where can I find inexpensive camera for coral shots under blue LEDS

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remember, fancy cameras dont take nicer pics (of course within limits)

educated photographers do

Yes A LOT of it is the photographer BUT comparing a DSLR to a Phone there is a BIG difference. You notice more ppl use their phone camers more. I do! Its because its ALWAYS with me. If you are trying to aquire a spectacular photo then use a dedicated camera such as a DSLR. If not (like me) use your phone.


A good example of cheap vs expensive... I had a Samsung HMX20 full HD camcorder that ran me about $800. It had all the bells and whistles and it took very very clear video. It even had a macro mode. I entered into a contest for Samsung and won a Samsung HMX-U10 slated as a full HD camcorder and compact that ran about $110 new. I comparaed the 2 and each camcorder had the same features just one was compact. I did a performance test and quickly realized why the U10 is so much cheaper. Although full 1080P HD the quality sucked.

You can use a phone and get okay pics but you cant compare it to a decent dedicated camera. I perfer to use a compact camera for a lot of photography but for a project or a photoshoot for a client I bring out the DSLR for the best quality and control possible.


Back on subject LOL What type of photos are you trying to achieve? I can tell you from experience taking pics in actinin LED only is a BIG challenge. The sensors in a camera just don't see it the way you do. Even tweaking the WB sometimes wont help. I noticed the camera reacts diferently to different bulbs in actinic. PC actinics are easier to photograph vs LED. If you have control you can add a little LED white to the LED actinics it will help and you will get the POP you are looking for when using actinic LEDs. Personally I try and get the WB fixed in the camera and then fully correct it in post processing. Even then correcting a very blue photo is hard at times. You can do a manual correction on the white balance if your camera allows it. With my camera I can do a manual WB correction by taking a picture of something that should be white (but looks blue under the actinics) such as sand. Then the camera takes that data and will correct the WB so that the blue is white. The only problem with this is that anything that is blue will look white or gray. Even corals. but it WILL pick up all the other colors such as pink, yellow, red, orange. and on and on.