Magic groen water Canon 15mm filterset

Magic Green Water Canon 15mm filterset

The GreenWater Magic filter is a more technical product and requires more application from the user than our other filters to get the best results. The detailed advice below should give you a better idea of what to expect from this filter. Ambient light photography requires a different approach to shooting with strobes, and even experienced photographers may take several dives to get used to it. The most important point is to shoot with the ambient light to get even lighting and good colours.

Manual White Balance

Setting your camera’s white balance (WB) manually is a crucial part of the technique for shooting with Magic filters, and is particularly important for the Greenwater Magic. The filters are specifically designed to work with the characteristics of your camera’s WB. You should fully familiarise yourself with the technique for manually setting WB, so it becomes second nature during a dive.

We strongly recommend that you set the WB for each subject that you photograph with the Greenwater Magic, and at least each time your change depth by more than a metre. Generally you can set the WB on the subject, making sure that you fill the frame with a fully illuminated and neutral coloured area (avoiding strongly coloured marine life or open water). If you want you can use a grey card or white slate (depending on your camera), but we have found these unnecessary.

Depth Range

The Greenwater Magic filter is effective over a wide depth range from 5m (15ft) down to 25m (80ft). If you plan to shoot only above 5m (15ft) then we recommend not using the filter and only using manual WB as outlined above. Below this depth manual WB alone may work, but the combination of the filter and manual WB will give superior results as it effects the balance of colours collected by the camera’s sensor, rather than merely how these data are processed