Underwater camera control

A camera (30) retained in a waterproof underwater housing (10) is controlled remotely and conveniently by a diver holding a hand-held remote device (16,18). The device can be a removable handle (16,18) on the underwater housing (10), communicating with the camera (30), usually a movie camera (30), by infrared or other wireless protocol. Key functional camera settings, which would normally require navigation through a menu tree with a series of steps and selections, are selected by a single press of a button (52) on the hand-held device (16-18). An important example of camera setting is white balance calibration, which typically must be reset for every five feet of depth change.