Which Filter Is Right For You?

We make three filters for available light underwater photography: the original Magic filter, the Auto-Magic filter & the Greenwater Magic filter.


The correct filter for you depends on three things:

1) The diving conditions you will use it in.
2) The camera system you use.

1) If you dive in blue tropical, sub-tropical, clear temperate or clear freshwater you need either the original manual Magic or the Auto-Magic Filter. If you dive in green (and we really do mean pea-soup green) temperate water you need the Greenwater Magic filter.

2) In blue waters, DSLR shooters should use the original Magic filter. While for compacts we recommend the Auto-Magic filter, which was designed especially for these cameras.

The Filters

The Auto-Magic is designed for digital compact cameras in blue water conditions. This filter is designed to produce great colours with either Auto white balance, for point and shoot simplicity, or with manual white balance, to give you more control and extend the depth range. We supply this filter as one size fits all – for users to cut and stick to their lens. Click for more info…


The original Magic is designed for DSLRs. This filter requires more dedication from the user as it works only with the adjustable manual white balance of the camera. This filter produces high quality results, without too much light loss over a wide depth range (0-15+m). It is available in a range of sizes, pre-cut for the popular DSLR lenses. Click for more info…



The Greenwater Magic is designed for DSLRs and can also be used on compacts. This filter requires the camera’s white balance to be set manually. This filter produces remarkable images, particularly of still life subjects such as wrecks. It works between 5 and 25m. It is available in a range of sizes, pre-cut for the popular DSLR lenses. Click for more info…



Video
The Magic Filter works well with video cameras and several videographers use the Magic Filter very successfully. That said we do not currently make filters specifically for video cameras, as there are plenty of good video filters already available.


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