SEALIFE MICRO HD UNDERWATER CAMERA
Following report is based on my personal experience with Sealife MicroHD camera. I am not a photographer. The notes are just to find the optimum settings so one can focus more on the dive rather than playing around with the camera.

SEALIFE LIGHT TEST

Following photos taken at 29 meters with and without Sealife 600 lumen (75 deg beam) single external light.
Camera's built in white balance was used as blue water filter without using any external filter.

No Light With Light

BUILT IN WHITE BALANCE VS EXTERNAL RED FILTER COMPARISON

Following photos taken at 33 meters with Sealife 600 lumen single external light

Built in White Balance Shallow without External Filter Built in White Balance Shallow with External Filter

Built in White Balance Deep without External Filter Built in White Balance Deep with External Filter

Built in White Balance Auto with External Filter .

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SEALIFE MACRO LENSE TEST

Following photos taken from the same distance of about 6 inches at 12 meters with and without Macro lense.
Camera's built in white balance set to deep. No Light used.Note: Right click on images and open them
in new tab to see full size for better differentiation.

With Macro - Image Sharp (Magnification almost same) No Macro - Image Blurred (Magnification almost same)

Following photos taken from the same distance of about 10 feet at 12 meters with and without Macro lense.
Camera's built in white balance set to deep. No Light used. Note: Right click on images and open them
in new tab to see full size for better differentiation.

With Macro - Image Blurred No Macro - Image Sharp

RECOMMENDED SETTINGS

In order to minimize fiddling around with the settings under water, keep the following settings:

For a dive more than 10 meters deep (which is normally the case), set White Balance to Deep

If target is red then White Balance-shallow only (no external filter) with external light can be used to avoid extra redness

Built in White Balance Shallow with External Filter is useable, but under normal circumstances not really required.

OTHER RECOMMENDED SETTINGS
Take photos on 13mp, its worth it. File size is big but it can be shrunk later on as required.
External Light is a must. Sealife 600 lumen single light with a beam around 75 degrees is the cheapest option if the budget is tight but still works really good. However bigger the better, as 75 deg beam at times is not enough (i.e some parts of the picture not getting the light).
Sealife Macro lens is good to have considering the reasonable price. Magnification with and without the lense is almost the same but for close up shots (like 6 inches or so), image is sharper with the lense. So, recommended for close ups.
If you are tight on budget you may leave the external red filter as the internal white balance compensation is pretty good.
Sealife Aquapod mini is a must.
For stationary targets keep the picture settings to AEB.
For moving targets keep the picture settings to Time Lapse (2 sec).
Keep the Metering to Centre.
To avoid large sized videos use 240p:240fps as video setting. A ten min video with background sound can be cretaed and published by window movie maker to end up in a file size of 113mb (wmv). This can be converted and compressed to MP4 by VLC to about 75mb. Note: File size varies with the complexity of the image being recorded i.e. colors, details etc.
For better resolution use 720p-60fps (that will be my final setting now). The results are superb, however just an 11 second clip (raw) without any editing takes up about 20 mb. Note: File size varies with the complexity of the image being recorded i.e. colors, details etc. If size is a problem then 720p-30fps is also an option. For a 15 sec video that takes 17.5 mb for 720-60fps, it takes 12.2 mb for 720-30fps. But conisedering you want to slow down the video, 60 fps is better.
I had to make a choice between Go-Pro and Sealife MicroHD. After a detailed comparison I reached to the conclusion that if SCUBA diving is the primary thing then sealife would have an edge. While go-pro has great video capabilities, I am overall very happy with sealife considering many other features that are useful for SCUBA diving which go-pro does not have (according to what I know about it as I havent used go-pro).
To see the camera results and for more information feel free to contact OutZeal.com.
Regards
K.Haroon

New Tests to be done
nothing yet

SEALIFE LIGHT TEST
Following photos taken at 29 meters with and without Sealife 600 lumen (75 deg beam) single external light. Camera's built in white balance was used as blue water filter without using any external filter.
No Light	With Light

BUILT IN WHITE BALANCE VS EXTERNAL RED FILTER COMPARISON
Following photos taken at 33 meters with Sealife 600 lumen single external light
Built in White Balance Shallow without External Filter	Built in White Balance Shallow with External Filter

Built in White Balance Deep without External Filter	Built in White Balance Deep with External Filter

Built in White Balance Auto with External Filter	.
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SEALIFE MACRO LENSE TEST
Following photos taken from the same distance of about 6 inches at 12 meters with and without Macro lense. Camera's built in white balance set to deep. No Light used.Note: Right click on images and open them in new tab to see full size for better differentiation.
With Macro - Image Sharp (Magnification almost same)	No Macro - Image Blurred (Magnification almost same)

Following photos taken from the same distance of about 10 feet at 12 meters with and without Macro lense. Camera's built in white balance set to deep. No Light used. Note: Right click on images and open them in new tab to see full size for better differentiation.
With Macro - Image Blurred	No Macro - Image Sharp

RECOMMENDED SETTINGS
In order to minimize fiddling around with the settings under water, keep the following settings:
For a dive more than 10 meters deep (which is normally the case), set White Balance to Deep
If target is red then White Balance-shallow only (no external filter) with external light can be used to avoid extra redness
Built in White Balance Shallow with External Filter is useable, but under normal circumstances not really required.
OTHER RECOMMENDED SETTINGS Take photos on 13mp, its worth it. File size is big but it can be shrunk later on as required. External Light is a must. Sealife 600 lumen single light with a beam around 75 degrees is the cheapest option if the budget is tight but still works really good. However bigger the better, as 75 deg beam at times is not enough (i.e some parts of the picture not getting the light). Sealife Macro lens is good to have considering the reasonable price. Magnification with and without the lense is almost the same but for close up shots (like 6 inches or so), image is sharper with the lense. So, recommended for close ups. If you are tight on budget you may leave the external red filter as the internal white balance compensation is pretty good. Sealife Aquapod mini is a must. For stationary targets keep the picture settings to AEB. For moving targets keep the picture settings to Time Lapse (2 sec). Keep the Metering to Centre. To avoid large sized videos use 240p:240fps as video setting. A ten min video with background sound can be cretaed and published by window movie maker to end up in a file size of 113mb (wmv). This can be converted and compressed to MP4 by VLC to about 75mb. Note: File size varies with the complexity of the image being recorded i.e. colors, details etc. For better resolution use 720p-60fps (that will be my final setting now). The results are superb, however just an 11 second clip (raw) without any editing takes up about 20 mb. Note: File size varies with the complexity of the image being recorded i.e. colors, details etc. If size is a problem then 720p-30fps is also an option. For a 15 sec video that takes 17.5 mb for 720-60fps, it takes 12.2 mb for 720-30fps. But conisedering you want to slow down the video, 60 fps is better. I had to make a choice between Go-Pro and Sealife MicroHD. After a detailed comparison I reached to the conclusion that if SCUBA diving is the primary thing then sealife would have an edge. While go-pro has great video capabilities, I am overall very happy with sealife considering many other features that are useful for SCUBA diving which go-pro does not have (according to what I know about it as I havent used go-pro). To see the camera results and for more information feel free to contact OutZeal.com. Regards K.Haroon