Slamfire
Contributor
In terms of underwater color correction lights are superior to filters. Correct me if I'm wrong. The reason behind my assertion is that filters provide a subtractive correction whereas lights are additive. In other words, filters prevent some information from getting into your camera sensor and lights add more information. Prevent enough information and you end up with a black picture. In this case more is better.
Furthermore, you can still do subtractive color correction through software after you're done shooting. It will be more versatile and adaptive to varying conditions than merely sticking to one filter only for the duration of your dive.
And finally if you wish to keep on shooting shallower than the depth intended for your filter, lights will not paint your shots with the unnatural red hue that you see with filters. I shot this video without lights nor filters because I was confined to snorkelling depths. I managed to keep most of the surface scenes from turning the red filter hue while still apply "virtual filters" through editing software.
Furthermore, you can still do subtractive color correction through software after you're done shooting. It will be more versatile and adaptive to varying conditions than merely sticking to one filter only for the duration of your dive.
And finally if you wish to keep on shooting shallower than the depth intended for your filter, lights will not paint your shots with the unnatural red hue that you see with filters. I shot this video without lights nor filters because I was confined to snorkelling depths. I managed to keep most of the surface scenes from turning the red filter hue while still apply "virtual filters" through editing software.