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hi all, got a go pro 4 hero black, mainly for videoing underwater scuba diving.
as regards land videoing would anyone be so kind and give me some settings tips,
plan on going to whipsnade zoo soon for some practice, i will then see how my editing on my mac pro, will come out.
thank you very much sam.
 
sam51 said:
hi all, got a go pro 4 hero black, mainly for videoing underwater scuba diving.
as regards land videoing would anyone be so kind and give me some settings tips,
plan on going to whipsnade zoo soon for some practice, i will then see how my editing on my mac pro, will come out.
thank you very much sam.
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Buy yourself a gimbal would be my tip.
 
why do i want one of them, an expensive selfie stick.
I've got a handle and lights for my diving vids, i want some setting advice,
you can't tell me you paid that kind of money for that.
 
It depends on whether you want to do simple editing or are happy to spend a while doing colour grading.
Do some short clips using protune and you can convert and edit in free gopro studio.
For more everyday use I aren't convinced it's worth the extra stages but since that's how to potentially get best results it must be worth trying.
 
I prefer the wearable gimbal from feiyutech but both are available around the £200 mark rather than £250.

Still expensive, yes. Ingenious piece of kit, certainly. Smooth, level, stabilised footage as a result. The only downside is they're not waterproof and the GoPro is minus casing with them.
 
sam51 said:
why do i want one of them, an expensive selfie stick.
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For the reason Ricardodaforce said. If you bothered to read his very brief reply, or anything in the link he posted, you would know it's much more than a stick.

sam51 said:
I've got a handle and lights for my diving vids,
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Super, not much use at Whipsnade though.

sam51 said:
i want some setting advice,
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GoPros are pretty much point and shoot video cameras. I wouldn't (haven't) bothered getting many accessories, like stabilisation, etc. for one.

As mentioned, stick it in Protune if you want a bit more latitude in post, then pick the resolution and frame rate you want, and go point it at the elephant. The principles of photography are exactly the same above or below water, so if you know what you're doing under water, you should be able to choose from the limited settings available, what's going to get the result you want above water.
 
sam51 said:
why do i want one of them, an expensive selfie stick.
I've got a handle and lights for my diving vids, i want some setting advice,
you can't tell me you paid that kind of money for that.
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Staggering. If you want smooth, non-jerky video that looks more like what you see on TV than what you see from a mobile phone, then a 3 axis gimbal (a sophisticated piece of engineering) will be more useful to you than tweaking the settings in the camera.
Anyway, I tried to help.
 
thanks for the replys guys, i only brought the go pro for underwater videoing, realy, but as i am only doing about 40 dives a year,
i thought i use it on land, i do have a dslr, i use on land, but thought id get some practice at a zoo or wildlife parks. i plan on doing the editing
on a mac pro.
 
It was the words "underwater scuba diving." and "whipsnade zoo" that got my attention.... :D
 
I would not be with out my go pro! I love it
 
whats wrong with underwater videoing or photography, its still a same interest.
yes i can use dlsr on land, but plenty of people use a go pro. some people like stills and some like to see moving action.
only wanted some base settings. wayne.
 
First what resolution, 4K looks astonishing but only 30fps, and can you edit it at home? Would it be better on 1080p with higher frame rte of 60fps?
That would be useful if you wanted to slow down any sections which might happen with animals or kids running about.

If you turn protune on you get a range of extra settings, in particular you can manually control the exposure, to me the video usually looks better if you set that on -0.5 or -1.0
The white balance can be set to native which is often recommended, but I find that can be quite tricky at editing stage as conditions change depending on ambient light - I think it's best on auto.
Further down the list you can select flat profile or gopro profile.
The gopro often seems a bit strong, so I use flat but in some condition the gopro will be fine.
Sharpen is probably best on medium.

The thing is there is no 'best' setting it will depend on conditions on the day and how you want it to look.
If you have decent video editing software you want things on the soft and flat side initially, if you are planning minimal editing go for more or less standard/default settings it will do pretty well.
Most gopro users probably don't get much beyond setting resolution and leave on auto.
 
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I've always used 1080p / 30fps on mine. Don't seen the need for 4K or 60fps.
 
Ryan_W said:
I've always used 1080p / 30fps on mine. Don't seen the need for 4K or 60fps.
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Good 4k is useful for re-framing shots or if you're watching on a large screen at short distance.

60fps gives much better motion portrayal than 30fps.
 
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