... I agree with Edward that manual white balancing on the spot doesn't have to be perfect -- if you're close enough to get enough red in the signal, you can...
Interesting thread! Coming into this a bit late but I have the HC9 and find that white balancing at depth is more a property of light than depth. Similar to...
Hi Sharon, Thank you for writing on this topic! ... So far, I've yet to be able to get the HC9 to lock in at a depth below around 35 ft in water where the...
Hello all, It seems as though many of you are having trouble locking in the white balance with certian cameras at depths below 35' or so. Does the auto white ...
With my FX7 and Gates housing, I can toggle between MWB and auto pretty quickly. If I'm not satisfied with my MWB, I sometimes toggle to auto out of...
Hey Roger! This is a great question. I have not yet tried such a comparison test. One unfortunate thing about many of these little cams in the housings is...
Hi Mary Lynn All cameras will eventually hit their light limit when it comes to setting manual white balance - to get the most light into the camera to help it...
Hi Josh, So what you are saying is that shooting the sun will do the same thing as shooting a white board or sand? So I also would guess that the deeper you ...
Hi Roger Not exactly the same - and I prefer the results from a white board or sand, but if it is too deep to lock in on those, the sun will work almost as...
Roger, Keep in mind that if you wb off the sun you need to be cognizant of the sun's direction and your subjects placement. Otherwise you could be white...
Since I learned to shoot two decades ago using only ambient light, I am always aware of where the sun is and where my subject is in relation to that, at all...
Yes, Josh Jensen (the new Face of Australia on www.theunderwaterchannel.tv I might add - kudos to Josh and very well deserved), taught me to use the sun or...
Hello All, Great discussion on this topic--and thank you, Josh, for the excellent suggestion! (And Congratulations, as well!) I won't give up on the little...
My old Sony DCR-TRV950 video camera (wonderful camera) apparently has a dead firewire port. I need a service manual or something online and how tricky it is to...
Hello, My Amphibico housing does not allow manual white balance for my HC7. It seems that the HC7 will store a manual white balance even with the power off....
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May 15, 2009 5:46 pm
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Jose, This is not something you should attempt yourself unless thoroughly trained to do so. Without question, send it in for repair. Steve ... WORLD FILMS &...
Will, The Canon S10 has 900 lines of resolution and in a comparison between it and the Sony 520, the 520 came out 2nd by a wide margin. It has a 58 mm lens,...
Steve, Come on down- I'll bring some Tamiflu for you! Will...
William Kimlinger
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May 16, 2009 11:50 am
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I'm just back to California from PNG, the Solomons, and Fiji and am trying to shake off the remnants of a very nasty three-week cold while plowing through...
Mike, I hope you had a great time on your journeys -- I wish I were a member of your local club so I could sit in on a post-trip debriefing. One thing you...
... Thanks, John. We did have a great time, although the quick version of the debriefing would have to mention lots of time schlepping through airports and...
... Nice camcorder! A big step up from the little ones I'm used to using. Maybe the Panasonic white balance is a lot smarter than Sony's. It could also be that...
... Velvia Reef, actually. We dove there three times, and the cuttlefish decided to mate the one time I was set up for macro. Great place. The cruise directors...
To All Underwater Filmmakers: This is a call for entries for the 10th Annual San Diego UnderSea Film Exhibition, scheduled for Friday and Saturday evenings, ...
Hello all. I'm looking for a used Sony HVR-A1U to put in my amphibico housing. If anyone knows of one for sale I'd appreciate it. Thanks, Will Kimlinger ...
William Kimlinger
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Jun 30, 2009 6:50 pm
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... I've purchased 2 off ebay with good luck, but you might have to wait a month for a really good deal. There's a lot of demand for this camera. My first one...
The HC-1 has no assignable button which I use for white balancing. That is the one feature that makes the A1-U so much more valuable and worth the money....
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