Video in cave environment> equipment configuration

[Ban's Tec]

I am trying to gather as much information on best practices for a videographer in an overhead environment. If a technical diver and videographer is cave trained what would be the best 'dir' camera config? Would there be any lanyard on the housing to the diver? Anyone with experience in this field please feel free to express the safest and most efficient methods you have tried...

Thanks

 

[Ban's Tec]

Does anyone have any specific skill sets to include dealing with a camera housing while performing cave skills?
I have been recommending just a single stainless clip on the housing to be able to clip it off if needed. With a large housing if a lanyard is used we are attaching it to the left wrist so that the right hand is clear to donate the long hose if necessary.

If anyone has any other advise or ideas please let me know...

Cheers,

 

[ucfdiver]

I am trying to gather as much information on best practices for a videographer in an overhead environment. If a technical diver and videographer is cave trained what would be the best 'dir' camera config? Would there be any lanyard on the housing to the diver? Anyone with experience in this field please feel free to express the safest and most efficient methods you have tried...

Thanks

The camera is the last piece of gear to get considered. If there's no stages, I would just rig it so that it clips where stages usually do. If there are stages, there's really no good place to put it.

A scooter mount is about as good as it gets.

 

[rjack321]

Does anyone have any specific skill sets to include dealing with a camera housing while performing cave skills?
I have been recommending just a single stainless clip on the housing to be able to clip it off if needed. With a large housing if a lanyard is used we are attaching it to the left wrist so that the right hand is clear to donate the long hose if necessary.

If anyone has any other advise or ideas please let me know...

Cheers,

If you are donating gas, drop the camera and leave it. You won't want it slowing down your exit anyway so you might as well drop it when you donate. If the donation was temporary (botched stage or deco gas switch) you can pick it up. Otherwise you can come back and get the camera some other day.

 

[ucfdiver]

If you are donating gas, drop the camera and leave it. You won't want it slowing down your exit anyway so you might as well drop it when you donate. If the donation was temporary (botched stage or deco gas switch) you can pick it up. Otherwise you can come back and get the camera some other day.

Depending on how good of a friend the dive buddy is

 

[danvolker]

I am trying to gather as much information on best practices for a videographer in an overhead environment. If a technical diver and videographer is cave trained what would be the best 'dir' camera config? Would there be any lanyard on the housing to the diver? Anyone with experience in this field please feel free to express the safest and most efficient methods you have tried...

Thanks

Watch the cave footage in DIR III shot by NHK ( Japanese TV videographers) ...there are plenty of shots in the last 10 minutes of the video of a big penetration ( for any videographers, anywhere) into Wakulla..the video crew had to train with the WKPP for about 2 weeks, almost like boot camp. They were good at inception, but they had to perfect WKPP and dir protocols, reflexes, etc.
You can see the scooter mount systems and lighting employed quite well, no0t to mention the 200 to 300 foot visibility of the huge "powercave".
visit and download ( rightclick, save target as) www.gladiusinv.com/dir3.wmv

Regards,
DanV