Hoya 25A Red Filter for underwater yes/no?

Hi everyone

In my quest to find a good filter for colour correcting i found a Hoya 25A Red filter.Will this work for a video setup underwater?Colour wise i mean.

Hi everyone

In my quest to find a good filter for colour correcting i found a Hoya 25A Red filter.Will this work for a video setup underwater?Colour wise i mean.

The #25A red filter is meant for black & white film photography and the purpose is to increase the contrast. I'm not sure how that would translate with u/w video. If price is your concern there are cheaper ways than buying the UR Pro or Magic filters.

Billy

Take a look at this article by Craig Jones for some options to the ubiquitous UR-PRO.

There is a ton of old discussion on colour correction filters on Wetpixel. Try this search for starters.

If you're hoping to do it really on the cheap you could try a piece of standard gel lighting filter such as those made by Rosco, Lee and Formatt. There are many colours that are in a range that should help your white balance. They're not officially "optical quality" but should work depending on how fussy you are.

Please let us know what you come up with.

Yip

I could'nt find any store in this city that stocks those filters however there was this one photo lab that stcoked the Hoya 25 red,but was unsure wether it will work.Know that i know it its actually meant for black and white i will pursue these filters over the internet.Went to their webites already.They are actually cheaper than the Hoya 25 red filter.

Thanks guys

I found a whole box of Rosco filter sheets in my studio five minutes ago.I think i may have found one that works.