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@oioionionone 2 күн бұрын
many thanks for all your hard work, a wonderfully presented snippet of history for those of us lucky enough to visit without knowing as much as we probably would like to
@mikeward736 2 күн бұрын
@oioionionone Thanks for that, I'm glad it's useful.
@oioionionone 2 күн бұрын
this channel is criminally undersubscribed
@deepdiver51 7 күн бұрын
Music!!!!
@ianbowden422 19 күн бұрын
Another fantastic trip with Mike, love the video.
@mikeward736 19 күн бұрын
@@ianbowden422 Thank you, sir!
@huwpenson2678 27 күн бұрын
better corner sharpness if not using ultra wide in the housing
@mikeward736 27 күн бұрын
@huwpenson2678 You're right, but after more time with the camera and using different angles of view, I've come back to ultra-wide as my preferred setting. There are a couple of issues with it, but overall, it's the compromise I like best.
@huwpenson2678 27 күн бұрын
wish there were red filters for osmo action 4
@mikeward736 27 күн бұрын
@huwpenson2678 Agreed, and a close-up lens, please.
@alejandro1904 Ай бұрын
Been there in February 2024. Impressive!! We were the only boat there (15 people). The full wreck just for us! The night dive was amazing.
@mikeward736 Ай бұрын
@alejandro1904 She certainly is impressive, and when you're the only group on her, she seems to be larger than usual. If you get to night dive her again try to get to the foredeck and either turn your torch off or put the lamp against your chest and swim forward in the darkness for a truly memorable experience!
@SciborLipinski Ай бұрын
7 years on KZbin and 0 comments - shame. One of the best film on you tube with seals on East coast of Scotland. Many thanks
@mikeward736 Ай бұрын
@SciborLipinski Thank you, technically not up to current action camera standards, but it was an exceptional day with two fantastically memorable dives. Seals are my favourite marine critter!
@SciborLipinski Ай бұрын
@@mikeward736 maybe technically not up to modern standards but I really like how you create that movie underwater. Fantastic job. Once again thanks for your job. Greetings from Poland.
@SciborLipinski Ай бұрын
@@mikeward736 BTW what diving camera setup do you recommend? Best quality for bucks?
@SciborLipinski Ай бұрын
And what is a minimum of light power under water in Scotland in lumens? Thanks
@mikeward736 Ай бұрын
@SciborLipinski Thank you again! Camera wise, depends where you dive. For UK waters I like Go Pro, for blue water the Osmo Action 4. Bear in mind I now class myself as a diver who takes video, not a videographer who dives.
@Alpago45 Ай бұрын
diving mode how can i turn it off
@mikeward736 Ай бұрын
@Alpago45 I think the diving mode is only activated underwater when you use the Action 4 without a housing, so just use it in a housing.
@Alpago45 Ай бұрын
@@mikeward736 Due to high water pressure, shutter/record button is disabled automatically. Press Quick Switch button to start or stop recording diving mode How can I disable it?
@mikeward736 Ай бұрын
@@Alpago45 Use a housing.
@danielvilliers612 2 ай бұрын
Lts of wobbling footage and the ultra wide doesn't look right as it causes too much distortion.
@mikeward736 2 ай бұрын
@danielvilliers612 I think it's the interaction between the ultra-wide and the anti-shake, it's the one area where I think my old GoPro8 did better
@danielvilliers612 2 ай бұрын
@@mikeward736 Perhaps it would be better to go to a less wider mode.
@mikeward736 2 ай бұрын
@danielvilliers612 Agreed, using the wide setting and Rocksteady Plus seems to work best.I'll put another video up in a few weeks with a review of the settings I like best.
@akumaz78 2 ай бұрын
I wish I could pair via bluetooth to my cardo🥲
@mikeward736 2 ай бұрын
@@akumaz78 👍
@stefanodondi6784 2 ай бұрын
Mai usare pov superW in acqua
@mikeward736 2 ай бұрын
I don't like the way Rocksteady works with super wide, or the edge sharpness it delivers, but especially for wrecks I think super wide has a place
@KevMac56 2 ай бұрын
What video lights are you using?
