GoPro Housing lens cover/protection from being thrown in camera tank on dive boat

[ThatDogDontHunt]

You have a couple of simple choices:
- do NOT hand off your rig and climb it out of the water (maybe a dumb idea...but some peeps clip their rig off to chest D rings)
- carry a lens port cover with you and replace it on the lens before you hand your rig off to the boat monkey - I do this with my fancy camera wet lens - lens cover gets removed after I hit the water and is replaced before I exit - well most times - as I get older I sometimes forget to replace the lens cover before exit.
- carefully instruct the boat monkeys to just grab the rig and set it down somewhere safe without rinsing it (YMMV).

 

[okiediver1961]

Reefhound—when you say bungee loops can you clarify or send me a pic?

 

[caruso]

Reefhound—when you say bungee loops can you clarify or send me a pic?

Bungies- think "oversized hair ties". Simply tie a couple around something that will allow you to stuff a protective cover under them to hold it in place while it's not being used.
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[ThatDogDontHunt]

Bungies- think "oversized hair ties". Simply tie a couple around something that will allow you to stuff a protective cover under them to hold it in place while it's not being used.
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I am confused. My Subsee wet lens has a rubber cover that stays on. No need for hair ties. Can you illustrate?

 

[caruso]

I am confused. My Subsee wet lens has a rubber cover that stays on. No need for hair ties. Can you illustrate?

I'm peripheral to the subtopic. All I got (and I could be wrong) was that the other member was suggesting a way to store a loose cover on the camera tray. If you don't need to store a protective cover then you don't need bungees.

 

[ReefHound]

I am confused. My Subsee wet lens has a rubber cover that stays on. No need for hair ties. Can you illustrate?

That's because he isn't using or talking about a Subsee wet lens but a Gopro housing. Not sure where that came from? For the Gopro I suggested a neoprene cover - see earlier link.

 

[okiediver1961]

Yes--looking for a way to store it on the tray without it getting in the way. Im going to Wally World to check out the hair ties as I think that just might work! Thanks!

 

[ReefHound]

As I said, I enter and exit with my camera so have no need to bring the cover and secure it but I made some pics to show better what I meant. if I was actually going to use this I would use two loops and tie a better knot, trim and burn. Test it in a shallow location to fine-tune the tightness of the loop. A hair tie might work as well, just slide it over the handle and down then no worries about a knot coming undone. (If you can't tie a knot, tie a lot.)

1. The tray (disassembled for cleaning between trips), the cover, and a piece of bungee cord
2. Make a loop around the tray somewhere with the bungee cord.
3. Stuff the cover inside the loop.

 

[okiediver1961]

Thanks for the pics! That looks like a great plan and easy to do. Ill get in the pool and test it this weekend.

 

[The Chairman]

I clip my GP/tray on me as I enter or exit the boat. One clip and I use 1.3mm monofilament (150# test) and crimps to attach it to my tray.