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Wet Port

A wet port is a term used to describe a specific type of lens port for an underwater camera housing. Wet ports are dome-shaped, and they are often used at the surface of the water to shoot a photo that shows both above and below the water line. As the dome is lifted partially out of the water, a thin layer of water remains adhered to the dome, preventing droplets forming for a few seconds. This is when the photographer would take the photo, and it effectively means that they are shooting through a very thin layer of water, hence …

White Balance

What Is White Balance and How Is It Used When Taking Photographs? When talking about cameras and photography ‘white balance’ refers to the adjustment made to an image to compensate for the color temperature of the light illuminating the scene being captured. All light sourced radiate light at different color temperatures, a camera must be instructed what this temperature is so that the final image contains colours that appear natural to the human eye. The purpose of white balancing is to render the white areas of an images lit by different light sources so that they appear to be truly …