GoPro Black 3 with lights or red filter?

[Allison Finch]

Allison, what is your recommendation for proper lighting for the gopro?


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I use a Sola 1200 and a Sola 800. I like the wide even light they give. The 1200 also has the red light, if needed for light sensitive video (as long as I don't mind the red saturated lighting.

 

[Thook]

I would recommend filter and lights... you get the most bang for your buck with the combo. Attached is my latest dive in Belize with
GP2 and 2 Itorch video 4 spots at 1300 lumen each.
Belize Scuba Diving - YouTube

 

[hellhole]

get light that has 1k lumens at least with min 100degree wide beam... if you can afford it...

else its just the filter... red filters will work down to about 30m depending on water quality...

 

[avigulf]

The only thing to consider thou is that with the red filter you are 'filtering' off the Green and Blue channels (to level them with the lack of Red) so the sensor is increasing the gain to compensate and in turn increasing the noise and with that I found my videos to contain lots more noise.

Yepp, I also experience this, thats the downside with filters. In dark conditions I think its best to take the filter off and if possible adjust colors in sw.

 

[jaccoermers]

I would recommend filter and lights... you get the most bang for your buck with the combo. Attached is my latest dive in Belize with
GP2 and 2 Itorch video 4 spots at 1300 lumen each.
Belize Scuba Diving - YouTube

Did you have the filter on all the time? I am trying to figure out how to do this in my next trip to Egypt. I have a SRP with lights (SRP/Archon D11v) and Flip 3.1