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Philip Medcalf
8 March 2018
UWP Equipment

What makes a good underwater camera ? Part 2 Shooting RAW

Philip Medcalf
8 March 2018
UWP Equipment
What makes a good underwater camera ? Part 2 Shooting RAW

Having covered using Custom White Balance in the first part of this series I'm now going to move on to something that can negate the need for Custom White Balance when shooting available light images underwater. 

Tagged: underwater photography, underwater camera, RAW, shooting RAW, good underwater camera, image handling, adobe lightroom

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Philip Medcalf
8 March 2018
UWP Equipment

What makes a good underwater camera Part 1 : Custom White Balance

Philip Medcalf
8 March 2018
UWP Equipment
What makes a good underwater camera Part 1 : Custom White Balance

In this series of blogs I'm going to try to clarify some of the factors that make some cameras better for underwater photography than others. I’ll start by looking at the Custom White Balance feature.

Tagged: good underwater camera, underwater camera, underwater photography, underwater housings, custom white balance, cwb

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