Go Pro 8 or Paralenz??

[Clevelandguy]

I am interested too.
The Vaquita is outrageously expensive but I’d like to know if it is worth the price.

It hasn't shipped yet..

 

[BlueTrin]

I find the price on par with a Gopro plus the deeper housing from Iqsub, which is essential for my diving.

The vaquita is 750 euros
The GoPro 8 with Iqsub housing is 600 euros.

If the features are similar I would maybe be tempted to go with a Vaquita so I don’t have to fiddle with a housing but I won’t be pre-ordering.

 

[happy-diver]

Just briefly

I've had a poorerlens for a while, it sits half the time broken in a drawer
On the head it takes video of your exhaust bubbles and also vibrates
from your exhaust bubbles

It returned a while back from poorerlens headquarters for the third or fourth time
being broken still broken and sits again in a draw broken
When it's working I use it purely as a record so I'm not perturbed about picture quality

I don't understand why camera people would buy something without a
screen unless you are only going to use it bolted vibrating to your head

I don't feel cool wearing the poorestlens on my head more like it messes with my mind as when something uniquely magnificent happens on a dive I must wonder if this magnificence has been captured or it's just lost again through malfunction into the abyss

Here are my poorerlens regs with the right exhausts blocked

https://www.scubaboard.com/communit...d-to-reduce-bubbles-and-vibration.210588/full

in an attempt to reduce filming of vibrating bubbles

So that's it in aluminium tube


And then all you have left to deal with is this POS
MESSING WITH YOUR MASK SEAL!!!
Yes it also messes with your mask seal

One of the times I got in touch with the PARALENZ ****HEADS
and told them their rubbish device would be better suited if I emptied the internals and took
some insects in there down to see how their underwater cousins live
So it hasn't leaked

One good thing is they reply to all my messages

PARALENZ says, "We're sorry it does not align, however it has no impact on the performance of the camera."

https://www.scubaboard.com/communit...-on-the-performance-of-the-camera.206434/full

"Adrianna Dudek (Paralenz) Sep 13, 14:20 EEST Hello Happy, Our technician replaced the cap for the aluminum one, as the plastic one has a risk of breaking. We're sorry it does not align, however it has no impact on the performance of the camera. Kind regards, Adrianna Dudek"

You too can also indulge yourself in similar experiences at ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS
Well that's what it costs here


So here I am diving with the POS bolted to my head

https://www.scubaboard.com/community/media/hello.207073/full

I'm happy because I've forgotten that I have a piece of junk bolted to my head


and far happier working or not working, diving without it

 

[Vicko]

Is there a way to turn off color correction on the paralens?

 

[happy-diver]

https://paralenz-downloads.s3.eu-ce.../Paralenz-Dive-Camera-user-manual-italian.pdf

 

[BrackaFish]

Is there a way to turn off color correction on the paralens?

Yes it is one of the menu options. Can be found in the link that @happy-diver provided.

 

[Vicko]

Then I would consider it, the color correction i see looks like crap but I had the old paralenz and I was quite happy with the quality when spearfishing.

 

[happy-diver]

Just in case you missed it!

PARALENZ says, "We're sorry it does not align, however it has no impact on the performance of the camera."

"Adrianna Dudek (Paralenz) Sep 13, 14:20 EEST Hello Happy, Our technician replaced the cap for the aluminum one, as the plastic one has a risk of breaking. We're sorry it does not align, however it has no impact on the performance of the camera. Kind regards, Adrianna Dudek"

 

[BlueTrin]

Just in case you missed it!

PARALENZ says, "We're sorry it does not align, however it has no impact on the performance of the camera."

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"Adrianna Dudek (Paralenz) Sep 13, 14:20 EEST Hello Happy, Our technician replaced the cap for the aluminum one, as the plastic one has a risk of breaking. We're sorry it does not align, however it has no impact on the performance of the camera. Kind regards, Adrianna Dudek"

When you say “does not align” you mean that the rotating button does not align with the rest of the camera ?

 

[Clevelandguy]

When you say “does not align” you mean that the rotating button does not align with the rest of the camera ?

No. It's the end cap he's talking about which has zero affect on the functionality of the camera. If that was sent to me I would have zero issues with it.