mwrager
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Does any one use under water filters? If so what colors do you use and when do you use them? I have an Olympus C-750 with the P-018 under water housing. I found out that the lens ring is 67 mm.
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Gilligan
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Over a year ago I had a red filter I was using on non-strobe shots until I lost it on a dive.
IMHO, I think you will get the same or better results using Manual White Balance on non-strobe shots and some post editing in Photoshop or the like.
IMHO, I think you will get the same or better results using Manual White Balance on non-strobe shots and some post editing in Photoshop or the like.
tie
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Using a filter is not a substitute for manual white balance and photoshop processing. It may well improve the quality of the reds (because the reds will be better exposed). Here is a good article explaining their use, and see the threads at that site's forum also. Here is another explanation which also goes over using a complementary filter on the strobe.
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mwrager
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Thank you very much for the information. It gives me a better understanding of filter. How many people use filters on their digital cameras? Have you had good or bad luck using them?
I tried a filter but found the manual white balance did a much better job.
ReyeR
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Using a filter WITH manual white balance is a very powerful combination. I shoot RAW whenever I've tried a filter.
As tie correctly stated manual white balance is not the same as using a filter.
The biggest problem I find with filters alone is the loss of 1 to 2 f-stops of light.
As tie correctly stated manual white balance is not the same as using a filter.
The biggest problem I find with filters alone is the loss of 1 to 2 f-stops of light.
Gilligan
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One thing for sure is that the use of filters is more task loading on top of a strobe, a wide angle lens, and a macro lens.
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