Posts by marginatus

    I find that very often speargun design and components made for the European market, sacrifice brute strength/durability in favor of fancy appearances. I'd go as far as saying many are "dainty", with very low tolerances/inflexible as far what other components they'll work with. With Speardiver I always strive to achieve strength and good looks combined with simplicity. Too often spearfishing, with all the different factors that come into play, there is a very small margin for error, which can result in severe consequences. Making gear fancy and complicated doesn't help.


    I have to admit I'm not a fan of Mark's stainless steel muzzle design, I think it falls in the above category. I just wouldn't want so much steel in the front of the gun, where I often find myself handling the gun. But if anyone's going to make it practical it will be him.


    I'm an "overkill" guy so weak stuff won't work for me...
    I can see the difference between the Euro and American approaches in some components/gear and this usually calls for the car analogy :)...
    My point was not related to just being "fancy" but with an important gun design feature (hand placement)...
    There are very well built euro trigger mechs with less height (but in this case he wanted american)


    About the muzzle, it reduces the total length of the stock (why have 2 inches in the front doing nothing?) and allow the bands to sit much closer to the spear axis... I'd call it an euro approach :D

    Thanks Ihab I considered a deep open track on this gun but decided against it for a few reasons. One is so that I could recess the handle as I did (the mech and handle are touching so there is no extra room there). Also so I could make the stock thinner at the muzzle and still have room in the muzzle to offset the bands vertically. I also wanted to try a track of this nature, one deep enough to easily hold the spear but still high enough the spear is visible.


    I actually switched to the reverse mech with top line release since the mech wasnt going to be set completely into the stock it made much more sense.


    The trigger had already been adjusted quite a bit to have a different angle, shape, and width.


    Could some material be removed from the trigger or handle to make them more close?


    A less tall trigger allows fro a high handle and best position to control the gun and absorb energy...


    Looking good!!

    if you want the bands flush with the gun, the band channels shouldn't be parallel to the spear... at the back, the band is actually above the spear and if loading 2 in the same fin, the inside one will be higher... not sure I made myself clear...

    Judah, the kind of footage I'd like would take too long to get diving Miami, so I must do a trip. In this case I depend on other people and sea conditions. If everything goes right I don't want to be experimenting with cameras, I want the best results possible to get the shots I need in one time. I will use both cameras together, the Gopro head mounted and the other camera hand held.


    Sounds like something interesting on the works

    sometimes interesting things happen and you don't realize it until you then see the vid. The loop would eliminate this since you only "save" the ones you do notice.


    I use the camera in the speargun and keep it always on standby... I record every dive (on before going down, Off once I resurface). Also I can quickly start recording if something interesting happens.
    I do it this way to have small files that can easily be renamed, sorted and deleted if uninteresting... fiddling with 1 or 2h clips is a lot more difficult


    Having it on the mask, you can use the dive watch to, using the reflection, check if it's recording (assuming you have the LEDs on). For the mask, having a quick release mount, makes it easier to check if everything is OK and to use different POV

    Thanks to all here who graciously take the time and effort to help me and others learn how to best operate the GoPro. :toast:
    Getting all the components together has been slow for me here in Guam, (shipping from the US can take weeks and weeks) but I should have everything together in the next couple of weeks. I am compiling all the information I can before hand. Also all the great help here has helped me to buy the correct stuff (memory cards, batteries, etc).
    Thanks everyone :toast2:


    Hope the mount doesn't take too long to arrive :)

    the backpack is a valuable add on for the reasons mentioned...


    I'd recommend too Final Cut Pro X, and if you go with this one, the Adobe premier or any other more advanced editor that allows full color correction, the filter aren't necessary. Being a translucent material, the filters will reduce the amount (maybe not much) of light entering the camera and you can do the color correction with a lot more control on the software. Once you know the adjustment you like, It's very easy to adjust the next footage.


    About the 60-120 fps... I shoot at 60fps since it is for me the sweet spot for fluid footage but not compromising lightness to much... the higher the frame rate, the darker the footage will be... If you always have sunny days and clear water 120fps won't hurt and gives amazing slowmos... for slowmos, try the optical flow but don't abuse it (as with any technique)


    I prefer the medium FOV... In wide things look too small and far away. Also I don't like the distortion that in wide is too much for me.


    For external drive, choose preferably a fast one: 7200 rpm. SSD would be awesome but $$$$$$$$


    I f mounted on the head, move it slowly!! like you're a diving sloth (I mean it :) ) I get seasick from some vids I see on youtube )


    Fro the Macbook pro, how recent is it? Maxing out (not by apple specs but OWC specs :) ) the Ram is also a very good plus. using an SSD will also make you're computer look like a different one. I have a almost 8 years old macbook, just maxed it's ram and fitted an SSD... the difference is unbelievable...


    That what i can recal right now but keep in mind i don't know much about it :)