@mikeward736 2 ай бұрын
@KevMac56 A pair of Archon D11V I got from ebay years ago. They work very well, they aren't quite wide enough beam and lack a bit of oomph for shallow blue-water but are small, lightweight and very reliable.
@71sagittarius 2 ай бұрын
For it's class has done the very best. If you'd like National Geographic footage... you have to open your pocket much, much more. Good job action 4!
@mikeward736 2 ай бұрын
@71sagittarius The way I think of it is that if you're a diver who shoots video, it's as good as it gets, but if you're a videographer who dives, you'll need to spend lots more
@71sagittarius 2 ай бұрын
@@mikeward736 Correct exactly what I have said. It is very good, probably the best camera for its class and money range. When I'm saying you... means everyone who wants better footage. This is in 2024. In few years time who knows...
@mikeward736 2 ай бұрын
@@71sagittarius 👍
@seangreyvenstein6819 2 ай бұрын
Great video with some lovely shots - thanks
@mikeward736 2 ай бұрын
@@seangreyvenstein6819 Thank you!
@71sagittarius 2 ай бұрын
In UK with the lack of sunlight and colours this is the best you can get with action camera. These class cameras are pretty much entry level devices. So, yeah good results, and much better than GoPro.
@mikeward736 2 ай бұрын
@71sagittarius That afternoon was a torture test and it still turned in decent results, well, except for the colour balance issue....
@71sagittarius 2 ай бұрын
@@mikeward736 Very well done 👍
@Journey_With_Sue 2 ай бұрын
What did you use for post processing?
@mikeward736 2 ай бұрын
@sueferguson777 VSDC, the colour balance tools are straightforward and it runs well on my modest laptop
@stephenMc-b1j 2 ай бұрын
Jacques Cousteau discovered this wreck in 1955 , must have been amazing to be the first to dive it
@mikeward736 2 ай бұрын
@@stephenMc-b1j 👍
@Ecovictorian 2 ай бұрын
Great Footage and presentation! You don't see Railroad Material under water very often
@mikeward736 2 ай бұрын
@Ecovictorian Thanks. There's a small wreck on the opposite side of the Red Sea at Ashrafi that has narrow-gauge track, but as far as I know Thistlegorm's Staniers are unique.
@AndyB-kq7xv 2 ай бұрын
Great video, very informative, excellent views, which I liked, & even the music accompanying it was rather pleasant & enjoyable. well done 👍😃
@mikeward736 2 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it, thank you!
@AndyB-kq7xv 2 ай бұрын
@@mikeward736 Yes it was well worth the watch & your welcome. 😀
@photoventureselp 2 ай бұрын
Thank you for making this. Fantastic review! I own an Osmo Action 4 but I have yet to try it in the water.
@mikeward736 2 ай бұрын
@@photoventureselp Glad you found it useful!
@Paul_1927 2 ай бұрын
The post processing is crucial with this camera - otherwise you got this grey veil that makes the footage unclear. Could you maybe do a video on that?
@mikeward736 2 ай бұрын
It's the water that reduces colour and contrast, and depends on depth, visibility and water colour. UK waters are greenish, tropical water tends to be blue. Different cameras deal with these issues differently, I'm actually quite impressed with the Action 4, it's surprisingly good, but you have given me a topic for a future video, thanks!
@Paul_1927 2 ай бұрын
@@mikeward736The footage is good you are right, but if you see it after the colour correction its very visible. Thats great :D thanks.
@mikeward736 2 ай бұрын
@Paull1337 Agreed, post-processing is important. One of the strengths of the Action 4 is it provides a good starting point for post, for an action camera
@Paul_1927 2 ай бұрын
Yeah ultra wide is way to wide - i think wide is the best option
@mikeward736 2 ай бұрын
I tend to agree, for a few reasons, and for general use
@np_production 2 ай бұрын
👍👍
@jimmygadd 2 ай бұрын
Have dived this one, deep one
@NitrosHELI 2 ай бұрын
i really like the results of you edited video, i was wondering if you can share the workflow and the software that you used for it. Thanks
@mikeward736 2 ай бұрын
@NitrosHELI Thank you, though I honestly think I have a lot to learn! Software is VSDC, which runs well on my less than top spec laptop. Workflow depends on the individual video, the trip videos come out of whatever footage I shoot, the plan videos were much more structured around the story. I'll have a think about a video to answer the query properly.
