Question What should I get: GoPro or TG7 for Beginner with no Video experience

[MB NZ]

Can you please say this in a more "English as a second language" friendly terms please?

Sure, you get a steel rod, put it in a fire until it glows with heat, then you remove said steel rod and put it in your eye. Level of uncomfortableness is similar to shooting macro with a GoPro.

 

[cfberry]

It all depends on where you think this will go. If you want to just stick to doing video, the GoPro is a really good option. If you have any desire to get into photography … then the TG7 is the way to go.

i agree

 

[BoltSnap]

Sure, you get a steel rod, put it in a fire until it glows with heat, then you remove said steel rod and put it in your eye. Level of uncomfortableness is similar to shooting macro with a GoPro.

That's so violent and very scary and painful



I get it and I'll never forget it hahahaha

 

[arkstorm]

I started shooting u/w video 15 years ago with a $1,000 budget which bought me a camcorder in an Ikelite housing, red filter, couple of 500-lumen lights. This was a modest sized rig which wasn't too difficult to travel with and produced ok videos.

I quickly graduated to a DSLR in a housing, dome port, flat port, several lenses, upgraded to a pair of 1,500-lumen lights, tray, strobe arms, etc. This was a gigantic rig that required its own carry-on sized pelican case for travel. It took a lot of work but produced excellent videos. Particularly, I liked shooting close focus wide-angle (CFWA). Total cost all in was >$5,000. Eventually sold that rig as I was raising a family and diving less.

Fast forward another 10 years...

I now shoot a GoPro 11 in the proprietary GoPro housing. I added a tray with flexi arms and a couple of 2500 lumen lights. Price <$600.

I followed Backscatter's instructional video on how to set up the GoPro for u/w shooting. It shoots videos that are every bit as good as what I was achieving with the DSLR rig.

I don't know much about the OLY rig you are considering, but I can attest that the GoPro is phenomenal.

Because I like to shoot CFWA, I am now seriously considering this upgrade which I suspect will yield even better results than my $5k DSLR rig, and all still under $1,000...

Backscatter Sharp Wide Lens Pro Package

Either way, with the camera technology today, you really can't go wrong.

Good luck and happy shooting.

 

[Comm]

Backscatter has a nice walkthrough on how to get these settings put into the quick menus where you can move between them quickly and somewhat seamlessly.

Can you post the walkthrough?

 

[runsongas]

scroll down to custom presets

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[dflaher]

@BoltSnap have you decided what camera to buy?

 

[BoltSnap]

@BoltSnap have you decided what camera to buy?

GoPro for video.

I may get a TG in future for still photography just to have a backup for my main camera or for compactness according to circumstances. GoPro is for video until such time I know more what I am doing and I can afford to upgrade my main camera to a current high end camera.

I'll get the GoPro late this year when the new model is out. For now, I need to get new gizmos for my main camera first.

What are you planning/thinking?

 

[dflaher]

GoPro for video.

What are you planning/thinking?

Right now I'm leaning toward the Insta360 Ace Pro, based on research which compares this to GoPro and the Osman DJI. Most of the research cam from YouTube. I may be wrong but who knows.

 

[dflaher]

Right now I'm leaning toward the Insta360 Ace Pro, based on research which compares this to GoPro and the Osman DJI. Most of the research cam from YouTube. I may be wrong but who knows.

I may also add a tray and a couple of video lights. As I understand things, lights really bring out the color, even though the Ace Pro is well regarded for low-light situations.