Can't see my screen, too much GLARE! How do you make it work?

[gt2003]

This piggybacks my recent post.

I've got a Sealife HD (or HD+). There is simply too much glare for me to see the screen underwater. What have you all done that has worked for you? My camera is pretty much worthless until I find a solution. Thanks

 

[Hoag]

Just a thought, but try to get below your subject and shoot up at it. This should both reduce the glare significantly and also isolate your subject in the image.

 

[gt2003]

I'll sure try that. Was wondering if anyone had used the LCD screen hoods or possibly an anti-glare screen protector for this. Thanks

 

[kelemvor]

I don't use one on my sealife, but I do have an anti glare screen protector on one of my dive computers. The protector was mainly installed for protecting and not especially for the anti-glare feature. Anyway, there's nothing scuba-special about the screen protector I'm using. It's been on the dive computer for four years now without coming off. Just find one on amazon that fits or get a big one and cut it down to size and viola.

I can't say I like the screen on my sealife either. However, without spending thousands to get a proper dslr housing, options are somewhat limited. I don't think the sealife screen is any better or worse than any other camera that isn't a real SLR.

I can't bring myself to spend $2k for a box to hold my $1k dslr... so I deal with it.

 

[gt2003]

Thanks @kelemvor , I bought an anti-glare screen protector with an adhesive backing, cut it to size and applied to my LCD screen. I then dropped the camera in a sink full of water for a while and it looks like it's going to work out well. It made a BIG difference in how well I could see things. Now, considering the Sea Dragon 1500 add on light to complete my setup.