JBFG
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I only need to add a coiled retainer on the right side
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I only need to add a coiled retainer on the right side
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Nice. Some kind of lanyard between the camera and tray would be prudent. I use fishing line.
I've seen buddies with empty trays---GoPro never to be recovered---and have seen my own cameras dangling by their lanyard on occasion.
I've seen buddies with empty trays---GoPro never to be recovered---and have seen my own cameras dangling by their lanyard on occasion.
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JBFG
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good call. I'll add another hole and put a lanyard around it. how do you attach it to the camera?
I'm curious about the answers for this, too. Epoxying on a simple ring or loop would be my first response, except for (probably unwarranted) concerns about affecting the polycarbonate of the case. Something I once read about crazing (fine cracks).
diver42
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With my hero 2's I could get the fishing line through a portion of the case hinge. I use the 3D housing, most of the time, so have two attach points and a third, open one I can tie off. The last time I used an individual GoPro 3+ I was able to get some line through the hole the mount screw goes through.
I'm a little leery of the loop-around-the-base idea, as I've seen both mount screw and click mount failures. The epoxy idea sounds good. There might be room to drill a small hole in one of the mount loops too.
Edit: Just noticed the housing with the fishing line was sitting on the desk in front of me and snapped these pictures:
If you use fishing line, be very careful with the ends. I had the end of one of my lanyards get caught in the seal when I closed my 3D housing twice, resulting in minor leaks. My cameras survived, but only because I noticed it before enough water got into the case to cause much damage. This also taught me I have to keep my glasses on until after I've set up my cameras.
I'm a little leery of the loop-around-the-base idea, as I've seen both mount screw and click mount failures. The epoxy idea sounds good. There might be room to drill a small hole in one of the mount loops too.
Edit: Just noticed the housing with the fishing line was sitting on the desk in front of me and snapped these pictures:
If you use fishing line, be very careful with the ends. I had the end of one of my lanyards get caught in the seal when I closed my 3D housing twice, resulting in minor leaks. My cameras survived, but only because I noticed it before enough water got into the case to cause much damage. This also taught me I have to keep my glasses on until after I've set up my cameras.
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diver42
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The quick release is not strong. But the arms just break. How would the metal screw fail?
I've read that the feeding a line through the mounting screw hole is a no-go on my GoPro 4. I'd hate to drill another (small) hole through the mounting lugs, but carefully filing a very small notch along the existing holes would let the fishing line thing work.
But it's true, the lugs are more likely to break off before the screw "fails" (or comes loose.) I had one lug crack at the connection to the case body; amazingly, GoPro customer service sent me a new case, no questions asked. (and I used super-glue to reattach the broken piece as a back-up.)
But it's true, the lugs are more likely to break off before the screw "fails" (or comes loose.) I had one lug crack at the connection to the case body; amazingly, GoPro customer service sent me a new case, no questions asked. (and I used super-glue to reattach the broken piece as a back-up.)
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The screw doesn't fail, per-se, but if it is loose, or not tightened in the first place it can fall out. A friend lost their camera this way.
The line through the screw hole is a one or two dive solution. I assume the screw can damage the line and it could fail over multiple dives. I would have no qualms about drilling a small hole through one of the mounts...but understand the concern.
Do any of you have the GoPro "Dive" mount---i.e. not the one that comes with the camera? Maybe it has the gap in the hing plastic like the old H2 housing?
The line through the screw hole is a one or two dive solution. I assume the screw can damage the line and it could fail over multiple dives. I would have no qualms about drilling a small hole through one of the mounts...but understand the concern.
Do any of you have the GoPro "Dive" mount---i.e. not the one that comes with the camera? Maybe it has the gap in the hing plastic like the old H2 housing?
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