Canon S95 White Balance

[matt19849]

Evening

I'm interested at buying the Canon S95 and Ikelite housing but I just had a quick question - I've asked on other forums but have yet to get a reply so I'm hoping someone can tell me on here. At the moment on my Fuji F100fd camera I have to set the exposure up or down each time before doing a white balance otherwise I get an error on the screen saying 'Under' or 'Over' depending how much light is let in. Is this the same with the Canon S95 or can I just jump straight in and do the manual white balance without messing with the exposure? I don't really dive in darker merky waters just places like the Red Sea or Thailand so sunny places for me

Cheers

 

[Gilligan]

The S95 has RAW capability and I strongly suggest you use it, especially for non-strobe shots. It won't matter what white balance setting you use because you will adjust it in post-processing.
The Software that comes with the camera (Canon Digital Photo Professional) will do a good job on the white balance adjustment using the eyedropper tool.
I just use the "Underwater" white balance for non-strobe shots just because you have to pick one.
For the strobe shots you can use "auto" "daylight" or "flash" or "cloudy", the latter of which may yield softer colors. Again, you can adjust the white balance in DPP.
A sample is HERE on my website.
RAW is the way to go. No need for RAW + JPEG as it uses too much space. After you process the RAW in DPP you convert it to JPEG so that you have both.

 

[Indigo Scuba Africa]

Hi

I've found that I need to set the exposure once I've manually set the white balance on my S95. Not a problem at all, once you get used to pressing a few buttons.

Most adjustments should really be done in the water as if your image is too overexposed you could lose pixels and not "get them back" in order to edit in your Canon programme afterwards. Shoot RAW too.

I've found the underwater white balance makes my pictures too green...

I guess it all boils down to the type of photography / filming you are doing and the conditions you are diving in.

 

[matt19849]

RAW it is then lol - thanks for both your replies looking at that website link thats awesome how different it looks after processing it in the software it really does make a massive difference