EnglishRed filters and colour filters are optical tools used underwater to balance tones and adjust lighting. They support correction, creativity, and specialised imaging.
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Underwater photos and videos often look too blue or green. This happens because water absorbs warm colors like red, orange, and yellow very quickly. Underwater color correction filters help restore these colors and create a more natural and balanced image.
Whether you are snorkeling or diving, using the right filter makes a clear difference in your results. Want to understand how this works? Read our complete guide to underwater color correction filters.
For compact cameras and system cameras in an underwater housing, color filters are usually mounted in front of the port. The most common option is a screw-in filter, often in 67mm size. These filters are ideal when shooting in natural light. They restore warm tones and reduce the blue color cast in your images.
Action cameras such as GoPro and other action camera brands often use clip-on or flip filter systems. These allow you to switch filters quickly during your dive, depending on depth and water conditions.
Red filters are commonly used in blue water, while magenta filters are better suited for green topical water conditions.
One of the most popular solutions is a flip filter system. This lets you quickly switch between different filters or even a macro lens during your dive, without removing your housing. Want to see how this works in practice for Gopro housings? Read our guide on flip filter systems for GoPro and action cameras.
Smartphone underwater housings, such as Divevolk systems, also support color correction filters. These filters are easy to attach and are ideal for snorkeling and shallow dives.
They help restore natural colors when using your phone camera underwater, especially in clear tropical water.
Want to see how this works in practice? Read our article about using color filters underwater.
When using video lights or strobes, the color of artificial light can differ from the surrounding water. Blue ambient filters help balance this difference and create a more natural look. This is especially useful when combining natural light with artificial lighting in tropical conditions.
Learn more in our guide on ambient filters for underwater photography and video.
The right filter depends on your camera, your lighting setup, and the water conditions. In clear blue water, red filters are the most common choice. In green water, magenta filters provide better results.
Not sure which filter fits your setup? Feel free to contact us. We are happy to help you choose the right solution.
Red filters work best in clear blue water at depths between 3 and 20 meters. They restore warm colors that are lost quickly underwater.
Filters are ideal when using natural light. In deeper or darker conditions, artificial lighting such as video lights or strobes is more effective.
Magenta filters are designed for clear green water with enough natural light, such as kelp forests in California. In darker or low-visibility waters, like many European dive sites, filters are often less effective and artificial lighting is usually a better choice.
Yes, color filters are widely used with GoPro and other action cameras. Many systems use clip-on or flip filters, allowing you to switch filters quickly during your dive.
Yes, many smartphone underwater housings support color correction filters. These filters are especially useful for snorkeling and shallow dives in clear water.
A flip filter system allows you to switch between different filters or a macro lens during your dive. This makes it easy to adapt to changing depth and shooting conditions.
When you start shooting underwater, one thing becomes obvious very quickly: your photos and videos look blue. Even in clear tropical water, warm colors disappear fast. This is not a problem with your camera. It is simply how light behaves underwater. To get natural colors back, you need to correct this.
Underwater photos and videos often look too blue or unbalanced, especially when you rely on natural light. Red filters for your camera and blue ambient filters for your lights help restore natural color and create a better balance between foreground and background.
Blue video footage ? A lot of divers and snorkeler will recognize this problem when they have filmed in tropical blue water. The beautiful colors can be gained back with a color filter, to be used on your GoPro during your dive. You will restore immediately the red shades, which normally are lost, during filming. The FLIP color correction and macro system is especially designed for this. Suitable for Hero 5,6,7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13.
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