Years ago, before the advent of the GoPro, I used a fairly high-end Sony point-n-shoot w/ housing for photography. Sadly it was not that good for taking stills underwater, but was decent for video. Thus began many years of obsession with capturing/editing video dive footage. Once the GoPro came out I was excited to switch, but the product was new and clearly in need of further development. Each year there was seemingly a new GoPro camera out to best the previous version, but never really felt comfortable pulling the trigger. Evenutally I began to sour on continuing to use my old Sony when comparing the results people were getting from the GoPro, so stopped even bothering to take a camera on trips. Suddenly, my dives were a whole new level of enjoyable, and I soon realized just how much of the experience I had been missing out on. ...And thus began many years of NOT obsessing over capturing/editing video dive footage.
Fast-forward; now I get a new Hero 6 for Christmas!
Anyway, I have played around with my new toy a little bit, as well as getting sucked into the endless black hole of accessorizing the platform. Yeah; it's fun and takes great video, but mostly just sits in the bag. I am taking it to Coz next week, and looking forward to seeing what kind of results I get from it, but I also have to say that I plan on setting aside many camera-free dive days. While I love the thought of capturing memories on camera, I'm not sure they can match the feeling of living in the moment. For me that is equally important, if not more so.