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I have now received my Canon Legria F200 and WP-V1 underwaterhousing.
Could someone please tell me how to find the "underwater mode" on the camera.
I cannot find this special mode on mine and I cannot find any references in the instruction manual. The instruction manual for the housing refers to it but via the manual for the camera
any help out there ?
If you look very closely you will see that the wp-v1 has a slit at the top and bottom of the lens port that allows water in and out. The slits are located on the lens port and are on the top and bottom towards the very back where the lens port meets the housing.
What if you used P mode with a color filter? My understanding of uw mode is that it changes the color setting to comprimise for the lack of color. I am very close to purchasing this set up. Are all of you relatively happy with this set up?
JeJa26: Yes, the green water filter should do fine if you stay shallow. I have one for the Ikelite W20 wide angle lens if you're willing to pay shipping to Denmark!To Sub Cmdr
Thanks for info. I will be staying above the 40 m mark for the time being so the filter should do all right. As far as I can see in theory about 20 m should do ok with the filter, otherwise compensation by light and no filter if deeper or macro. Is this correct?
To ggeorgie2007
Nice video showing the difference. Good to see. I will be using iMovie when time comes .
Anybody with experience of iMovie or other possibilities on Mac?
Nothing too fancy :blinking: just getting started with UW video. Done stills topside.
I have just finished 33 dives in Burma, Australia and New Zealand and had decided to use priority mode with a red filter and I most say I am more then happy with the results. The loose or 28 cm of focal distance is totally unacceptable when this isnt pointed out in the advertising. The reason I purchased this camera is the close focus I wanted for videoing nudibranchs or any other macro stuff. I will endeavour to load some video once I sort thru the 10 hrs of footage
JeJa26: Yes, the green water filter should do fine if you stay shallow. I have one for the Ikelite W20 wide angle lens if you're willing to pay shipping to Denmark!
And I also use iMovie on a Mac-- it's OK. My license for Final Cut expired and iMovie is all I have now. It works. Even does color correction OK. But I really don't like the fact you can't do graphic overlays on the video. You're limited to their title formats only.
Graeme, please send an email to Canon on how you feel. I believe the more complaints they get, the more chances of them coming up with a firmware fix.
Check out my previous posts to see the email address to write to.
Tom.