My personal GoPro setup

[AbyssTek]

How do you find the blue light filters? Do you color correct in post then?

Blue filters are from Nitescuba, is an accesorie

 

[wetb4igetinthewater]

So I wanted to chime in after having some experience. First, I am over 50 and don't have the best eyesight, so I did not notice a bubble trapped between my GoPro and the wide angle attachment. The solution is to tilt the lens forward to get that to clear. It screwed up some video/images.

Just a word of caution for those who are considering this option. I'd still recommend it, but just be aware.

 

[Madacub]

Hi Abyss, with the AOI lens, do you shoot mainly in Wide, or Linear or Linear 1.4 zoom? Thanks.

 

[AbyssTek]

Hi Abyss, with the AOI lens, do you shoot mainly in Wide, or Linear or Linear 1.4 zoom? Thanks.

Wide 16-34mm, if you have any question pm me without problem dude.

 

[Madacub]

Got it. So you must have been pretty close at times to that cuttlefish on the night dive (?)

 

[Sure Squintsalot]

Moreless... 1000$
Dive lights 150$ unit
GoPro 350$
Camera tray 70$
AOI lens 230$
Float 40$ unit

I'm not sure what the benefit is to attaching a wide angle lens to a camera that is already built to a wide angle standard. Much more useful would be to have a macro lens that corrects for GoPro's wide angle distortion, that can be easily (and safely) swapped in and out while underwater. Backscatter was on the right track with their macro-mate clamp-on close-up adapter, but that required the GoPro to be set to a narrow FOV to accomodate the close-up lens, which in my opinion, rendered the GoPro useless when not used in macro mode.

I recently attached a stacked a 58mm dia. +10 and +4 close-up diopters and affixed them to a make-up case glued to the front of my GoPro UW housing. I can just swing it in and out when I need to and keep the GoPro in its native wide angle mode. Not very robust and definitely not sexy....total cost less than $20.

My setup:
Dive lights $279 ea X 2 = $560
GoPro 9 = $200
UW Housing = $30
58mm dia. +10, +4 stacked diopters = $12
Tray = $20 (eBay)
Floats = $10

Results are not "pro level" but good enough for a noob like me:

 

[AbyssTek]

Got it. So you must have been pretty close at times to that cuttlefish on the night dive (?)

Yes... super close jajaja

 

[CaptainMattO]

Do you have settings you recommend on the gopro its self? I found that my video on the gopro 11 was really shaky and some times juddery even with hypersmooth on.

 

[AbyssTek]

Do you have settings you recommend on the gopro its self? I found that my video on the gopro 11 was really shaky and some times juddery even with hypersmooth on.

Here you have, they are with spanish language, I hope you understand them haha
CONFIGURACION (Agua)
•Resolucion: 4k/60fps
•Lente: Gran Angular
•Hypersmooth: Boost
Protune:
•Bits: Alta
•Obturador: Auto
•Comp. VE -1
•Blancos: Auto
•Iso min: 100
•Iso max: 1600 o 800
•Nitidez: Medio
•Color: Natural