Hey sorry for a slight thread hijack - but I appreciate any input if you don't mind.
I'm borrowing a GoPro 3 'Black' for my holiday in 2 weeks, I intend to take it scuba diving, I'll pick up a wrist strap in the next week or so.
The case says Watertight to 60m....has anyone ever put this to the test? I intend on taking it down to approx 30m but I want to be sure
Thanks in advance!
Jake
Professional diver here
I take my GoPro on pretty much every dive I do, they are great things. The deepest I have take it to is 41 meters and it is absolutely fine, the case is very strong.
As for mounting it on something the best thing is something like this:
http://www.xsories.eu/big-ushot2.html
They are great & very resistant to the salt water. They offer the most stable platform and you will be able to get the GoPro
much closer to any fish & critters for some awesome shots.
Obviously with taking a camera under water, red is the first colour to go so a red filter makes footage 10 times better but is costly as you need an after market housing.
http://www.backscatter.com/sku/bs-gpuw.lasso
Anyway, have a few pictures
That is the exit of one of my favorite caves out here, pitch black in side with a lot of nice small spaces to squeeze in to and thousands of little shrimps
The exit is at about 22m half way down a cliff which drops down to 35-40m, with the entrance at 7m on the top of the cliff, awesome dive!