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What settings have you used that work best with under water video on the GoPro? i.e. what FPS, metering, resolution, etc. I've been using these things for 6+ years now, but have never taken it under water. I have the Hero 2, a GoPro Dive housing, and red filter. I'll be in Bonaire, most shooting will be from 20-80' of water. Most likely without a light, but I may have something rigged up by the time I leave. Thanks!
The only available settings I know of are the sizes and framerates. Personally, on my Hero 2 with GP Dive Housing I use 1080P Wide mode, which is 30fps. Some people like using the 60fps modes.
720P x 60 frames per second..........personally, all the 30 FPS look like you're in a epilepic seizure chasing whale sharks or twitching your camera side to side to side to side to side to side to side in a cosmic blur as the earth falls into the sun........
I didn't like my 960x960? x 48 frames per second videos. 720P keeps the letter box 16:9 format.
Even on land, I don't shoot 30 FPS. With 60 frames per second and the superior stable image capture, I don't know why people shoot 30 fps.
I'd shoot full 120 FPS if it wasn't only 480x480.
I love the way 60 fps and 16:9 letterbox format looks on my 55" LCD TV.
1080P widde is all I've played with so far. Remember if your doing shallow diving with natural light with a red lense......you'll end up with a lot of red video. This last dive I did you will see hints of that...it was all shot with natural light. GoPro HD Diving UTILA, Bay Islands.avi - YouTube
on a 55" LCD screen, the 720x60fps is stunningly different. way sharper and smoother instead of chunck chunk chunk blocky video smooooooooothhhhhhh it is...........
The higher the capture rate of frames per second on the front end is all the world of difference.
Seriously, I'd shoot full 120 FPS if the GoPro would support a 16:9 format at 720P or greater pixel count. but it doesn't only 480x480.
The frame count is all the difference in the world capturing super-smooth motion on the front end. If you want chunky studdering video, by all means shoot at 30 frames ( or slower) per second.
If you have a still point and shoot camera that shoots video, same difference, my old one shoots 15 fps, or 30 fps...........ummmmm, guess which one is smoother and sharper.
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