@secretsofthelake1966 2 ай бұрын
Corners are horrible, otherwise good camera
@mikeward736 2 ай бұрын
@secretsofthelake1966 Yup. Depends on what you're shooting if it matters, of course...
@secretsofthelake1966 2 ай бұрын
@@mikeward736 I heard that AOI will release soon an adapter to DJI Osmo Action cameras to attach the UWL-03 wide angle wet lens. I use it on GoPro12 and it corrects the corner problems and brings the closest focus to 4 cm.
@andy.underwater.videos 2 ай бұрын
They are all the same in the corners, I only go as wide as "Wide" setting.
@andy.underwater.videos 2 ай бұрын
I opt for wide dewarp. I find it better
@andy.underwater.videos Ай бұрын
I think my gopro 10 was better at the edges underwater. Shame as the out of camera standard 10 bit colour is quite good.
@markdayment3917 2 ай бұрын
I’ve just come back from diving in Thailand with the Action 4 and was very impressed with straight out of camera footage. So much better than my experience with the Go pro.
@mikeward736 2 ай бұрын
@markdayment3917 Thanks for the comment!
@jarotwibowo1743 2 ай бұрын
did you use software to edit the original videos? what kind of software?
@mikeward736 2 ай бұрын
@jarotwibowo1743 Everything labelled camera footage is unedited, except for trimming the shots, where the footage is post-processed it's labelled as edited. I use VSDC, I like the colour balancing tools, and as it's a very manual piece of software it makes me think about what I'm doing.
@jarotwibowo1743 2 ай бұрын
@@mikeward736 Thanks a lot Mike...
@deepdowndrey 2 ай бұрын
great footage ! And impressive trip
@mikeward736 2 ай бұрын
@@deepdowndrey Thanks!
@Oholisfliesandfishing 2 ай бұрын
Thank you for the review. Have you tried it with dedicated diving mode? I think i saw that it has it.
@mikeward736 2 ай бұрын
@Oholisfliesandfishing I'm not sure there is a diving mode?
@Oholisfliesandfishing 2 ай бұрын
My bad. I probably saw some other camera having color options for diving. @@mikeward736
@ifyourewatchingthis3833 3 ай бұрын
Thanks for posting - very informative. Curious particularly for your low light / night shots - were you in pro mode, or no? I'm impressed with how relatively noise-less your footage came out, or at least how minimal the noise appeared to be at 1080. Any information you can share regarding what you used for low light as far as ISO, framerate, in-camera noise reduction, etc. would be super helpful!
@mikeward736 3 ай бұрын
I deliberately left the camera defaults as they were, no limiting the ISO, no changes to noise reduction, still shooting in 1080 at 50fps. Like you, I was very impressed with the twilight shots, and also with the way the camera handled the shot of my buddy Neil swimming into a wreck in total darkness. I expected that to be useless mush!
@kyleadams824 3 ай бұрын
You mentioned the color balance isn't consistent. In your video, there's a close-up and a far-away shot. It's totally normal for the far-away shot to look darker; that's just how cameras work.
@mikeward736 3 ай бұрын
If you look at the colour of the hull bottom in the two shots they're clearly different. It's not a big deal, they could be balanced to look the same, but two shots taken seconds apart at the same depth and of the same subject are different.
@davidpoo66 3 ай бұрын
Hi, what about filters for a waterpark that won't fall off? 😮 Great videos! Thx!😊
@mikeward736 3 ай бұрын
I haven't tried filters yet
@andy.underwater.videos Ай бұрын
@@mikeward736 some have found filters confuse the osmo 4 a bit
@AmrSekilly 3 ай бұрын
Thank you for making this amazing video!
