What does my digital camera's "underwater mode" do?

What does my digital camera's "underwater mode" do?

Mark Comon (Vice President, Paul's Photo, Torrance, CA) gives expert video advice on: What does my digital camera's "landscape mode" do?; What does my digital camera's "night mode" do?; What does my digital camera's "kids and pets" mode do? and more...

The underwater mode is used on cameras that can...go underwater. I always have a saying: "if your camera doesn't go under water, it can go once and then you're done." The underwater mode is going to adjust the light, because underwater, it's really, really blue as the warm rays are filtered out by the light. So, the camera's going to put back in those rays of sunlight. If you want a cool sunset picture, use the underwater mode in bright sunshine and see what happens, it's kind of fun.