GoPro HD underwater blur fix

[VooDooGasMan]

Looks very good dump i have been diving and have gopro on hold, been using old vid camera to get back into it.

 

[Bopper]

For tropical clear water shooting like the Caribbean, I prefer to use an inexpensive gel drop in filter to handle the big color improvements and do fine tuning in editing. The gel drop in filters are cheap enough that it makes financial sense to give it a try. If you don't like the results you are only out a few bucks.

Can you elaborate on how you employ a drop in filter on a GoPro and where you would get them? I'm looking to add a color correction filter to my GoPro and am looking for solutions (other than post production solutions).

Thanks!

 

[ronscuba]

Can you elaborate on how you employ a drop in filter on a GoPro and where you would get them? I'm looking to add a color correction filter to my GoPro and am looking for solutions (other than post production solutions).

Thanks!

Buy a filter sheet made by Lee or Roscoe. They are super cheap. Something like $7 for a 20x20 inch sheet. Cut out a circle a little smaller than the GoPro port. Put the filter inside the housing. In between the port and the GoPro lens.

The GoPro port is small. I think I used a dime or penny as a guide to cut the filter. A store or photographer's left over scrap piece would be big enough. Or find a store that has small swatch samples. If you buy the 20x20 sheet, you could make over 400 dime sized filters.

Some people just buy a Magic Filter or the filter from Pursuit. Pursuit costs about $7. Magic filter about 4x that.

 

[Bopper]

Buy a filter sheet made by Lee or Roscoe. They are super cheap. Something like $7 for a 20x20 inch sheet. Cut out a circle a little smaller than the GoPro port. Put the filter inside the housing. In between the port and the GoPro lens.

The GoPro port is small. I think I used a dime or penny as a guide to cut the filter. A store or photographer's left over scrap piece would be big enough. Or find a store that has small swatch samples. If you buy the 20x20 sheet, you could make over 400 dime sized filters.

Some people just buy a Magic Filter or the filter from Pursuit. Pursuit costs about $7. Magic filter about 4x that.

Great. Thanks for the info. BTW, gorgeous videos in the link in your sig.

 

[ronscuba]

Thanks. I've been blessed to be able to dive incredible places and lucky to capture good footage.

 

[ege]

Has anybody tried the blurfix with the new GoPro Hero 2. The new camera has 170 deg field of view, much wider than the previous one. Does the blurfix housing block the wide angle shots?

ege

 

[blurryfix]

ege, we just had a BlurFix user post his vignetting test on our Facebook wall, looks like the vignetting levels using Snake River Prototyping's BlurFix on the new HD2 are smaller and better than the HD1 check it out!

Richard Kies Photography's Videos | Facebook

 

[Down2bizDiver]

Has anybody tried the blurfix with the new GoPro Hero 2. The new camera has 170 deg field of view, much wider than the previous one.

Field of view has not changed, original version has 170 fov.

 

[ege]

Field of view has not changed, original version has 170 fov.

My mistake. I read that the previous version had 127 deg FOV, but apparently that only applies to the 1080p resolution.

Hero had 127 deg FOV only for the 1080p mode, and 170 deg in the lower resolutions. Hero 2 has 170 deg available for all resolutions.

 

[Oculus lens]

The Oculus flat lens now comes improved with integrated step rings in 46mm as well as 52mm. Now you can add on any filters, hood or cap of your choice while still enjoying optical clarity, water tightness and vignette free footage at r5 modes 1080! Any screw on filter can be applied underwater, allowing water to fill in between the Oculus flat lens and the filter of your choice and giving you the freedom to go deeper without fear of shattering your filter.

The Oculus flat lens are listed on ebay at the price of $35 + $5 shipping:
Oculus R5 flat lens for GoPro HERO HD (new with integrated step rings) | eBay

Or ready assembled with new housings for $85 +$10 shipping:
Oculus R5 flat lens for GoPro HERO HD (new with integrated step rings) + housing | eBay

Thank you Scubaboard!

Use the integrated 46mm or add on the 52mm spacer to add on filters of your choice:

Fit a 46mm red filter (Intova filter shown here):

Robust aluminium construction anodized in matte black finish:

Compact and solid construction: