Diving camera options?

[v101]

I'm looking to pickup a decent camera to use for both open water dives and also caves.
So just looking for different options of what others have used and like.

Also anyone use or try out the go-pro3 cams? If you get the housing they are good to 60m (197 feet)

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[v101]

Sorry I seen another thread about this so please ignore this


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[gschaut]

Just got done using GoPro 3 (Black) on some cave dives. Also, used it to shoot open water snorkeling with my wife between cave dives.

Hero can shoot both HD video and stills at the same time. The new Hero 3 Black model seems to have much better low light level sensitivity than previous Heros.

In the cave, my helmet had two small Inova I-Torch backup lights as foreground lighting. Only other lighting was the diver's primary lights.

Hero still shots in cave:



Hero still shots in open water:



Link to GoPro cave video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zS2q32ULrw

[Greenwood_60]

The Sony HDR AS10/15 out perform the hero 3 black in low light by quite a bit... but the form factor works for just about anything other than helmet mounting in underwater caves. I've been meaning to post a rather lengthy explanation as to why exactly that is, but I haven't gotten around to it.

[Greenwood_60]

I'm waiting on a print, so I decided to write up the explanation. See: http://www.cavediver.net/forum/showt...in-Cave-Diving.

[ninjutzu]

There is an alternative to GoPro, that I purchased after looking around, decent and with Sony Exmor® sensor: http://www.actionpro.de/en/
Movie sample done by me below. Anyway, I noticed that after the upload on FB, even in 1080i, still quality of YouTube is far inferior then the original video as displayed on my screen.

http://youtu.be/9lRzvA-Usyw

[Greenwood_60]

There is an alternative to GoPro, that I purchased after looking around, decent and with Sony Exmor® sensor: http://www.actionpro.de/en/
Movie sample done by me below. Anyway, I noticed that after the upload on FB, even in 1080i, still quality of YouTube is far inferior then the original video as displayed on my screen.

http://youtu.be/9lRzvA-Usyw

Looks interesting. I was excited thinking you meant Exmor-R.

[v101]

Great help everyone!! Im in the process of watch some of the video shots and will read the other links over about the other models. Its probably like most things have to get a few models depending on the conditions.


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[v101]

Here is a video of Sony compared To go pro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9jO...e_gdata_player


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[Captain Bil]

The Sony HDR AS10/15 out perform the hero 3 black in low light by quite a bit... but the form factor works for just about anything other than helmet mounting in underwater caves. I've been meaning to post a rather lengthy explanation as to why exactly that is, but I haven't gotten around to it.

May I ask - What light are you using with the Sony? I am getting this camera and need a light as well. Considering the Sola 1200, but would love a less expensive option.