Anyone done the Koh Tao Underwater Videography course?

[DevonDiver]

Thailand has world class diving. If the goal is to come home with world class footage, I would learn and practice in the US or Caribbean until my skills were good enough that I could shoot quality UW video.

You've never been to Koh Tao have you?

It's not 'world class' in Koh Tao... but it's comfortable, undemanding diving.... and it's v.v.v.v cheap (both to dive and to live).

The place is hugely popular as a training location, because of the prices, but for the real quality you need to get across to the west coast or down to Indo/Borneo (easy and cheap with regional flights or buses etc).

 

[ronscuba]

You've never been to Koh Tao have you?

It's not 'world class' in Koh Tao... but it's comfortable, undemanding diving.... and it's v.v.v.v cheap (both to dive and to live).

The place is hugely popular as a training location, because of the prices, but for the real quality you need to get across to the west coast or down to Indo/Borneo (easy and cheap with regional flights or buses etc).

I am guilty as charged. I have never been to Thailand and I am not familiar with the cost of living/diving there.

Sounds like a great place to learn. Not sure about the cost of flying there from the US or if Seanothin has an extended continuous time frame to take advantage.

UW video cameras/housings can be very expensive if you are serious about video quality. Might be worth considering what you want your UW video coloring and lighting to look like and then research how much the gear cost to shoot the footage.

Similar to shooting topside indoors, UW has big demands on lighting and manual white balance/color adjustments. If you frequently use the manual settings on your AF100, you might not be happy with UW systems that only allow shooting in full auto.

My style of speaking and writing can come across strong, but I am not always right and I don't know everything. These are just my opinions based on how I started and my point of view. There are many paths one can take and plenty of people on the internet willing to share their opinion.