@mikeward736 3 ай бұрын
Pleased you like it
@mikeward736 3 ай бұрын
Thanks for that. It's interesting about the dome, but probably not surprising given the long minimum focus distance driven by that bigger sensor. Log 10 on the next video.
@andy.underwater.videos 3 ай бұрын
I have found the same, good report, I use "Wide" as I find the distortion at the edges to much. I've tried the Osmo 4 in a Telesin dome housing, all to soft underwater, needs a diopter!. You get get better recoverable deep image quality if you used Log. I use mine for B roll top/shallow work so Standard "10 bit" colour is fine.
@oceanexplorers1441 3 ай бұрын
Amazing ♥
@mikeward736 3 ай бұрын
Thanks
@billsmith6884 3 ай бұрын
11:34. Without a better camera angle, I would say truck tyres and a gearbox housing.
@mikeward736 3 ай бұрын
Could be, but there are no holes in the flanges either end of them, so it doesn't seem like they mounted to anything
@billsmith6884 3 ай бұрын
@@mikeward736 Yeah, the angle doesn't allow for a lot of information. The smaller end definitely has a flange, the growth would have long ago covered any holes. The small rise at the middle of the large end looks like a PTO. Having said that, if sat upright on the small end, it also looks like a ships toilet; with the rise being the fitting for the flush water pipe.
@mikeward736 3 ай бұрын
@billsmith6884 Thanks for that, my dive-buddy Neil is an ex-motor vehicle mechanic who has worked with some exotic machinery and he's the one who pointed out the lack of bolt- holes. Next time out I'll spend some more time with these and see if I can get some measurements and close-ups. FYI there are over sixty of them, which suggests they were needed in numbers, and there seem to be two variants, differing in the end construction.
@tdplk2987 3 ай бұрын
I have video of the SE the day it sank. I was there.
@mikeward736 3 ай бұрын
That must have been an awful experience
@tdplk2987 3 ай бұрын
@@mikeward736 I was in a helicopter hovering over it. Streams of fuel, luggage and other evidence of her humanity floated about. The ship lay on her side w attached lifeboats and the hull clearly visable. Sad.
@mikeward736 3 ай бұрын
@@tdplk2987 Just awful
@ifyourewatchingthis3833 3 ай бұрын
Helpful video - I just took the Action 4 on a dive trip myself and am curious about some of your shots (which generally look quite good). ISO - I find that the Action 4 seems to use all / most of the ISO sensitivity allowed in the parameters set by the user, prioritizing a faster shutter speed. However using any in-camera noise reduction in conjunction with RockSteady results in a dramatic ghosting effect - perhaps due to the relatively low-contrast, modest light conditions often encountered when diving. This ghosting can apparently be mitigated by turning off RockSteady, but of course that yields a pretty shaky shot even when trying to hold the camera steady - to the point I'd rather deal with a noisier image than a non-stabilized one. Using manual exposure can help by setting a 1/25 shutter speed - but of course that risks over exposing the image by aiming the camera towards the surface while still underwater. Curious what ISO settings you used for some of your shots, and if you did any noise reduction in post? Are you using FCP? I find ISO 1600 results in distinct but tolerable noise, and 1600 can look OK even in relatively low light conditions. I might start capping the camera at ISO 800, 24 FPS unless I know the dive will result in prolonged footage in dark areas. Curious what your approach has been. EDIT: I also took a Hero12 and Action4 diving on the same day (albeit two different sites) as shown in my dive log video on my channel. I opted for the OSMO over the GoPro for a couple reasons. Subjective, but I think I prefer the way sensor noise manifests on the Action 4 vs. the Hero 12, as it's a tad more filmic to me. To me the Hero12 wasn't much better at avoiding the footage color switches - I noticed multiple oscillations between blue looking and green looking footage throughout the course of a single dive where the conditions themselves were essentially static. The second dive on the aforementioned video shows this quite prominently. For me the larger sensor and slightly sharper footage of the OSMO won out, but ultimately it seems much of the differences are pretty slight.
