POV cameras

[Brad]

So the Louisiana redfish thread got me thinking that it is about time for a POV camera thread. I just bought a Wasp Gideon. It is billed as a competitor to the GoPro Black. I got it rather than the Black because I got a gonga deal at ICAST. But that is another story. (Dan delete this if it violates commercial guidelines, although I wouldn't mind having a discussion about the relative merits of each camera)

What mounts are people using to capture fishing? I didn't get a chest mount because I can't imagine it ever shooting good video the way I cast. I bought an extension pole, head mount and clamp on mount with a bendy arm (so far my favorite as long as I know where the action will be coming from). 

I'm totally new to this whole thing. Would love to hear everyone's experience with them, particularly how to use them while fishing yourself. I'm headed to Brazil in about a week to fish on a mothership on the Rio Negro for 7 days for monster peacocks and I want to film some of it. I'm going solo and will probably be put on a boat with somebody I don't know. Will shoot a lot of that person's fishing, if they are willing, and try to shoot my own fishing. 

[Jeffrey Silvan]

Brad - 

As you gathered from my other post, I use the chest mount, but that type of mount definitely has its flaws as I started pointing out. While it isn't horrible, I have had several problems with it including: 

- When playing a fish, I often naturally position my hands right in the way of the camera

- When stripping in the fly (particularly where stealth is a requirement), I'm often leaning over to reduce my profile which ends up pointing the camera towards the water and misses the strikes

- I sometimes have my chest pointed a different direction than the action, particularly when I'm really dropping pressure on a big fish

- I've had the fly line tangle up on the camera on a few shots on my redfish trip which lead me to take off the camera completely.

The good thing about the chest mount is that it stays relatively steady. You don't realize how much you move around until you wear one of those. For my casting style, it gives the best angle since I usually sneak a peak over my shoulder but keep my chest pointed where I'm trying to cast.

I haven't tried any other wearable mounts, but I do want to try a head mount. It would fix most of the problem of the camera being out of position as I move around since I'm almost always looking at the action, and it would (or at least damn well better!) eliminate the problem of getting the line tangled up. The downfall I can see is that it seems like your head would stay less steady while shoot, it would look even more goofy (oh well), and since I do sneak peeks over my shoulders, it could make for some seriously jerky footage of casts. Who knows, maybe that last point would help me shake the habit of shoulder-looking.

Ultimately, I bet you'll wind up with much better footage of the person you're fishing with, rather than your own fishing, but it should be great either way!

I'd love to hear others' perspectives on this as well.

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[Todd]

I don't know much abou tthe Wasp Gideon but I have a Gopro Hero 3+. I primarily use the chest harness mount. Recently, I bought another gorpo handle bar mount and installed it on my net for an action shot as I'm reeling it in. I've also used it to mount a camera to a hiking pole that I stick in the ground near the shore which I can control with either the wireless remote or my iphone depending on how close I am to the camera. Overall, I've had more fun than I thought I would with GoPro's or POV shooting in general because of how much fun it is to play around with shooting perspectives. I want to try to build my own mount on a nylon strap I can mount to a tree....

[Luke Peterson]

Have had good experience shooting fish with GoPro Black, I strap to my right thigh on my waders with what I think is supposed to be a headband. Camera hangs upside-down, but you can fiddle with the settings to automatically rotate 180*. 

When hooked up, it's a bit of a challenge to use my leg to capture the fight, but it's a neat perspective. Also cool to capture bushwhacking to get to a hole, hurdling logs and dodging poison ivy.

On Tuesday, August 19, 2014 11:13:42 AM UTC-4, Brad wrote: