shoot57 Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 Hi all, just got a go pro hero and used it on the shoot yesterday and the footage is very good, but using the camera inside the waterproof housing my picture is as if i am looking through a goldfish bowl and indeed the barrels of my gun [if on the edge of the picture] have a curved shape, i think it comes from viewing through the plastic lens on the waterproof housing. So i ask, would it be better to take the plastic lens off when filming? having watched lots of go pro footage on youtube i don't see this gold fish bowl effect Quote Link to post Share on other sites
andrewluke Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 the problem is that the camera has a wide angle fish eye lens(probably 170 degree),when looking at close objects they will look bent especially at the edge of the picture, andrew Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fireboy Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 (edited) you can edit it in the go pro software which takes the fish eye out of it hope this helps Edited January 26, 2014 by fireboy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stubby Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 the waterproof housing has glass not plastic lens cover, removing it would make in non waterproof, check out the camera settings, as changing the settings will stop the curve, look on you tube Quote Link to post Share on other sites
srspower Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 You should be able to set it to 120 degrees same as my sony hdras15 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shoot57 Posted January 28, 2014 Author Share Posted January 28, 2014 Thanks for all the advice Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Duffryn Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 Its nothing to do with the case. Set the camera to "N" on the FOV setting and away you go Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shoot57 Posted January 29, 2014 Author Share Posted January 29, 2014 Hi Duffryn, My camera is a hero1 and i have settings 1 to 5 in the fov settings so which one is N ? ... thanks Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Duffryn Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 Hi Duffryn, My camera is a hero1 and i have settings 1 to 5 in the fov settings so which one is N ? ... thanks Not sure but test no 1 and 5 with a 30 second shot and hopefully that will sort it Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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