Underwater action cams?

[Roman_66]

In diving area GoPro has good advertising and I don't see somehing more. You can call quality "good" only on first 30 ft or with additional light.
I had 3 Black edition, sold it and very happy with HDR-AS100V.
Regarding --GoPro is the only brand that does 1080p @ 60fps-- : Sony supports 1920×1080 with 60/50p.
For GoPro you need to put different filters, Sony just has better white balance and I never use filters any more.
Focusing and video stabilization works in HDR-AS100V also nice.
For Sony with dive box and dive flat door (MUST for diving) you can find nice deals about 70% from GoPro price.

 

[String]

Avoid Intova. Generally make atrocious quality gear and their action cam is no exception - awful quality, over the top compression etc.

If GoPro ever introduce a manual white balance it'll be a game changer.

 

[Smudger]

Thanks all its looking like a go pro and maybe a filter kit or a lamp to go with it.


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[diversteve]

Local diving in your area? Which I assume from video I've seen is pretty green with poor visiblity.

A green water filter (they're more orange in color) and a light or two would be a very good idea.

Due to the extreme wide angle of the lens - 170^o - two lights are better. With just one mounted on/near the camera you'll see a black circle around the subject - especially at night - since the camera sees 60^o wider than the best lights. Many of the GoPro specific video lights are in the 110^o range so two overlapping is optimal. Mounted on some sort of flex arms will also give better results - you get backscatter shooting video also when the plane of the lens is the same as the light source.

The more expensive GoPro models also have the best low-light performance. Depending on where she's using it you may only need a filter. In the Red Sea you'd only need lights on cloudy days or for deeper dives. There you'd want a blue-water filter also most likely. At least it appears that way to me.

This was just posted also - Better housing, apparently includes the LCD and it has a Zoom...299 Euros.
http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/underwater-videography/497104-introducing-new-pnj-cam-aee-s71.html

 

[spoolin01]

I have the ActionPro X7 and find it awesome for the price.

I can't google up any US or online sources for this. Where did you buy yours?

 

[haha49]

Hero 4 black shot 4k then down convert.


This is 1 of the better videos I found explaining settings ect. Now the houseing they sell is 1,200... but its nice and it has a lipo to keep the camera charged up
[video=youtube_share;NlTm_B1ulrk]http://youtu.be/NlTm_B1ulrk[/video]


You also have the Kodak Sp360 aqua or extreme version (more mounts) that you can dive with and get 360 degree video.

Its cheaper then a gopro but you have to edit everything it's not the best if you want to use it then upload but on your pc or tablet it works great.
[video=youtube_share;1Oo1P-EPs6w]http://youtu.be/1Oo1P-EPs6w[/video]