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ProCamera
                                                                                                                              More Modes e.g. Portrait,
                                                                                                                              Video, Photo, HDR,
                                                                                                                              Lowlight, and more
                                                                                                                              A secondary shutter button
                                                                                                                              which waits for the camera to become
                                                                                                                              stable before taking the shot
                                                                                                                              TIFF (RAW)
                                                                                                                              Image editor built in

                                                                                                                                   Lightroom Mobile
                                                                                                                              The familiar Lr mobile
                                                                                                                              interface with advanced
                                                                                                                              editing features


                                                                                                                                   Hyperlapse
       4K Video Screen grab. H.264 codec. External video light
                                                                                                                              Functionality for adjusting
       stitched the moving divers into an      movement of the camera is more         the images and videos I captured with   the time-lapse speed prior to
       underwater panorama!  Boosting          stable for instance.                   the iPhone and I was really impressed   saving
       the display to full brightness before       Taking videos are a breeze, but at  at how easy it was to adjust the white   Easy to use underwater
       starting your dive makes viewing and    a deeper depth you get the usual bluish  balance with on click.  The free
       reviewing underwater like using the     haze without using white balancing     version will add a Dive+ watermark           Dive+
       device on land.                         red filters.  I enabled the video light   along with the name you signed in    One touch photo or video
             Camera+ and ProCamera bring       on my iPhone and was greeted with      with on your images or you can pay      white balance adjustment
       more advanced control to your images    backscatter bliss thanks to the location  to have their watermark removed.
       and offer manual mode adjustments       of the light in relation to the camera   This application is great for all levels   The DiveVolk SeaTouch
       to achieve your desired results.  In    diving in Salt water VIS around 4.5    of users and makes it quick and easy    3 Pro is an extremely capable
       addition, these programs allow the end  m.  Next, I used my dive torch as off   to send on to family, friends or even   underwater still, video, time-lapse,
       user to save the image in a hires TIF   camera lighting and once I found the   social media.                           panorama, etc camera solution.  I
       file compared to just JPEG format.      proper angle, the quality had improved      I also tried the following IOS     could imagine using this camera in
           Camera+ brings a grid, level,       dramatically.  Another configuration,   applications:                          several ways, and even in addition to
       zoom, focus peaking, and clipping to    I added a cold shoe ball mount along                                           my full frame camera set up as it fits
       aid, and I found these to be extremely   with an off-camera video light.            Camera+ 2                          easily into the dive pockets on my
       useful when composing the image.            This yielded the best look and I   The level was really helpful            wetsuit.
           ProCamera brings more shooting      was able to position the video light to   Focus peaking                             Thinking back to diving in
       modes and a feature to allow the        reduce the backscatter in silty areas.    TIFF (RAW) image files               Bali earlier this year, my full frame
       camera to take an image once the            I employed Dive+ to edit some of  Full manual mode                         camera was configured for super

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