Clear Viz on the Rigs – Olympus OM-D Video

Last weekend delivered some of the clearest waters in Southern California that I have ever seen. We had great diving on Friday and Saturday in the Channel Islands and it continued on Sunday when I met up with several friends to dive the Oil Rigs off Long Beach. There we encountered more amazing visibility, with 60-80ft visibility on the two different rigs that we visited. I used the new Olympus OM-D for pictures until one of my strobe’s batteries died on the second dive, so I decided to take a little video. Using my Sola 1200 as best as I could with the wide Panasonic 8mm fisheye lens, I swam around the rigs enjoying the clear waters, schools of fish and many divers out exploring.

Enjoy the video. I’m very happy what the OM-D can do with video, it handled the low light and over all blue tone of the water well. I did not white balance, as I had the one Sola 1200 (though two would have been much better!) and in general the detail in the video is great.