TZ 10 white balance problem

[froggie01]

hi everyone,

I am in dahab egypt now and I had this problem today. When I take the picture of a subject with a rock as a close background like that of the scorpion fish attached, the colours come out fine; but in the other picture the background being open sea or white sand, the colours don't come out even when the subject is pretty close. I used manual mode and I set the white balance at that specific depth manually. Shutter speed around 160 and aperture 3.5 . I'm trying different things and will be experimenting more tomorrow; but if you have any suggestion thanks for posting them

 

[froggie01]

hi,
I use a white card at arms length in front of the camera. The fish on the right picture is about the same distance. I tried using underwater mode today and got better results. I also tried working with exposure. It seems the camera is very sensitive to ambiant light and will give widely different results according to the scene/light.
Anyone care to comment?

Also another point regarding videos. I try very hard to hold the camera still but my vids still appear shaky. I didn't find a stabilization option on the TZ10/ZS7 like there is for pictures. Can anyone give tips?

 

[shaker]

Hi,

Try to reduce the ambient light in shallow water, that means first, higher stutter speed and second, smaller aperture.
I don't believe it's an WB problem in the first photo, but your fish wasn't lit by the flash because of the very strong ambient light.
When the internal flash is on, your cameras will set the WB on"flash", look at the EXIF of your photos to be sure about this.
In the second photo you had much less ambient light and the fish got enough light from the flash.

I hope this can help you...

 

[froggie01]

That's an element, unfortunately I'm back home away from the diving action now but I'll try that next time, thanks very much for your contribution.