white balance set manually on land???

[hilk]

hi to the expert :
im only new to this filming thing,and need to know which white balance settings do i change and to what ?
is there a way to do it out of the water before you put camera into the housing to manually set the white balance????

 

[utnapistim]

I think ideally you would set it underwater. White-balance depends on depth, lighting, visibility and shooting distance (there are probably others).

I take uw. photography (so this might not really apply to you), but I have to reset the white balance manually between every 5-10 pictures.

 

[crpntr133]

Gotta set it at 20' or so. Turning the camera on automatically sets it while on the surface.

 

[JamesD]

I have a white slate that I strap to my arm to set white balance from.

 

[larsdennert]

Pretty tough to help you without knowing what camera you have. Outdoor mode works pretty decent. The Sony's do WB when you turn them on so pointing them at the white sandy bottom or a slate after turning them on helps.

 

[hilk]

Pretty tough to help you without knowing what camera you have. Outdoor mode works pretty decent. The Sony's do WB when you turn them on so pointing them at the white sandy bottom or a slate after turning them on helps.

hi.. i'm using sony TRV 33E, mini video cam , the white balance setting only have 3 function. out door, indoor and hold.

 

[larsdennert]

The hold should be equivalent to a manual mode. When you push hold it will lock at the current setting so do it when the camera is pointed appropriately at something white.

 

[hilk]

hold function, but too bad my TRV 33 E is a touch screen function. to set white balamce under water i nee to touch screen > menu> white balamce setting> hold.
i don have this puch button on housing.
so i have problem on setting white balance under water..