GOPRO 12 Underwater TIPS and my personal settings

Did you know that many of our episodes contain a lot of GoPro footage and some episodes are even shot entirely on GoPro? Let's discuss some useful tips for filming with the gopro action camera under water. I'm also giving you my personal settings!
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[@DiveSAGA]

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[@fahadrhino]

A couple of questions, what's the shadow distance before considering deep and losing the red color? And, when using light at deep; will the image look as expected as we see by naked eyes or it will be different? Thx

[@markjoshuadomalaon2797]

The best guide I watched in YT.Many thanks for the tips

[@DiveSAGA]

You are very welcome! Happy shooting!

[@butimo]

Thanks for that very clear and unbiased description. giving detailed explanations help to understand why those settings should be done. very helpful 💪

[@DiveSAGA]

Thank you for that feedback. I appreciate it!

[@ChrisD624]

This video was extremely helpful. Thank you

[@DiveSAGA]

Any time! Have fun shooting! 👊

[@kevindodds5441]

Great advice, i will be going shallow so will give these settings a try.

[@DiveSAGA]

Awesome! You'll see great improvement! (Assuming the visibility is reasonable 🙂)

[@user-wb7cx5uo1n]

Great tips

[@davedonati206]

Thank you for the tips!

[@DiveSAGA]

You are so welcome! Happy filming! 👊

[@oggcave]

Great explanation! How would these settings change when shooting exclusively in caves -- low light, usually only a couple beams from the primary torches?

[@DiveSAGA]

For me they would be largely unchanged but the use of lights would matter much more. We'll talk about the use of video lights in one of our upcoming videos so make sure you follow along!

[@juanmanuelguzman4488]

Great! 🌊🌊🌊

[@DiveSAGA]

Enjoy!

[@steve66gas]

Thanks Nick for your always valuable tips. One question: did you notice any difference in image quality when shooting in 30 fps or 60 fps? For example less brightness in scenes at great depths?

[@DiveSAGA]

I haven't noticed a difference really! I always shoot 60fps at least.

[@haelx]

Such a helpful video! If you are unsure if you want to shoot horizontal or vertical and film in the square, do you still shoot in 60fps & 4k or Higher?

[@DiveSAGA]

The higher the resolution, the higher the quality of the cropped shot!

[@jimclayton4495]

Thanks for the video and all the info! Do you have any particular recommendations for filming wreck dives with a gopro? Thankyou!

[@DiveSAGA]

For that I usually use wide-angle. It deforms the corners of the footage but at least you can see something in a tight space! And use lights, just not too bright so you don't blow out the image.

[@jimclayton4495]

@@DiveSAGA Great! Thankyou for the fast reply and for sharing your knowledge

[@zeadon]

thanks for putting this together. what about white balance, what do you set this to?

[@DiveSAGA]

Just to Auto. It's pretty reasonable!

[@yousontheloose]

Thanks for the video! How about the bit rate and bit depth fir underwater video?

[@DiveSAGA]

The higher the better but with a GoPro you're inevitably running into compression limitations anyway

[@HoraceHenry-cd1bi]

What is the name of your watch?

[@alfredo6083]

Thanks for your video. How many minimum lumens do you recommend for underwater video lights? Any specific brand and model for video lights?

[@DiveSAGA]

I have 2x 5000 lumens orcatorch

[@simonedwards8399]

What software do you use to colour correct? (Possibly separate question) what would you recommend for a beginner as a good place to start?

[@DiveSAGA]

I use Adobe premiere for video and photoshop for photo but a lot of people use Lightroom

[@duartefernandes7911]

If I want to do post editing shouldnt I use the log profile? That way I use real 10 bit and I get way more color depth and the image is not processed by the camera that much. Am I thinking right? Also if you want more cinematic movement you should set your shutter speed to double the frame rate. In low light is better to shoot ate 30fps so you can lower the shutter speed to 1/60 and get more light to the sensor. But great video! It helped me understand gopro a little bit better, since i came from the dslr world and just got my first gopro :)

[@DiveSAGA]

From my understanding the "Log" profile isn't really log like you'd know it from the professional world but just a baked-in low contrast image, if that makes sense. I definitely prefer to shoot 60fps or higher as well!

[@bluefox4769]

Hello. So based on your experience, you do not recommend the use of angles such as INON or AOI?

[@DiveSAGA]

You can, but I personally try to avoid wide angle where I can. But sometimes it's the only option 🙂

[@aquilaeagle1586]

Do you use filters? (red) Or do you do the color correction afterwards using software?

[@DiveSAGA]

I don't use filters because they take away a lot of light in general. GoPro does have a bit of Automatic white balance which helps. You can also use lights and then you don't need filters!

[@aquilaeagle1586]

@@DiveSAGA Thanks, I thought the same :)

[@aquilaeagle1586]

@@DiveSAGA Do you have a video of your gear that you use for your gopro? About lights, etc...

[@DiveSAGA]

@@aquilaeagle1586 yes there's a few videos on the channel about lights etc!

[@TimBeauchamp]

You mentioned that you Normal is your preference over HDR if you are planning on post editing, and HDR is better if you are just planning on getting it out without as much color correction. That sounds backwards to me. Shouldn't having a high dynamic range, 10 bit color, give you more flexibility editing post since you have a larger color space to work with when mapping it back down to non-HDR 8 bit color for display or publish? I just upgraded my Hero 7 Black to a 12, specifically for the HDR and battery life for diving. I really enjoyed the detail you gave for why you choose each setting and making it fit what you are working with or trying to achieve

[@DiveSAGA]

To my knowledge, what they label as “HDR”, this is not a real HDR preset and instead composits a high exposure and low exposure together as a processed Standard Dynamic Range video. So it's "baked in" and you lose access to the different, separate exposures later, if you know what I mean. This is similar to the “HDR” photo setting on smartphones etc which also isn't real HDR.

[@TimBeauchamp]

@@DiveSAGA Thanks for getting back. I will do more research and let you know what I find out. After an initial investigation, I think that it the GP12 is doing actual HDR, but you are correct that for most underwater capture, it does not give better results because the dynamic range is compressed far in the lower range whereas HDR works best when the range is quite large from the blacks to high intensity whites. Thanks again. I will let you know what I find after some experimentation at depth

[@alaincaspar2148]

Underwater it is mostly not very sharp so shooting in sharpness medium is not a good idea I think. I used to follow this tip that I heard from somebody else but I don't follow it anymore

[@AdamHelb]

I shoot in low sharpness and add sharpness in PowerDirector. It lets the camera do less processing and the effect is similar.

[@josephdracula7487]

👍😎🤿!

[@HoraceHenry-cd1bi]

What is the name of your watch?

[@DiveSAGA]

That's the Scubapro G3

[@kaleighbrookfieldoleary]

WHooooooooo

[@DiveSAGA]

You know it