First underwater experience with my Gopro

[esbuff]

So this past Friday, 8/12/2011, I was able to take my new Gopro camera on a dive off the coast of Charleston, SC. You can check out the video here:


The Charleston 60 12 Aug, 2011 - YouTube

 

[themagni]

How did you convert to get it to YouTube? I've got the GP but I end up with 2+Gig MP4 files.

 

[esbuff]

I used iMovie on my mac to edit and post onto youtube

 

[DMDavid]

How did you convert to get it to YouTube? I've got the GP but I end up with 2+Gig MP4 files.

Try not to shoot one continuous shot but break it down to several shots that last no more than 5 minutes each.
I normally shoot 2-4 minute shots so that when it's time to edit the clips they are a little more managable.

Even when I don't edit the video and upload the raw footage the smaller video files are quicker and easier to upload if they're only 500mb versus 1gb.


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- FB-Florida Scuba Diver

 

[WetBear]

Sorry this is off topic, but I'm headed to Charleston next June for about two weeks. What sites would you suggest? What are water temps like? I'm from Texas, so most of my diving is in lakes or in the Caribbean.

 

[BKP]

Very nice. What site were you at? And, how did that headstrap mount work for you?

 

[themagni]

I put the headstrap under my mask straps. Apparently I can swim fast enough to pull the camera off my head, and I would have lost it if I hadn't put it under my mask bands.

 

[BKP]

The head-strap was a problem for me as well (flying off).
I attached a chin strap to it, made of 1" webbing and a couple of 1" tri-glides. Works very well, but the head-strap itself still seems to interfere with the mask... I'll just have to play with it a bit more...

Btw, can't take credit for the chinstrap. Got the idea from an Ozzie diver on here... Marty Cerven...