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Old 28-09-04, 02:45 PM
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Question for Olympus 5050/5060 users
Hi,

Thinking of changing my current digi setup to either the 5050 or the 5060.. My question is: Can you manually set the white balance on these cameras. My reason for asking is that my shots (back from Scapa) have come out very green.. Now I am under the impression that on some cameras the white balance can be set at depth against something known to be white - such as a slate, so that photos come out more like the true colour..

Or am I ascending up the wrong shot line completely..

thanks for any help..
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Yes, you can on a 5060, also if you use RAW format, no CB is done so you can tinker with Photoshop or whatever.

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you definitely can on the 5050... SCH posted a thing about it recently and it's very straightforward.

see here

http://www.digitaldiver.net/lib_docs...te_balance.pdf

It seems to make a lot of difference (we were goingto play with white balance this weekend but viz was nil so didnt dive at all )

Also see this thread

http://www.yorkshire-divers.co.uk/fo...ad.php?t=10099


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I used manual white balance to great effect on my 5050 in Plymouth a while ago.

As for choosing between the 5050 and 5060, read this:

http://www.wrotniak.net/photo/c5050/c5060-compar.html

Note that in April I found it pretty difficult to find a new 5050 as they are out of production now.

There are also some concerns about the Olympus housing PT020 for the 5060.
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http://www.splashdowndivers.com/pho...ipment_5060.htm
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As mentioned, you can adjust WB on both cameras, the manual says at a distance af about 1m, so it has to be a pretty big object, a slate is way too small, this is the reason I have never tried it.

(and Scapa is green in real life anyway!!)

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Don't care what the manual says - I've used a slate and it works fine. Other things used are fins, tanks, sand
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Also use 18% grey slate on land. Dont know how accurate it would be though
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