ScubaSteve1962
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I'm using an stylus tough 8010 and all my pictures seem to turn out blue or green depending on the water, is there a filter that would help with this??
I'm so blue
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PatW
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It depends on how deep you go. The longer wave lengths of light get absorbed first by the water column. As memory serves, red light is absorbed in the first 15' of the water column. At a certain depth (around 60'), pretty much everything is blue or green.
You can test this by taking some colored object down and looking at it and then shining a light on it. The light will be a sourse of the long wavelengths.
In order to get the full color spectrum, you need to take down a light source. The light source is usually a flash unit.
I have taken shots of fish against seemingly nondiscript backgrounds only to find out later that the background was actually a pretty garish mix or orange and crimson.
You can test this by taking some colored object down and looking at it and then shining a light on it. The light will be a sourse of the long wavelengths.
In order to get the full color spectrum, you need to take down a light source. The light source is usually a flash unit.
I have taken shots of fish against seemingly nondiscript backgrounds only to find out later that the background was actually a pretty garish mix or orange and crimson.
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ScubaSteve1962
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I'm using an UFL-1 flash, but I'm thinking I'm to far away for it to make a difference.
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Do you know what the diameter is on the front port thread? You can get a UR/Pro filter from any number of sources that will solve most of your problems. UR/Pro Underwater Camera Filters
Contact Reef Photo in Ft. Lauderdale, they probably have something that will work. Similar to this one: UR Pro Blue Water Filter, 37mm [ur.cy37mm] - $99.00 : Reef Photo & Video!, The Underwater Photo Pros
Since you seem to be shooting in SoFl and Jamaica, you'd want the blue water filter.
Contact Reef Photo in Ft. Lauderdale, they probably have something that will work. Similar to this one: UR Pro Blue Water Filter, 37mm [ur.cy37mm] - $99.00 : Reef Photo & Video!, The Underwater Photo Pros
Since you seem to be shooting in SoFl and Jamaica, you'd want the blue water filter.
You might've been on all but the 3rd shot.
RonFrank
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Is you flash working and is it synced correctly as I see no indication that you are using a flash.
Filters are fine but flash is better as filters reduce the light which is already reduced.
Filters are fine but flash is better as filters reduce the light which is already reduced.
golfette44
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Hi, I've just discovered something called a color correction filter. You can buy one for green or blue water. Good luck.
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Anything more than a couple of meters away would be lost on your UFL-1 flash unless you are in gin clear water on a sunny day.
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Ron makes a good point. Are you shooting faster than a 60th of a second? Or on some sort of auto mode? Maybe your camera is trying to compensate for what it perceives as low light conditions and slowing the shutter so your flash is out of sync. It appears that your flash syncs to the camera using a TTL connection - since yours fiber optic - there's no direct connection between the flash and the camera.
Sp what it's looking for is a trigger from your camera's flash afaik. It's really impossible to tell but they both need to be firing simultaneously for the flash to be effective. I helped my buddy once some years ago with a similar Canon setup so I'm slightly familiar with it.
I "borrowed" this from Ocean Optic Sales:
The blurryness in the third image might be indicative of that. I've now reached the limit of my u/w flash knowledge - I shoot video - but it appears that this may be your problem. Maybe one of the photo experts here can confirm my logic.
In your last image, in the lower right corner it appears you are pretty close to a dark object. I would've expected that to be a lot brighter.
Sp what it's looking for is a trigger from your camera's flash afaik. It's really impossible to tell but they both need to be firing simultaneously for the flash to be effective. I helped my buddy once some years ago with a similar Canon setup so I'm slightly familiar with it.
I "borrowed" this from Ocean Optic Sales:
The blurryness in the third image might be indicative of that. I've now reached the limit of my u/w flash knowledge - I shoot video - but it appears that this may be your problem. Maybe one of the photo experts here can confirm my logic.
In your last image, in the lower right corner it appears you are pretty close to a dark object. I would've expected that to be a lot brighter.
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