Why are masks with red lenses not more popular?

[tridacna]

You need to separate masks and camera filters. Different applications Camera filters are useful - but only at specific depths.

True. But the Seavision is a mask. They market a Maxvision yellow lens for low light situations like quarries, rivers and night dives. Always thought that it was a waste of money.

 

[KeithG]

True. But the Seavision is a mask. They market a Maxvision yellow lens for low light situations like quarries, rivers and night dives. Always thought that it was a waste of money.

Agreed. And that is why I distinguished between masks and camera filters.

Tinted masks are a waste of money as they reduce the amount of light hitting your eyes. Your brain automatically compensates for "white balance" so no need for a color filter mask.

Cameras are different. Hence a GoPro filter may serve a useful purpose.

 

[Lorenzoid]

It seems to me that if the mask is tinted so deeply that your brain perceives the color, then it is overriding your brain's ability to white balance, and you are accomplishing nothing but giving yourself a tinted view. But then again, maybe seeing the ocean through the proverbial rose-colored glasses is a good thing.

 

[AdivingBel]

But then again, maybe seeing the ocean through the proverbial rose-colored glasses is a good thing.

I have a gray tinted (rose colored) pair of wayfarers I wear on the boat and the ocean looks mighty pretty through them...

 

[Zieg]

I guess some of us do not wish to view the world through rose colored glasses.