DreiFish Posted June 17 Share Posted June 17 1 hour ago, Eric Hanauer said: I’ve been shooting a GH5 underwater for several years. Manual white balance works fine down to about 100 feet. You don’t need a white card. Sand or gray rock will work. It still will need color grading in post. Final Cut Pro does a good job of this. Probably there's some individual variance on what you consider "fine," but I've shot the GH5 on hundreds of dives, and my experience aligns with Dadide's. Yes, you can white balance to 100feet depths, but the results are anything but 'accurate". The internal white balance limitations don't allow you to get a neutral result right out of camera. You might be able to achieve something more aesthetically pleasing by color grading in post, but that's a significant time investment with its own limitations compared to what Canon cameras have been achieving for decades and Sony's more recent models since the A7S III can also now do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Hanauer Posted June 18 Share Posted June 18 Editing video is a time investment we owe to our viewers. Color grading is an integral part of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreiFish Posted June 19 Share Posted June 19 10 hours ago, Eric Hanauer said: Editing video is a time investment we owe to our viewers. Color grading is an integral part of that. Sure... but less time is required if starting from an already decent starting point. And given how thin the codecs are on these cameras, a bad initial white balance is going to make it exceedingly hard to produce pleasing results even with color grading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Hanauer Posted June 19 Share Posted June 19 Starting point is better than just decent on my GH5II. One click in color balance on FCP usually does it. Colors underwater are subjective. It’s not like studio skin tones. Or like rocket science. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matan Posted Tuesday at 06:12 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 06:12 PM anyone has updated release dates for housings on this camera? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bghazzal Posted Wednesday at 03:16 AM Share Posted Wednesday at 03:16 AM 9 hours ago, Matan said: anyone has updated release dates for housings on this camera? IIRC the Nauticam GH6 housing works for the GH7. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davide DB Posted Wednesday at 05:28 AM Author Share Posted Wednesday at 05:28 AM Yes, Nauticam confirmed me the GH6 housing is OK. Camera bodies are identical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matdiver Posted 6 hours ago Share Posted 6 hours ago On 6/17/2024 at 5:25 PM, Eric Hanauer said: I’ve been shooting a GH5 underwater for several years. Manual white balance works fine down to about 100 feet. You don’t need a white card. Sand or gray rock will work. It still will need color grading in post. Final Cut Pro does a good job of this. Yep, that's my experience too with the GH5, at least in good viz in tropics. The Med is different, obviously. I use the sun/surface to WB, and grade in VegasPro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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