Digital Diving

Canon digital compacts ready for the big blue

Use the flash

At a depth of 20 metres, the dull stripe on a passing fish might be a brilliant red, but cannot be seen because the red light from the sun has been absorbed by the water above. Using the flash will bring those brilliant colours out. Without flash, the brilliant colours in this fish would have been lost.

Canon Powershot S30, 1/200sec, F5.0, Exp.Comp.-2.0EV, White Balance Auto, Flash On, Program AE, Zoom 105mm, Macro Mode