mark II underwater as well ... can I ask if you prefer manual focus or which settings you find yourself using most?

Thanks,
Gerry

[ivan jakac]

hello-
my settings are M for manual mode, and I use AF for it is more accurate to get a good and fast focus with pressing the af button instead of zooming and checking the focus - wich btw is hard to adjust when om MF, since housings as far as I know (please correct me if I am wrong) for 5d mkII don't have the follow focus option (especially if you use zoom lenses). I use the 20mm prime and used the zoom knob on the hugyfot for follow focus.
best regards

ivan