Some 3D sunset flying amongst the trees testing out the DJI AVL58 FPV setup flying amongst some trees. I had no issues here with the video link with quite a few trees in los at times including the huge tree right next to me. I will go deeper and lower testing the limits of this 5.8 DJI video link but I am first upgrading my radio as this is still flown with the toy phantom DJI radio which shows weakness if going too deep behind objects. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGOMT31twLY
5th September 2020
A few Freedom fighters turned up to the Shrine, Melbourne out numbered massively by the Victoria Police state. Very small turnout by the Victorian Population but something to grow from here. We all got fined and seems the guy Fawkes masks aren't considered masks but one of the cops that approached didn't even have his mask on.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtuFOUs6VAI
A quick test comparing some flights using a Marumi ND4 filter and also with no filter, all shot within the same hour on a windy overcast day with sun breaking through.
The filter was attached to the GoPro hero3 black edition camera in its housing with a SRP Blurfix3 SO adapter. There is a fair bit of wind swirling around so the phantom is getting knocked around a fair bit, all flown using atti mode without GPS.
With no filter there is much more noticeable Jello effect (wavey video) with the ND4 there is very minimal jello but its still shaking around a bit due to the wind. These were separate flights using multiple batteries but next time I will try to mount 2 cams at once to get a better comparison side by side and hopefully we will get some nice sunny days soon with less wind.
All shot in protune and cam raw graded in cineform but nothing is done to the videos other then colour matched to how I saw it outside.
Phantom has a VGE anti jello mount installed and props have been balanced.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3_Rhv1c4i4
Here is a video I shot a little while back, using up to 6 GoPro Hero2 HD camera's.
The point was to try and compare filters but conditions ended up quite poor and results were not very conclusive.
Filters used
URPro CY dome for GoPro dive and Blurfix
URPro CY 55mm thread on Blurfix
Backscatter Magic Flip for GoPro Dive
Oculus filter for GoPro Dive
The main thing found is that the Hero2 has pretty bad auto white balance and doing a filter comparison in less then ideal conditions just didn't work and results dont show as much as I hoped.
I didn't post this originally as I thought it would just cause more confusion as the WB was more of an issue then the filters at most times. The results under 15-20m where generally ok but still some wb issues, beyond that in this light and vis all cameras struggled in these conditions.
I did try some more filter tests using protune modes in the hd2 with newer firmware recently, but WB is still fully auto there and so results were not any more consistent. I intended to test the max depth of each filters effectiveness but the conditions reduced the effective range compared to other dives I have done in better conditions. As I dont actually own so many cameras trying to arrange them and a dive trip together had to be planned in advance with no idea of what the weather will end up bringing to us. I got the worst case scenario as these were the worst vis conditions of all my dives at this site and it was quite disappointing.
The data overlay is accurate for depth but for some reason the air pressure reading is not correct. My computer does give correct air reading on its screen but the recorded data is about as random as the GoPro's AWB, I apparently would have died on some of these dives if you pay close attention to the air pressure left lol.
I will be back here in about a month and will shoot some video with my hero3 black and it will be interesting to see how it does. With results I have had using cam raw WB the wb issues have never come around and no greened out footage at these same depths using this option in the new camera. It should also give a more effective Idea of how well the filter works at depths without the wb issues. With some luck we will also get some better conditions that are quite likely here.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeLn-B-3faw
Diving shark point off Koh Phi Phi Thailand.
Filmed using a GoPro hd hero with a SRP blurfix adapter and URpro cyan filter.
Maximum depth is 20.7m with a water temp of 27c, visibilty 30m.
My angle wasn't spot on with the head cam there are a couple of lemon sharks in the video but I didn't get too close to them.
Shot in r3 720P60 mode with some software white balancing used trout out.
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Dived with Princess Divers Koh Phi Phi
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkzVdTR877E