@mikeward736 3 ай бұрын
I think you're quite right that there are trade-offs with the Action 4 (And similar cameras) but it's basically a good camera, better in blue water than green. I'll be posting a new video shortly, and then a 'recommended settings' video in a little while, I'm still finalising those.
@kevindavison6019 3 ай бұрын
Thanks for the Tutorial I am planning a trip to this site in a couple of months and trying to learn as much as possible to maximize my enjoyment.
@mikeward736 3 ай бұрын
It's a fabulous wreck, take your time and enjoy!
@philski6867 3 ай бұрын
Awesome trip. Great footage - many thanks Mike. Jenny & Phil
@mikeward736 3 ай бұрын
You're welcome! Great to have met you.
@NeilRoss-z2f 3 ай бұрын
Great video as usual Mike Especially liked the Salem night dive. It was a first for me. See you in September. Neil
@mikeward736 3 ай бұрын
Cheers Neil! Yep, Salem Express at night is quite something.
@bigmedge 3 ай бұрын
Awesome guide sir , thank you for the effort you put into creating this excellent work !! A few years ago I saw some photos of Fiat sedans in 1 of the Thistlegorm’s holds . Have you ever seen those cars ? And if so , any chance you have video footage of them ?
@mikeward736 3 ай бұрын
Thank you for that. No Fiat cars on Thistlegorm, I'm afraid, they're on the wreck of the Umbria down in Sudan, but you may well have seen a picture captioned 'Fiats on Thistlegorm' because there's a lot of poor information on the Red Sea shipwrecks out there.
@bigmedge 3 ай бұрын
@@mikeward736 ah ok, thank you so much for pointing me in the right direction Mike ! Many 🍻🍻 to you sir !!
@mikeward736 3 ай бұрын
No problem. The reason I got involved with Red Sea wrecks in the first place was the huge amount of misinformation about them
@JoaoGoncalves-kd4tw 3 ай бұрын
nice..so what settings do you recomend to a dam dive above 20m ... sometimes i get image very green and when it turns blue the image stays very blurry
@mikeward736 3 ай бұрын
Hi, I'd use the default auto colour balance and ISO range, the ultra-wide lens setting and Rocksteady boost, then try not to pan much and shoot a lot of footage so you've plenty to edit from.
@ZhiTravels 4 ай бұрын
The white balance switch also happens in go pros newer models. Not an issue there. If you are concerned then go manual white balance all the way
@mikeward736 4 ай бұрын
If only there was a manual white balance.......
@ZhiTravels 4 ай бұрын
@@mikeward736 you can set from 2000 K to 10000 Kelvin? Not sure how much more manual do you need it to be
@mikeward736 4 ай бұрын
True manual white balance means setting the colour balance manually on the fly using a slate, pre-setting white balance isn't the same thing.
@kay2569 4 ай бұрын
Wow amazing
@mikeward736 4 ай бұрын
Warm, clear water, great wrecks and fantastic marine life. Wow indeed!
@Ecovictorian 4 ай бұрын
Great Footage/Documentation
@mikeward736 4 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@46245RailVideos 4 ай бұрын
14:52 never seen any pics or footage of the starboard locomotive boiler before Mike, do you have more pics/footage of these or the cabs that aren’t it in this or the 8F video? Great stuff as always 😃
@mikeward736 4 ай бұрын
I've more starboard boiler footage, and video of what at first sight looked like the starboard cab, but not so sure now, the plate it's made from looks much too thick and the shape doesn't seem quite right even allowing for the blast. Oddly, I've less port boiler footage, despite it being easier to visit, and nothing cab-like at all from that side. I'm intending to re-do the 8F video this year, so will try for more footage of both boilers and search for the cabs, current permitting!
@46245RailVideos 4 ай бұрын
@@mikeward736 thanks so much for the reply Mike, fingers crossed for a forgiving current in that case! I saw a recent video that appears to show the open smokebox door of the starboard locomotive having finally fallen off, so a few changes to document for sure. Will keep tuned to the channel as always! All the best
@mikeward736 4 ай бұрын
@46245RailVideos Thanks for that, and yes, things do change over time. I'll get an update on the 8Fs this year, fingers crossed.