help with pole angle

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hiloboy

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Is there something I can do to get my gopro at a 90 degree angle to my pole? I was thinking of shaving off some metal off the mount. Are all poles like this? I think it would be easier to take video with the gopro if it were at a 90 degree angle. Thoughts?



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I bought a Quik Pod Sport pole years ago. It allows 90 degrees of rotation in each direction providing a full 180 degrees of motion. However, we quickly discovered the results of cantilevering a GoPro from a beam were unacceptable and ditched the pole. Stability will only get worse if you add a light, but I am sure there will be others that disagree.

Getting stable underwater video is difficult at best. For what it’s worth, I recommend getting an aluminum “V” tray (Snake River Prototyping, Beneath the Surface or something similar) and a pair of good video lights when possible. In Bonaire a few weeks ago my buddy was photographing a Sailfin Blenny, so out of boredom I zeroed in on a flounder. The fish kept swimming faster and faster and faster over the sand. The 30 second video looks like the camera was glued to him. I wouldn’t have been able to do that with a GoPro on a pole.
 
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