Davide DB

And this thread has also been derailed.... 🤣 Joking aside, it would be interesting to get some reports from someone who has shot video in blackwater. Also photos at this point... 😇 Speaking of technique. In blackwaters, are divers always tethered? Regardless of video or photos I'm interested in learning more about the logistics. Years ago some guys organised one among friends which turned out to be a failure. They hung the line with lights from the boat and leftathe boat in the current. Unfortunately the wind was pushing the boat faster than the divers who spent the whole time chasing the boat. Game over.

and a knife on the calf...

Imagine being caught with your DIY readers and the camera mounted on a laundry basket... at night! Not a pretty sight 🤣

If you like, there's a DIY - Tutorial section waiting for you 😇

WWL stands for? Wide Wet lens?

Interesting thread Ben! While it is easy to see lots of blackwater photos, it is difficult to see good videos and almost impossible to get information on the techniques used. The most beautiful blackwater video is this one shot on the island of Ponza a few years ago by Alexander Semenov for his Aquatilis project. IIRC his footage was also used by the BBC. If you look on his channel there are several videos taken at the same location. He used a Panasonic S1 and a GH5 with lenses that are anything but macro (the animals filmed are large). I've always been intrigued by the 'strange' technique used to stabilize the camera: a plastic basket that increases the volume of the kit and makes everything more stable. This reminds us that no matter how powerful, our cameras do not have the ideal ergonomics for shooting video. Technique aside, I would like to add one more consideration: it is usually thought that blackwater requires abysmal depths in which major migrations of plankton and larval-stage animals down the water column take place... This video proves otherwise. I am familiar with the island of Ponza and you can clearly see that they are on a small shoal almost outcropping not far from the harbour. It is true, however, that the island is very far from the coast. Evidently, in this case, more seasonal factors (spring) and currents count.

Wow

It seems in the same ballpark of a WWL

Wow I didn't notice it! Thanks A lot of options. Right now I prefer the cheapest solution: I'm using it on a river in 50 cm of water (three of them) to film trouts so if i can avoid to buy a housing...

Thanks the Ulanzi adapter is not going to work because attach on the top/back of the GoPro housing and the Digipower adds a frame around the camera while the Puluz is interesting and could work. The AOI has an optional 52 mm adapter

I cannot use T-housing either. I'm using the Digipower extended battery with that enclosure so I need a special adapter

I'm testing this one and I cannot use the GoPro housing

Wow very evocative. Is it ice above the divers?

For my needs I would like to mount it on a naked gopro without housing. DIY printed mount or is there some obscure adapter out there?

Hi Pekka, welcome aboard. We need a motivational tutorial on freezing waters! 🙂

Another detail from the @Puccio Distefano review: INON and AOI shares the same locking mechanism so the lens are interchangeable between them. But the AOI kit has a mount designed for the original GoPro housing. The box contains different brackets for GoPro housings 7, 8 and 9/10/11/12 (they have the same dimensions). IMHO, for video I would choose AOI. I find the superview FOV unusable for video. A small panning and the angle distortion makes you sick. Who uses a fisheye for video?

Hi Chris, I'm glad you joined us! Ciao

Welcome aboard then!

Hi Suzan, We are honored to have you with us. For the pictures, as you prefer. You have two options: As @RichN wrote, You can upload them directly here. If you have the photos on an external site (some have them ready on services like Flickr) you can link them through the link icon in the toolbar of the pane where you write the post. Since you are such an expert on the Blue heron Bridge 😉 I'll point you directly to this post:

Welcome among us Zlati, If you would like, you could inspire and educate through an article about a diving trip of your own.

Hi Pietro welcome aboard! I look forward to see your favorite photo of 2023 or maybe a fish face shot 😉

On his YouTube channel, our member @Puccio Distefano has several videos comparing the two current "state of the art" wet lenses for GoPro's. INON UFL G-140 SD AOI UWL-03 From his tests he did not find any substantial differences between the two lenses and the AOI cost about half thr Inon. the slight difference in FOV between the two lenses depends on the GoPro 12's automatic stabilization, which cuts slightly more. The second video has footage more indicative of lens quality. Although it is in Italian, YouTube does an excellent job of automatically translating the subtitles. Comparison of the INON and AOI wide-angle lenses for our GoPro underwater This video is in Italian language but you can easily add English subtitles with automatic translation. GoPro 12 with and without AOI UWL-03 As you can see, the edges are significantly better with the lens. In my experience the difference appears with very close objects. P.S. I believe that both companies would need a marketing consultant ( provided with a baseball bat) attending all meetings where product names are decided.

Ciao Scipione welcome onboard

Do you need it exclusively for split shots?