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For underwater you should choose a focus mode that only looks at the center of the image. The more commonly used modes use multiple zones in the image to attempt to get the best focus and for some reason does not do too well underwater. So, AF MODE -> point (last in the list) PRE AF -> OFF...

Offroad: The water clarity depends on the tides. When those huge lagoons are emptying out through the passes and outer reefs you tend to dive, the clarity can be poor. When the tide is incoming, the clarity is easily 100+ feet. But, you tend to find the Mantas in the soupy water. Thanks...

Well, Offroad, now that I'm digging through the footage, I'm not sure what to think. With my old VX-2000, white balancing on the sand worked really well, but below 35 feet or so, it would usually not find a balance, so I usually just balanced it around 25 feet and used that for the deeper...

Good Morning, I'm working my way through the video and have about a dozen segments up on youtube. For the day I did not dive, I took all of the video from the whole trip and strung together all of the two and three second clips to make an 8 minute video that is a sort of random sample of...

Well, I back home and now dealing with about 90 GB of media (about 19 days of shooting). I'll make a few posts about my experience to build up my brownie points so I can actually use links to the examples in a post! White Balance: While the Lumix TZ10 has an underwater mode (that works...

Greetings all from Palau, I am about one half way through a three week jaunt to Micronesia. Before I left I scoured this forum and other nooks and internet crannies trying to decide what to replace my aging Sony VX2000 and Light & Motion Bluefin housing. I decided on the Panasonic Lumix...