Hi
I am about to purchase an underwater camera that i can trow over the side of the boat to inspect my propellor and hull, also to look for fish and record dolphins.
I considered just making a waterproof housing, inserting security camera and hooking it up to my laptop, however, the cost of all this seems to be around the same price as some ready made ones.
Am considering this: http://www.mytopia.com.au/p/24-white-led-lights-underwater-video-camera/UWCAMERA-SUB
Are there any better products out there that i'm not aware of?
Thanks
Aldi had one for $70 on a 1 mt semi flex cable. I thought about it but my good camera is water proof so decided against it for now.
That 1 meter one might be the thing my plumbers use to check around pan traps and inside walls for studs and leaks. It's not a bad thing.o
Mate I use this stuff at work and you get what you pay for.
We use camera systems like that but much more $ and they are problematic.
We also use Panasonic Lumix FT 5 which do great HD video, plus awesome stills and are waterproof to 10m without a case. Be careful on that as we have had a few leak but have been replaced no questions every time.
I would honestly use a go pro on a stick, cheap, much better resolution and reliable.
What ever you buy see if you can try it underwater first as you would be surprised how crap some systems look in picture
Are you wanting to see the pictures live? If so, I don't know much about it, except that with the GoPro's you need either the new Hero3 which will stream to a smart phone or I think the Hero 2 has a backpack that adds this feature but then it prolly won't fit in the housing. Not sure how water will effect streaming (via wifi, I think).
I like this idea and it would be a nice thing to be able to do. I bought a hero2 and am very impressed with the quality of the video but note that there's not even a playback function - have to upload to PC or device first.
Biggest problems with underwater video and photography is poor visibility in water with lots of suspended particles and lack of light. Still, you can do what you're wanting to do in most conditions as long as you don't expect great vision.
I had the same idea a few years back. I bought this underwater camera system.
It seems to be good idea, but be aware. Never use it. Why?
It's self focusing camera, sure works well. Every specks in the water is in focus.
Nothing else. Maybe good for pool.
Thanks guys.
I will be using it between dunsborough and busselton. Geographe bay is usually crystal clear water. At the moment i am using an inverse periscope, basically just a pvc pipe with a lens that i dip in the water from the boat. Its like snorkelling and works well, however, i need to get down to 30m and look around.
At the moment i am building this: www.spineshot.com/rov2-2.html
But still a few months away from completion.
Looks like i wont buy that yellow thing if its terrible quality.
Will just put a CCTV camera in a water tight tube.
Cheers
I bought a Pentax WG2 some time back on the recommendation from a pommie yachting forum.
www.photographyblog.com/reviews/pentax_optio_wg2_review
Its good for about 40 feet underwater. I was staggered by how well it performs, especially in movie mode. I now use it almost exclusively, it supersedes my HD underwater video camera and my Luminex SLR. Bought it off eBay from Hong Kong.
Check out the Youtube videos about it.
Thanks Ramona
Looks like a good cheap cam. Would be great for my snorkelling adventures but need about 25m depth for my camera on a rope idea.
I'll just build :P
Cheers
