Problem with green footage!!!

[Pinkflipper]

Hi Scubaboarders,

I am having difficulty getting my underwater footage to not look green.
I use a Sony HDR/HC3 camera with a Sea and Sea VX-S1 housing.
I use the red and have tried a pink filter and the camera is supposed to have automatic white balancing, but everything under ten meters looks green.

Does anyone out there know of a setting that I might need to change on the camera itself that would fix this problem. have read through the user manual, but it is not geared towards using the camera within a housing.

I do not have the option to do manaul white balance as the housing is electronic and has no manual settings.

Heeeeeeeeeeeeellllllppppppppppp PLEASE !!!!

 

[Puffer Fish]

Hi Scubaboarders,

I am having difficulty getting my underwater footage to not look green.
I use a Sony HDR/HC3 camera with a Sea and Sea VX-S1 housing.
I use the red and have tried a pink filter and the camera is supposed to have automatic white balancing, but everything under ten meters looks green.

Does anyone out there know of a setting that I might need to change on the camera itself that would fix this problem. have read through the user manual, but it is not geared towards using the camera within a housing.

I do not have the option to do manaul white balance as the housing is electronic and has no manual settings.

Heeeeeeeeeeeeellllllppppppppppp PLEASE !!!!

Yup, that is what you will usually get. You need to do a manual white balance at depth.. need something white to do that with...

 

[Scubasteve1950]

I have the same issue with my Sony, I have a Sony HC9 with Ikelite housing that allows manual white ballance. I do not know much about the manual white balance. When you do the Manual white balance do you leave the red filter on? Or if you Manual white balance you do NOT use the red filter

Thanks

 

[Puffer Fish]

Not sure how far you can adjust the white balance...but if you could, it would be so you don't need the red filter. Would try it and see what you get... you can always add it and do another white balance.

 

[drbill]

I have had the same result with the HC-7 and have not been pleased with it except when I'm shooting close and the lighting is very even. My housing won't do MWB though.

 

[Empty V]

I remember hearing something about the sony cameras white balance when powered on. Can you point your cameras at a white card and power them on while at depth? This is one of many reasons why I'm not a fan of Sony.

Billy

 

[mobula]

This is why I sold all my small cameras and only kept the FX7. I had the HC1, HC7 and the HC3. HC1 had the best results. The problem is missing light. The HC7 was a mess, very disappointing in murky waters. Does your housing have electronic controls? I had a housing where I changed the board to one with manual white balance (Neue Internetpr?enz). Then WB was possible. For a manually controlled housing you can sell it or dive in clear waters on sunny days.

 

[Scubasteve1950]

I have not tried the MWB with my Sony HC9 yet. I used the AWB with very mixed results. Next trip plan on trying the MWB. I have also been looking at addeng the New Fisheye LED1000DX as a possible video light. FIX LED1000DX Light Set [fix.led1000dx] - $599.00 : Reef Photo & Video!, The Underwater Photo Pros

 

[RonFrank]

The OP said he had NO option of manual white balance.

The only thing I can think of other than red filters, would be to use lighting.

 

[TheBigPhillyFish]

Not sure where your diving, but by the sounds of it, you maybe using the wrong filter. If you have green water you should be using a green water filter, which is not the orange or pink one. You might want to try using the purple shaded green water filter. We need to know where your diving, if its really blue water or green water.

Also, some of that greenish look can be fixed in post production. What editing software are you using?

With no white balance, you may want to leave on auto, or experiment with the other settings. I am not familiar with the WB setting on the camera you have. But look into a green water filter.

Good Luck!