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Hi Brightsea, welcome aboard!

Great color correction

My G.A.S. whispers to me to sell the WWL-1B and buy an 8-18mm with 180mm crystal dome but I know well that as my signature reads: your new gear will not make you produce any better art than you already do Actually the only thing I am asking for in 2025 is time, time to do all the things I want to do. Free time is the most precious thing. Happy New Year to you all!

I'm 100% with you. On my video shots I'm looking for shadows, shadows, shadows!

So what's the best material for direct sun exposure?

Wow! Being the first time, you got better results that most of BW video I saw out there 🙂

Thanks Maria 😊

Welcome aboard Simon! Glad you find us again in our new home.

Cold resolutions 🥶

I choked on my Campari 🤣

Our community has just turned one year old, and in a few days we will be in 2025. I imagine many of us are already thinking about what to do next year. New year and new Gear Acquisition Syndrome 😉 What are your New Year's resolutions? New camera? Does your faithful DSRL look sad at you because it senses a mirroless behind the door? A new housing or a nice pair of strobes , given the many new features in recent months? Or no gear but will you stress your credit card with trips to remote places, maybe a photography workshop or pursue something new? In short, whatever your resolutions I wish you a new year full of excitement!

Please, just drop a link to the file. We have limited storage on our server 😇

Hi Maria, great article. For the video, I know that with Insta360 (actually with all 360° cameras) you shoot everything and then reframing in post. In this case it would be possible to use lights but of course you reduce the possibilities of reframing. Areas with lights should be eliminated. I have seen deep shots of the Mediterranean and the operator was using lights. In that particular case the shots were left at 360 degrees to be viewed with a special viewer. The result was that the arms with lights were visible, Not great to be honest.

One should have the patience to study the manuals of Sony cameras dedicated to video: FX3 and its APSC sibling FX30 to see if these restrictions apply to them as well 📜

Many thanks to @Bio, his clips are perfect in both FOV and the colors in Log have excellent color correction possibilities. The camera is not skipping any frames: the effect is due to the frog kick. I am familiar with the effect. On a side note, DJI is evil: according to their insane mind, WIDE has a narrower FOV than STANDARD. There should be a special hell circle for them, next to the one for those who decide on camera and lens names 😈

A classic case of "The devil is hidden in the details" At this point I fear the same limitations (for uw use) will apply to other Sony camera bodies. 99,9% of Sony AF reviews out there refer to the photography section.

Wow, thanks for the test. While the clip is very short, angles seems good. Which fov did you use on the camera? Do you have some longer clip with some objects on the borders?

This is the new lens/mount for GP13 8:7 & Insta350 Ace Pro from Inon: https://www.inon.jp/news/2024/news613/ No video samples that i could find out there. Ace pro 2 has an underwater filter settings that "adjust" corners. Atrocious corners seems to be caused by using the camera with the default widest FOV. See the thread I linked you on Action 4. Housed iPhone has the worst quality of the quartet. No way to obtain wide angle acceptable results behind a flat port and Geeee colors are awful and unreal.

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So guys, let's shed some light on the PAL/NTSC issue i.e. 50Hz or 60Hz. As far as playback devices are concerned (TVs, Computer displays, monitors) it is a matter of the past. All “modern” devices have for years been able to play content at 50 or 60 FPS and their cousins without any problem. The problem that remains is the one @Chris Ross indicated: if you shoot with artificial light and have a frame rate that is not multiple of the mains frequency you could have serious problems with image flickering. The problem can also appear by filming a computer display or TV depending on the refresh rate at which it is working. In this case there are other ways to solve it. On the net and on YouTube you can find thousands of examples. At this point you may be wondering: what do I give a damn if I am filming underwater? Probably nothing but: Maybe you will happen to edit your clips together with others shot on land at your vacation spot. Images shot in the evening maybe. Maybe you will happen to edit your clips together with other clips shot by other people or by you with another device (smartphone, action camera, drone, etc.). Maybe you find yourself doing more professional work (now you don't know yet) and you want your archive to be future-proof because you could sell the clips to someone else. In short, in all cameras it is a matter of going to a menu item and selecting a simple option. It costs nothing to choose the one in your country or the one in which you are shooting. or, at least, be consistent with all your devices. Ciaoooo

Hi Andrei, I try to write a small recap. Despite the many reviews online, the only reliable images about those new kids, are those posted by our member @Wags. Unfortunately they are images of the DJI Osmo Action 4 only, but I think they will also apply to the 5 and maybe the 6. As you wrote, it seems DJI to be running against time and possible sanctions by the Trump administration. https://waterpixels.net/forums/topic/1889-dji-osmo-action-4/ The Insta seems to be the one that has better SOOC images. But no one who is into underwater imaging would ever dream of posting SSOC video or photos. So 99% of the reviews are nearly meaningless. The only real problem I see is using these cameras with a wet lens. On average, they all have a larger FOV than the GoPro, and these lenses/mounts, originally designed for the latter, struggle to have sharp edges. Inon has released a new lens/attachment specifically designed to solve this problem. Of one thing we are sure: Insta and DJI for land shooting are currently light years ahead of Gopro but have shameful user manuals and technical specifications. They have a lot of work to do on this compared to GoPro. For land shooting I like how other gear form DJI integrates perfectly (all latest DJI wireless mics connects flawlessly with their camera). Ciao

Nice shot. GH5? Which light?

Link added. Thanks

The Backscatter tutorial is as good as it gets for completeness and clarity of content but I totally disagree with ISO Auto and WB Auto. Those are a sure recipe for ruining all clips. I could agree that ISO auto would work in a few specific conditions: very bright day, shallow depth and cristal clear water. in all (more common) situations the tiny sensor will ramp up ISO to 1600 destroying everything. WB auto is a no go. BTW there are people here who are very experienced regarding video and also with GoPro. We have discussed it dozens of times here. What is the point of resetting the few established points? Ciao

thanks @atus project added to our DYIpedia pinned post. If you have other gears don't forget to post them here.