ALEX RIBEIRO

Choosing a macro lens – DSLR shooters

October 17, 2017 by Alex Ribeiro

So you have a DSLr camera and an “all rounder” kit lens. You get a housing for it and start shooting underwater. After some dives, you feel comfortable with your rig and want to improve your macro results by buying a true macro lens. That’s when you start wondering: which focal distance makes more sense, for a macro lens? 40mm, 60mm, 85mm or 100/105mm ? I’m a Nikon user and been shooting underwater with D7100, D7200 and lately with D810. I personally […]

Categories: Others, Underwater • Tags: cropped sensor, Diopter, Dslr, elabcreative, Elabcreativeteam, full frame, Indonesia, Indopacific, macro, macro lens, nauticam, Nauticam smc-1, Nauticam SMC-2, Nauticambali, nikon, nikonindonesia, supermacro, underwater macro photography

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Divepro / Jaunt Vision Pro + Review

January 3, 2019 by Alex Ribeiro

Are these torches capable of helping to shoot a professional quality underwater video (or photos)? On which ways (if any) could I integrate them on my workflow? These are the answers that I was seeking for the last weeks and which I’m answering next.

Categories: Others, Underwater • Tags: divepro, hida.tech, jaunt, product review, ttlight, underwater light, underwater torch, underwater video, underwater videography, vision pro +

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Macro Filming with a DSLR Camera

December 26, 2018 by Alex Ribeiro

Following me debut as Jaunt / Divepro ambassador, I wanted to show how their Divepro Vision Pro + torch would behave on a macro situation.This video was shot with Nikon D810 on Nauticam housing, along with Nikon 60 AF-S Micro F2.8 G-ED. Shot at 30 fps, full HD, F/13 to 16, 1/60, ISO between 450 and 1000. Auto White Balance and flat profile. Slightly colour graded (and desaturated) in FCPX. Focusing was an issue. One need to prefocus before shooting […]

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Olympus TG-5 for underwater usage – and how it performs with AOI wet lenses

October 24, 2018 by Alex Ribeiro

My girlfriend wanted to buy a camera to start doing underwater photography. She knows almost nothing about photography, and asked me for recommendations. On looking at some friends’ rigs and results, I told her to buy Olympus TG-5 and a housing. It’s one of the cheapest options available so she won’t waste too much money if later decides to quit.

Categories: Others, Underwater • Tags: AOI-uw, aoiuw, AOIuw_photographic_products, dive bali, dive tulamben, divesea, divesea_indonesia, marine pixels, olympus tg-5, seafrogs, tulamben, underwater macro photography, underwater photography, underwater video, underwater videography, wet dome, wet lens

AOI UCL-09 Wetlens (and how it compares to Nauticam SMC-1)

September 18, 2018 by Alex Ribeiro

It has uncompromised optical quality, excellent corner sharpness, hardly any fringing or chromatic aberrations on the center, and just slight fringing on the corners, easy to correct on post processing. At this point of perfection…

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Saga Snoot Quick Review

June 17, 2018 by Alex Ribeiro

Snooting is mostly removing distracting / unwanted elements, highlighting the theme and subject of an image, so it’s easier to read. As a bonus, in many circumstances, it renders crisper lively colours, as the light isn’t reflected from the background into the subject, but goes straight into it. Underwater, snoots are also a great took for reducing backscatter allowing to shoot in circumstances where normal strobe light would render the images unusable.

Categories: Others • Tags: CPAS, macro, Megadive, product review, Saga dive, snoot, strobe, subtronic, underwater macro photography, underwater photography