Reefmaster Mini Settings?

[Reef]

I bought a Reefmaster Mini almost a year ago, and still to the day I cannot get the settings dialed.

I've played with Sea Mode, the white balance, and just about everything else. Until an hour ago I didn't know Sea Mode should be used without flash. Is this correct?

My biggest issue is that everything has a blue hue. Even on shallow dives I get this effect. While I realize there is no "wonder setting" I'd imagine there are those that do a decent job.



Here are some examples:

15ft of depth, sea mode, 40ft of viz.

55ft of depth, sea mode, 30ft of viz.

I know I'm missing something simple, but I just can't figure it out. I've seen great photos taken with this camera, so I know it's possible.

Video taken:

Bad:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDYuL9WE__s

Better:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Vhjcq4g1Q8


Any advice would greatly be appreciated.

 

[sabbath999]

You are correct, you should not use sea mode with the flash... the sea mode is white balanced to work with ambient light (which obviously changes color with depth).

 

[SeaLife Joe]

If you did turn the flash on, you have overridden the color correction and will get these shots/green as you are outside of the flashes range. try to keep in Sea Mode without flash if you have enough ambient light and let the color correction in the camera work its magic.