Hi,

I am looking to buy a new underwater setup and I’m looking at the SOny camera range with thier housings.

They offer a red marine filter.. is tit worth getting?

Is a filter good underwater?

Please help

Ben

Depending on the depth you take a photographs… Using natural light and shallow waters (above 8 meters) you will need not this filter. Using a strobe I feel it will not be needed for macro.  But at times with wide angle you might add warmth to a photo with it.  I use this type of filter in video more than stills.

1divemaster

Filters can have a great effect within certain depth restraints.

You should also keep an eye out on http://www.magic-filters.com/ which is a great filter for digital cameras, now being designed for commpact cameras i believe.

I have a Sony DSC-T3 camera and MPK-THB Marine Pack.
I bought a VF-MPTH filter to use withn these, and no, I don’t think it’s worth the bother, for these reasons.

1. It’s amazingly expensive, about $70, or 50% of the cost of the housing, for a small piece of plastic.
2. In shallow water, as someone else has already said, you hardly need a filter.
3. In deeper water, if you use the flash built in to the camera, pictures are tinted orange all over.
4. Switch the flash off, and the filter causes exposure times to become so long that the picture becomes blurred because the subject moves or you get camera shake.

Or am I doing something wrong?