Need help with borrowed GoPro

[Alvida]

Hi;
We leave for our trip Monday night and I'm borrowing a colleague's GoPro Hero2. I borrowed it previously and my underwater video and photos were muddy so I think I need a red filter. Can someone tell me, please, if there is a difference between a dive housing versus what may just be a waterproof housing? Can I just buy a red filter or do I need to buy the dive housing that comes with a red filter? The filter appears to be rectangular and I can't see how it fits within the current housing. I can't find any filters locally so I need to order something, probably from Amazon. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

 

[gopbroek]

The original hero 2 housing used a circular lens which produced a blur, when used under water. Then they came out with a dive housing with the rectangular lens which corrected the blur. Unfortunatly when Gropro came out with the Hero 3 they stoped producing the housing and it may take some looking to find one. Try doing a search for GoPro hero 2 dive housing.

 

[Alvida]

Thank you, gopbroek. Do this look like the correct item? http://www.amazon.com/Filter-Tropic...548&sr=8-2&keywords=gopro+hero+2+dive+housing

 

[flareside]

That's only a filter for the housing. The housing is here: http://www.amazon.com/GoPro-Dive-Ho...d_sim_p_1?ie=UTF8&refRID=070FBYZ641W7W17V374H You can probably do better than $175 elsewhere. It's not likely you will be able to get one by Monday however.

 

[FM1520]

That's only a filter for the housing. The housing is here: http://www.amazon.com/GoPro-Dive-Ho...d_sim_p_1?ie=UTF8&refRID=070FBYZ641W7W17V374H You can probably do better than $175 elsewhere. It's not likely you will be able to get one by Monday however.

I am currently in the same search - see my post from the other day. Eye-of-mine has an aftermarket version for $75 which I think is too high but as far as I can see there is not much else out there. You can probably get a used one pretty cheap but you'll want to test it before you use it with the camera.

 

[gopbroek]

Then there is the real sleazy option: go down to WalMart and get a Hero 3, use it for vacation (do not flood it) and take it back within 30 days. Used to work with lawn mowers but they wised up.

 

[Hobby Mounts]

This is the Flat Lens Dive Housing you need...

GoPro Hero 2 Flat Lens Dive Housing

Then you'll need to add the filter of choice.