TonyInVa September 29, 2015 Share September 29, 2015 I will be going snorkeling in Mexico.I was looking at red filters and not sure which one to get for Gopro 4.Anyone tried any and what are your thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveS September 29, 2015 Share September 29, 2015 If you are only snorkeling, your probably don't need one. The red filter only becomes important when you go below 15' or so and really lose colors. Most people when snorkeling only go down for short, shallow dives so the periodic light blue hue isn't much of an issue. Snorkeling with the filter, most of your video will actually have too much red while at the surface. It's when you are diving and spending the entire time at 30' or below that the filter helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reefer_Madness September 29, 2015 Share September 29, 2015 Depends on where you go. My wife and I go to the USVI so every picture normally comes out blue blue. I brought a red GoPro filter and our pics came out perfect. We only snorkel and dive down for pics. That was taken with a Silver Hero4 with a red lens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyInVa October 14, 2015 Author Share October 14, 2015 I will be going to the Puerto Morales which is near Cancun. So it will be very blue(Caribean) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyInVa October 14, 2015 Author Share October 14, 2015 Depends on where you go. My wife and I go to the USVI so every picture normally comes out blue blue. I brought a red GoPro filter and our pics came out perfect. We only snorkel and dive down for pics. That was taken with a Silver Hero4 with a red lens Which filter did you use? where was this taken? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reefer_Madness October 14, 2015 Share October 14, 2015 Below is the filter I use. I think that was taken at Cinnamon Bay on St. John. It could have been Honeymoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyInVa October 14, 2015 Author Share October 14, 2015 What do you think about this one, since I rarely will be going deeper then 15ft? https://www.polarprofilters.com/shop/GoProSnorkelFilter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reefer_Madness October 14, 2015 Share October 14, 2015 Looks like it would do the same thing. I wish mine was a little less red since most of our pics are in shallow water from 5' to 10'. Sometimes it takes too much blue out an you forget the water is actually really blue. Next time I am probably going to buy an assortment of red filters. I hear they have some flip type filters in eBay that work well. Chinese cheap versions, but I am no National Geographic photographer. They would probably be fine if you take care of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyInVa October 14, 2015 Author Share October 14, 2015 I looked at both the cheap Chinese and the flip one. From what I heard was the cheap ones arent consistant, I would hate not to have good pictures. The only issue I have seen with the flip ones is they need to be attached with screws and are not as easy to remove as the non-screw in type. I will be getting the Polar Pro shallow filter. You are more then welcome to barrow it if you ever want to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reefer_Madness October 14, 2015 Share October 14, 2015 I'll have to look that one up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reefer_Madness October 15, 2015 Share October 15, 2015 Oh that's the one from the link above. Let me know how it goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyInVa October 15, 2015 Author Share October 15, 2015 This one has to be screwed in http://www.flipfilters.com/product/flip3-1-combo-package-with-shallow-dive-and-deep-underwater-color-correction-filters/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott711 October 16, 2015 Share October 16, 2015 Here is a shot I took using a gopro without a filter: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reefer_Madness October 16, 2015 Share October 16, 2015 It all depends on how blue the water is. Depth intensifies. Here is one without the filter too. Just too blue for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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