Part 1: Macro Photo with a Strobe | Olympus TG-5 Best Camera Settings for Underwater Photography

I was struggeling with getting the right settings. Was really frustrating… thank u so much for These instructions. Wish i had them 2 weeks ago. Next vacation is coming anyways.

Great guide! Do you have any idea when the wide angle guide will be posted?

Is there any accesory that fits the 52mm front thread to mount color correction filters?
I need one that can easily swing on and off while filming underwater

Whre u get the strobe like that

Can you attach a red filter ?

How big i can print a picture from that camera underthewater??

Which one has the best pictures for print?? Tg-870 or tg-5? Thx

Having trouble getting the strobe to fire. Can you go over the setting again? I have it for fill in flash and the stroble at sttl but only the camera is flashing.

Do you recommend shooting 16:9 or 4:3?

Why your TG5 have F10 but my TG5 don't have?

One thing that is not mentioned is that the TG-5 has only two apertures f2 and f2.8 at the wide end which become f4.9 and f6.3 at the Tele end. Stopping down further brings in a 3 stop ND filter, it doesn;t get you any extra depth of field, so I'd suggest the A mode and setting your aperture so you are not throwing light away. You can do most of the same thing by taking it off auto ISO and setting it to 100-200 in P mode. The camera is quite happy to bring in the ND filter and up the ISO to 800 in P mode making noise, setting it to A mode means your images won't be as nosiy and ISO will be 3 stops lower than it otherwise would be.

Is the exposure compensation really doing what you suggest?
In my TG5, in microscope mode, when I set exposure compensation anywhere between -2.0 and +2.0 with internal flash enabled, exposure compensation does not change anything (neither how exposed is the image northe exposure time or aperture). Only with internal flash disabled, I can see how dialing exposure compensation from -2 to +2 is changing the exposure of the photo (by means of changing the exposure time). Am I missing something here? Thanks in advance and keep up the great work with your instruction videos!

Hi, What modes should I use if I have no strobe please that you talk about in this video please?

Hi Robin, if you dont mind could you please share/recommend strobe positioning for a dual strobe setup? Thank you

Hi Robin, does the fill in option means the flash from the camera will always be at full power? and if it is, would that still be ok? because the TTL mode on my ys03 will adjust the amount of light coming out of the strobe?

Love using the TG5 and currently looking into strobes. Does the camera work well with Ikelite's DS51 strobe?

These are really fantastic videos, I bought my TG5 from Backscatter simply because of them! There is one really big issue though that I'd like to share about the TG5 that has really been frustrating. I use Lightroom for all my post processing and RAW files from the TG5 are not usable in Lightroom they must be processed using Olympus's own software which is horrible. I changed to use only JPG on the TG5 taking away my ability to make necessary adjustments.

Hi. I would like to ask you just one thing. I have an Inon s-2000 and a TG5 macro setup like you explain in this tutorial. The question is; With these TG5 settings and Inon in S-TTL mode and power switch set to B, should the Inon mahnet be inside or outside? Thanks 😉

In Micrsocope mode and max zoom out + Inon s-2000 in S-TTL mode I get the closest I can to a Nudi and shoot. The result is perfect light and focus 🙂 But when I max zoom in then photo is under exposed. How can I fixe that? Is it because tg5 changes apertur when you zoom? Should I change exposure everytime I zoom in????

amazing video man ! thank you very much !

Hi, If I don't have a strobe, would I still use all these same settings for when diving?

Firstly thank you very much.

which high capacity memory cards do you recommend please?

Hi, I did a factory default setting like you said, but my figures on the bottom of the screen differ from yours, I see – 125. F2,3 0.0 – where as yours shows 200 F3.2 0.0 – could you explain why this is please and how do I change them to be the same as yours? Many thanks

Hey, good video and all but macro is how big the subject is comparative to the image sensor. A 1:1 macro means that if you have a 25mm subject being photographed on a 35mm sensor, the subject will be truly 25mm on the image sensor.

Not trying to call you out but I don't want people being mistaken with what macro means

Nice video series. It helped me the last years to make amazing pictures with only a video lamp. I want to make better pictures with a lower ISO (100 instead of 400). First I bought the M52 for more wide angle and a SEA&SEA YS-03 Solis TTL strobe. I didn't tried it yet but I think it will work :-). My question is about a second strobe. A second YS-03 isn't in my budget. I can buy a second hand SEA&SEA YS-25 DX without TTL. Can I use this strobe as a slave from the YS-03 ? Or is this wrong thinking. Or better to save money for a second YS-03.btw: What are the big difference between the YS-25 DX and YS-03 Solis beside TTL ?

Hey, Robin. Thank you so much for creating this informative video. I’ve had my TG-5 for about 2 years, have always taken all the pics using the underwater mode but at some point I’d reached its capabilities and noticed my pictures didn’t change in terms the quality, and this is when I decided to experiment with more manual settings, which led me to finding this video. I’ve got a question about the flash mode. I have two dedicated Olympus UFL-3 strobes and the only TG-5’s setting they fire with is the RC (or Remote Control) one. They don’t fire with the “Fill in” or as a matter of fact any other mode. Have I missed something? Is the TTL mode active with the RC setting? Thanks in advance for your reply!

you did not mention magnet-in/magnet-out on inon s2000. I am so frustrated trying to get the best results.

This was useful for me

Should I use this same setting even if I don’t have that light available?

can this setting be used for mini flash backscatter???