Underwater Color Correction--D800 Video

I just came back from a dive trip to Cozumel and tried my new D800's video capabilities.

I'm happy to report that, with color correction in FCP, the D800 does a great job without a red filter or lights.

I didn't have much chance to experiment with this--too many other new things to try--but here's a quick preview.

This is an uncorrected frame shooting without lights, auto white balance and programed exposure and shutter speed in about 40 feet of water (sunny day topside):

I did a quick and dirty color correction using the three way color correction tool in FCP. Not surprisingly, the corrections added red:

The final looks great to me:

I also tested use of the Magic Filter for a few dives. I did not get better resuls, and worse, I had to do a lot of color correction on my stills to make them usable.

This may be of limited interest to those who don't dive, but I was really happy to see that I could dive and do both stills and video without a filter and still restore with FCP the reds, oranges and yellows lost below 15 or so feet.