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iPhone 13 Pro with Waterproof Housing, vs TG6?

Started Jan 24, 2022 | Discussions thread
kelpdiver Veteran Member • Posts: 5,564
Re: iPhone 13 Pro with Waterproof Housing, vs TG6?
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Barmaglot_07 wrote:

SafariBob wrote:

Really? Even at 1 meter depth?

At very shallow depth, in bright sunlight, you can kind of get away with white-balancing - water dives a blue/green tinge to your shots almost immediately, but near the surface it can be dealt with, although the resulting colors still tend to look somewhat off. Anything beyond that and artificial light becomes an absolute necessity.

Here, for example, are some of my early shots, before I got strobes:

Then I got a pair of strobes, albeit cheap SeaFrogs ST-100s, and hey, colors!

On larger scenes, however, they struggled to provide enough output

Then I got a pair of Retra Pros, and hoo, boy!

Note that all these shots are taken using the same camera, in a much-derided (by some) cheap SeaFrogs housing. The difference is in the lighting.

Next we know, you'll be drinking the Nauticam coolade!

Actually just read of a new player - Marelux - showing up that aims to deliver N-level finesse at Aquatica (or better) pricing.

I'm also going to posit that while more powerful strobes were called for, you have also gained the experience of dive time.

In any event, this one is the big standout.  "Organized" fish school shots are the most interesting, most compelling objective for me.  I'll swim into anything.

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