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1) Be neutral as second nature before attempting. This takes everyone different amounts of time.
2) You don't really need to be taught this. In fact, I recommend not taking a photography class but there are a few great books on Amazon about it, I cannot recommend all three of these enough, but if you had to get one get Martin Edge's book, "The Underwater Photographer."
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3) Most cameras will also take video.
4) Yes, my housing for my a6000 takes a lot of maintenance to keep working correctly and protecting the camera/lens. The strobe takes maintenance too.
5) The tint is from a red filter. The red filter causes the camera's WB settings to compensate for the loss of red at depth. I hate filters and use lights.
6) I prefer photographs. Framing, lighting, exposure, timing... and you get details that I prefer over movement. If I had a decent stabilizing program I'd take more vids maybe.
I shoot a Sony a6000 in an Ikelite case using a manually slaved Sea and Sea strobe. It gives me RAW photos and does just about anything a DSLR will give me in a much smaller package. I shoot single strobe for the hard shadows and contrasts. I started with a GoPro but it sucked at photos. Then I upped my game to a little Canon point-and-shoot in an Ikelite case that had a diffuser card for the flash. It would have served me just fine for a long, LONG time but RAW is really necessary for effective post.
If i were you, i'd buy the Canon Mk IV package the other guy linked you. It an excellent camera and package with excellent lights for photos. I dont know anything about video lights, sorry. Buy these 2 books and start reading.
As for the gels/filters, read this blog post: https://www.waterdogphotographyblog.com/five-tools-for-creative-shooting-on-shipwrecks/
I'm using a Canon S110 in an inexpensive Ikelite housing along with a Sea&Sea YS-D1 strobe as a step before getting a housing for my Olympus E-M1. You can see some of my photos here.
With a compact camera (make sure it can do RAW) + an inexpensive housing you can get nice shots and if you add strobes those can be transferred over to a nicer camera later on when you upgrade.
Also, if you want to do some reading, I really like Martin Edge's "The Underwater Photographer".
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