Disclaimer that I’m pretty incompetent, mechanically speaking. Would love advice from somebody with decent engineering sense–
I’m trying to get some good underwater video of myself swimming and bought a CamPark 4K Action Camera. The camera isn’t fancy, but was well priced and the quality of the footage is generally fine.
The problem is I can’t get the camera to stand up on the bottom of the pool. It comes with a dozen mounts and attachments for various uses. But it’s top-heavy, so even the gentlest underwater current knocks it over. I’m wondering if I should try to attach the case to a brick or something like that?
You can epoxy a mount to a heavy object (small jar is fine, doesn’t need to be as unwieldy as a brick). Make sure the object is heavy enough or grippy enough that current don’t cause it to shift/rotate. The mount also allows you to tilt the camera up for certain shots.
Does your pool’s edge have a lip? If so, you can get a clamp with a GoPro mount. It’ll only be a foot deep at most, but I’ve found that’s all you need for underwater filming.
Disclaimer that I’m pretty incompetent, mechanically speaking. Would love advice from somebody with decent engineering sense–
I’m trying to get some good underwater video of myself swimming and bought a CamPark 4K Action Camera. The camera isn’t fancy, but was well priced and the quality of the footage is generally fine.
The problem is I can’t get the camera to stand up on the bottom of the pool. It comes with a dozen mounts and attachments for various uses. But it’s top-heavy, so even the gentlest underwater current knocks it over. I’m wondering if I should try to attach the case to a brick or something like that?
Handlebar / tube GoPro mount and a hex sided dumbbell.
I wound up with a knockoff version of this…can’t even remember where I got it, I think it came in a camera bag I bought at a garage sale. It looks cheap and useless, but it’s got to be one of the more ingenious items I have in my camera arsenal.
It’s not something I’d do studio work with, but eery time I use it, I find a new way for it to be the only tool that’ll get the job done.
Not sure if it’s negatively buoyant or not, you might have to weight it a bit, but trust me, it’s amazing.