scuba diving with go pro... what is the best way?
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Jak Crow
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Intova has a camera tray called the slim and flex, with a flexible arm for around $35 which you can put the gopro on with the tripod mount, and attach a torch. Works great, way better than the head mount, which if not positioned right, will miss a lot of what you're looking at. Handheld, the camera caught almost everything I wanted.
I have bonica snapper which is a 1 hand video camera. For the past 6 months I have been waiting for them to release new generation of camera housing... since mine is cracked... but then this camera came out. In all the dives that I had to video tape I found many things that really disadvantaged me as a diver while taping things so let me share those.
#1 Not having 2 hands available is quite painful. Never think of it until you try diving with 1 hand only.
#2 Having your camera hang from chest is also not ideal because it creates drag, you cant squeeze into tight places and can damage coral if swim too low.
#3 Having anything else attached to your body is a royal pain in the butt. I have experimented with attaching a helmet-type flashlight and got annoyed not even 10 minutes into my dive.
So here is my fix to this...
Have camera attached (or 2 cameras if you want to be super fancy) behind your head and have camera itself either pointed at 45 degree angle or attached to a gyro so it can re-balance itself as you move up and down the reef. Camera would be positioned at eye level ensuring that it captures what you see
#1 Not having 2 hands available is quite painful. Never think of it until you try diving with 1 hand only.
#2 Having your camera hang from chest is also not ideal because it creates drag, you cant squeeze into tight places and can damage coral if swim too low.
#3 Having anything else attached to your body is a royal pain in the butt. I have experimented with attaching a helmet-type flashlight and got annoyed not even 10 minutes into my dive.
So here is my fix to this...
Have camera attached (or 2 cameras if you want to be super fancy) behind your head and have camera itself either pointed at 45 degree angle or attached to a gyro so it can re-balance itself as you move up and down the reef. Camera would be positioned at eye level ensuring that it captures what you see
Dunx
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I just used a camera tray/arm setup from ultralight and attached the GoPro using the tripod adapter, then mounted a video light on the arm. worked pretty well! Here's a video i shot with it - i didn't have the LCD screen yet though, so sometimes the light was pointing too high and i didn't see it...will be solved next time!
YouTube - Reefs, Wrecks and Sharks - Dubstep Diving
YouTube - Reefs, Wrecks and Sharks - Dubstep Diving
jerryb54
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mounted mine on side of the goodman handle coaxule with the lite.
jerryb
jerryb
thanks a lot!!
hope to show some of my video soon... now still infant stage on this project
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