Kristin

thank you so much to all who have posted links and advice re making some colour corrections for video. I played around with a small clip while watching one of the recommended youtubers Daniel Batal and was hoping for some feedback. I've put the straight out of camera and two options; I've had people like both (and some prefer the original!) so it's interesting to hear what is pleasing to individual eyes. These are the first edits i've done and getting input on what works and what I need to consider should be very helpful as I learn. I was using a single Kraken light fwiw Video link https://youtu.be/2jolHTw_9nI Photo screen shot attached. Again, thanks so much for any time and feedback you can offer :)

thanks so much, everyone! I have lots of reading & viewing to do now! I had a lovely little dive today and used the Kraken light for most shots and honestly, I didn't love it. I've had more success on other dives. We had quite variable light conditions and I think the camera struggled with that and the light. Shame as I had a lovely lionfish in midwater but it looks terrible. Good for practice though. And I guess it means I'll just have to go diving more to keep trying! :)

@Davide DB thanks so much. TBH you pretty much lost me early though as I'm not even sure what a "primary correction tool" would be, assumed Davinci could do most things even if it's way more than I'll ever need. I don't even know what I'm shooting in - I put it in the housing and hit the button. I'm using the Insta360 Ace Pro 2. Most of what I've shot is just with the camera tho I have a Kraken video light that I've used a couple of times so far, too. I suppose I have been thinking of it as an all over white balance. I figured selectively adjusting colour on certain elements in video is well beyond me, I've just been trying to make it not blue. Clearly, I need to try to find some good reading to help me get started not thinking video is the same as photo!

I've just started thinking about working with colour and video. I've got DaVinci and have watched a couple of getting started tutorials & had a bit of a play. I'm hoping you all have some suggestions on what to learn first and/or good tutorials to get me started. I'm a total beginner and at this stage am hoping for some light editing - I'm not sure full on editing is my bag, but I want to learn a bit. This morning I had a play with the colour warp which seems more intuitive for me than the other options, but clearly I lack skill & finesse at this stage! This is a quick before/after quick clip of a few seconds and I've put a four shot of screen captures in a comment below - which probably isn't very interesting :D oolour01Vs.mp4 top two are in the video above; bottom two were little changes to see what happens. Only colour warp was used.

Nice, I am waiting to see what else comes out this year before changing my Big Rig, so in no hurry. Good to have options

As I continue to add new bits, I'm thinking of options for shooting both videos and stills in the same dive and trying to keep gear to a minimum. Currently I use 2 Inon 240s for stills and a Kraken light when I remember it for videos. it's kinda unwieldy and I don't love not being able to operate the Kraken with one hand, but it's what I have on hand right now. Obviously it's all a compromise but what are your suggestions to get the best "do it all" lighting bang for buck?

Absolutely - people here have been wonderful!!

Thanks everyone for your input. So many things are bullshit now...am I just getting old or are things truly sucking more? Seems it's a YT issue, so ok. I wasn't talking so much about the quality of the footage, it's all action cam so it is what it is, but the playback looking crapola. I'll see if I can figure anything out to make it better. Appreciate the help!

I'm brand new to YT and just looked at a video I put up there. When I view it on YT, it's crappy. When I view the file on my laptop, it looks fine. Can anyone tell me what I've done wrong? I went to YT because I just wanted an easy place to pop videos to share with friends/family, but I'd like them to look good! Thanks https://youtu.be/hyr6ihGUlJs

I just bought the insta Ace Pro 2 and like it. As I was reading and watching reviews/footage people shared, I liked it best for what i thought I wanted. I didn't look at the prices of anything so can't compare it, but I'm sure there's a site somewhere that does. I've not used other action cams (other the insta360 X4), so don't have any personal experience with others. I am happy and think it's a solid choice. https://youtu.be/0_MN55Feqfc

as far as I can tell, my newest Pros are not counterfeit. Must just have a wonky batch. My super old black Pros that are all at 60-80% give me the same results - missing shots - as the brand new ones. It is what it is, I probably should have contacted the company after the first time I noticed it and gotten swaps. If I had access to Ikea, I'd buy theirs next time. I probably would choose the white standard eneloops over the black pros if I had to choose between them right now.

I recently bought eneloop pros because my regular eneloops were getting on in years. They are crap. My old white eneloops last well longer and recharge way faster than these new black ones - I actually miss shots now, which has never happened before. I'm kinda grumpy about it, tbh. YMMV

thanks, all. I am talking with Elie now :)

I don't have instagram but will try to find him on ebay, thanks! You mean here? If anyone wants them, please do reach out :)

I have two lovely NikVs doing nothing for me but taking up space. Is there any market for these at all or are they destined for the bin? I'm in Australia, but I'll be in the USA in a few weeks and would drag them along if there might be more potential to get them to a new home from there. What do you all think?

thanks to everyone for sharing some of their processes! I find what others do so interesting - super stickybeak of me, I know. I'm in the quasi-hoarder camp. I'll do a cull of the crap first up - I use LR and do the X for adios and 8 (green flag) for keepers. Each cull session ends with selecting all the Xs and deleting them from disk forever. Stuff that doesn't get either hangs out on the hard drive for some future cull session or the aliens, whichever comes first. I do like to wander through old stuff on occasion and sometimes I find a gem that I skipped. I also very much like to a have a visual record of things so even meh photos serve a purpose for me sometimes. As others have said, storage is pretty cheap in the scheme of things (and honestly, the ssd drives are so danged cute!) I often think I'd like to be one of those people who take more great shots than meh/crap per dive, who really push my boundaries to try new shooting styles, who tag/keyword stuff, who has friends/family who'd genuinely love a calendar or booklet or something (but I suspect mostly their interest is politeness) and who gets organized enough to print things to display in my own home...but, yeah, nah, I don't see that totally happening anytime soon!

LOL all my kit looks better ;) Good that it's getting a lot of use and not sitting in a closet!

thank you both for the extra information! I did not know that and it adds food for thought. I'll have to have more of a read about the video @Chris Ross I'm still leaning to the new R7 later in the year, but always good to have more options (sort of!)

Yes, it's nauticam. Thanks for the help. I guess once it's on, it's on? Do I need to leave the camera on? I wonder how long the battery lasts - looking forward to finding out!

Wait, what? Isn't the R5 a FF camera? Now I'm very confused. If it can be an aps-c crop, will it work with my 60? when I did my little test, it only played nice intermittently but clearly I am missing a whole bunch of knowledge!

I have been lucky enough to have a friend let me borrow a R5 to try for a few dives. It has this piece so I can use my same fibre optic strobe cords and i'm hoping people can chime in if there's any tips or tricks to using it? Thanks

@Chris Ross thanks! I do love the teensy stuff and there's an endless variety of critters, never get bored :)

I did. and kinda got lost a bit overall. I'm pretty confident I'll be sticking with crop and thought that was what AlexM was using and liking. Seems like it's not a must have out of the gate...maybe Santa Claus 😁

I didn't want to hijack the other thread so hope someone pops in here again! As I am considering my options (and waiting for the R7mkii maybe!), I am wondering if I should consider adding the Nauticam MFO-1 to my kit. I have the older version 100mm macro and the 60mm macro. I may update to the RF100 but that may come later - my budget is healthy, but choices need to be made and planned for. thanks!

Thanks for posting your photos and what you used!