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3 Tips for GoPro Underwater Video

Improve your GoPro underwater video with these easy tips to bring home excellent footage.

The GoPro HERO4 is one of the most popular cameras for shooting underwater video. Compact size, incredible resolution, a variety of framerates, an LCD display, customizable Protune shooting mode, and an affordable price in relation to other video systems have all helped GoPro earn this position in the market. GoPro Hero cameras can shoot macro, wide-angle, and anything in between, and can be used in ambient light, with underwater filters, or with video lights. This versatility makes the GoPro a great option as a primary video tool or as an accessory to larger, more manual video systems.

In this tutorial we take a look at three tips for improving your underwater video in-camera, no matter which GoPro model you’re shooting.

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Must-Have Underwater Cameras

With underwater photography becoming increasingly accessible and popular with more and more scuba divers, ScubaLab has put together a list of cameras and underwater housings that are great for scuba shutterbugs of all skills levels.

  • Nikon D810 FX and Subal D810 Housing
    Price: $9,725.70 (for the body, housing port, and lens) | Contact: backscatter.com

For serious photographers, the D810 has an excellent ISO range (64 to 12,800) and will produce impressive images even in low-light conditions. The camera features an incredible 36.3 megapixels (40 mp RAW files), a large full-frame sensor and a lightning-fast autofocus. The D810 underwater housing’s built-in leak alarm is an especially nice touch.

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The Best Dive Gear Of The Year | ScubaLab 2016

This year ScubaLab conducted objective laboratory and in-water gear tests of more than 70 new scuba diving products — here are the best masks, regulators, BCs, dive lights (including photo and video lights) and dive computers of 2016.

  • Best BCs of 2016

In the June and July issues of Scuba Diving magazine, we reviewed 18 new scuba BCs in four categories: jacket, back-inflation, travel and women’s BCs.The best BCs in our ScubaLab tests were the Mares Prime MRS+, the Cressi Ultralight, the Aqua Lung Dimension and the Zeagle Halo.

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