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What are folks thoughts on hand mounts? I know they aren’t the most stable, but I really just want to film my dives, not dive to film. Any suggestions? I have a DJI Osmo Action 1
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What are folks thoughts on hand mounts? I know they aren’t the most stable, but I really just want to film my dives, not dive to film. Any suggestions? I have a DJI Osmo Action 1
IMO it all depends on your goals.
Even just for having some nice shots to share with family and friends and keep your memories, I would recommend to use a camera rig, there are quite cheap options that do not take a lot of space and wait so little, so not a problem for traveling light, and will improve seriously the quality of your shots.
For instance something like this:
Movo GB-U80
A hand mount like this one:
ParaPace 360
I think is not a good idea for diving, too unstable.
Or as Guille G says, better a simple clip to your BCD/Rig. It would be more stable.
Regards from Ramstein.
How does a hand mount help you "film your dive" vs "dive to film"?
Maybe just keep your camera clipped off, unclip it when you see something you want to film, then turn it off and re-clip it.
Leaving the camera on the entire dive and filming absolutely everything is pretty darn close to worthless. It will result in a massive amount of video that has to be downloaded and edited down. You will grow tired of doing that very quickly. Plus you won't be properly filming anything. Aiming and stabilizing a hand mounted camera would seem to be almost impossible.
I had thought about the editing process and it isn’t that daunting for me. If the paralenz was still around I’d look into that and mask mounting it. I mainly want to just set it and forget it rather than having to clip and unclip and turn on and off the camera.
But maybe that isn’t as bad as it seems in my head! I’ll look into sticks or that movo thing someone put in here earlier! Thanks!
If you're planning to "set it and forget it" that just means you won't properly capture anything of value except for minor glimpses of stuff captured by chance.
IMO unclipping, filming, and then reclipping is trivial and actually allows a far more relaxed dive. Only when I happen to see something I might want to film do get the camera out. Otherwise, I dive like it isn't even there. You'll be hard pressed to do that with a camera strapped to your hand. Just my 2 cents.