Point Lobos Middle Reef 360 View

[3D diver]

Took my SP360 rig to Point Lobos Middle Reef.

Harbor Seals, Lingcod, a distant Sheephead, school of Blue Rockfish & I lose my snorkel.

What more could you want?

Besides cameras with higher resolution and better low light capability...D'oh!

 

[CT-Rich]

Actually, these are starting to look better. You are right about the resolution but you are getting a pretty steady camera and over all they are improving.

 

[3D diver]

Thank you.

Here's a photo of the rig I used:

GoPro 3D on top, pair of SP360s (for 360 view) and GoPro 3D in timelapse mode on bottom. The rig is 8 or 9 pounds on dry land. The Divinycell floats render it a little positive on the surface---neutral at depth---and help maintain a vertical/level orientation even when handled with one hand. That, and the rigs mass, help keep things steady.

I was lucky, this dive, to have some big fish that would let me get close. I was within 1-3 feet of the lings and Canary Rockfish, but the sheephead wouldn't let me get closer than maybe 5 feet.

I'll start editing the 3D footage today. I'm not sure what I'll do with the 3D timelapse. I was hoping to use some of it between clips in the 3D video, but the workflow for converting it to a 3D video clip is trickier than I expected. It was mostly an experiment to see how long I could get the cameras to run---they were wetted twice when my housing seal was compromised on two consecutive dives.

 

[3D diver]

3D timelapse:

 

[3D diver]

2D video:


3D video: