Camera for shooting reef with high UV

[Scythanith]

Using a camera that can shoot in RAW is pretty key for me. I set the camera to RAW, manually adjust the WB on camera to be as high a K rating as possible (10,000 on my Nikon), shoot the pictures and then adjust the white balance in the computer once the images are downloaded.

You could buy a blue filter to go on the from of your lens as well. Despite the name, they are yellow in appearance and cut out the blue hue before it even makes it to the camera sensor.

Hope that helps.

[element291]

Originally Posted by Scythanith

Using a camera that can shoot in RAW is pretty key for me. I set the camera to RAW, manually adjust the WB on camera to be as high a K rating as possible (10,000 on my Nikon), shoot the pictures and then adjust the white balance in the computer once the images are downloaded.

You could buy a blue filter to go on the from of your lens as well. Despite the name, they are yellow in appearance and cut out the blue hue before it even makes it to the camera sensor.

Hope that helps.

Who haw in the what now lol I will have to google what RAW is, WB, K rating and how to adjust white balance. I thought I was a techie but that was all over my head. That sounds neat about the filters, does anyone has experience with these? Any photos that could be shared to show off a cameras ability would be super appreciated. Could you put a filter over a small pocket sized camera where the lens once opened up is smaller than a dime?

[Scythanith]

A filter can simply be a gel filter, in other words a piece of tinted plastic Cut it any size you want to hold over the lens. You don't want any warping or distortion in it though, that would mess with the quality of the image.

You can find all sorts of pics with the methods I described here. Just scroll to the newest pages for updated photos.

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