GoPro videos

[gparr]

Would like to see videos made by placing the camera/housing (please use the housing) in a reef aquarium--regular HD video or time-lapse. I'm curious to see what people can produce.
Gary

 

[KathyL]

This was an experiment with stacking two closeup filters on the GoPro housing. These are L. boggessi larvae(peppermint shrimp) at 3 weeks after hatch and A. ocellaris (Darwin) clownfish juveniles. They are growing up in a 17 gallon black round tub with lots of other critters in the water.http://youtube.com/watch?v=https://youtu.be/jHe_nx6bmu8

Suggestions welcome. I do realize that I need to work on my aim and focus?.

https://youtu.be/jHe_nx6bmu8

 

[gparr]

Kathy,
Impressive. How are you holding the camera in the water, i.e., what type of grip/attachment and how are you seeing what the camera is seeing? Using the phone app? You are absolutely on my list for things to do the next time I'm in St. Louis.
Gary

 

[KathyL]

Well, you know me, the queen of high tech: The GoPro is attached to a 1 inch PVC pipe with a zip tie and a rubber band. I simply turn on the video camera and hold the camera in the water at the end of the pipe, and point it at what I want to record. That's why the aim and focus is so awful.

What I think I really need is an underwater microscope. These shrimpy things are just too little?

Still, I plan to go in the actual ocean at the Cayman Islands next February, so having the GoPro still seems like a good investment.

 

[KathyL]

When I first got the GoPro, I tried the phone app, but it disconnects when the camera goes in the drink, and breaks the connection, so that's not helpful.

 

[ReefBum]

Here is one I made recently wit a GoPro. I used one if those selfie sticks.

http://youtu.be/HXOlr8UjE5U