Sony RX100 II

[shortkidd]

I have purchased this camera a year or so ago and have an ikelite 6116.11 housing with an AF35 strobe and a w-20 Wide Angle lens.

I had been using an Intova Sport HD camera for awhile and played with it alot.

I am no expert on underwater photography, but from talking with photographers on many boats everyone has differing opinions on how to take the best pictures.

What I have learned over the year is to play with the white balance a lot. Normally as I am descending on a wreck or reef I get the camera settings set and once on the depth I will be at I set the white balance with a dive slate. Normally, I get an error with my Sony though it does set it. I have never been able to set this without getting the error.

In the end the issue that I continually run into is that when I am on auto white balance I can take decent pictures maybe down to 20-25ft on a clear day. Anything more than 25ft or cloudy or dark everything is washed out green. Any help would be greatly appreciated. The pictures are normally clear so I know the focus is working I think it's just more to do with other manual settings.

Also, if you live on Oahu and would have time I would pay for your time if you could spend a few mins helping me out.

Regards,
Vincent
shorty@shorty.net

 

[RVBldr]

Just a suggestion, but you might want to try shooting in manual if you're not already, with RAW file type, then use Lightroom to develop the image. Here in Seattle, I'm normally using about f8 and 1/500 or so depending on strobes (normally 1 or 2 YS-D1s) and either macro/ wa.

 

[alien]

Yes agree if shooting RAW then you dont need to set white balance. Start at manual settings. I have found this to be an excellent set of tutorials form Scott and his team and have learnt a lot. Suggestions on settings. Beginners guide to underwater photography|Underwater Photography Guide