The aquaview has the advantage of being able to watch it live time to see what you are getting while taking the video. The gopro, unless you are under water with it to see what you might be getting, you have to download the files before you see what you got.
The go pro is better video quality in my opinion.
Any camera at much depth gets the colors washed out pretty quickly without artificial light to bring back the light spectrum. The more turbid the water, the more quickly the short wavelength colors go away with depth.
Aquaview is a littly tricky turning and aiming the camera by raising and lowering the cable and twisting it between thumb and forefinger, but at least what you see is what you get.
Go pro works well if you are able to set up a fixed location and lure the subjects to the camera, for instance with feed. Or if you can see your target from the surface or actually be in the water with a mask on. But that may scare the subject away. Fish can see you under water before you can see them.
Kind of depends on what a person is trying to do. There are low priced go pro clones with underwater housings now that are considerably cheaper. You do need the under water housing with a go pro. I think I have had my GoPro about 5 years and it has been on something over 1,000 dives and about 1100 hours under water. Have had the Aquaview a few years but only used it much the first year. Need to get it out and play with it again.
Last edited by snrub; 01/04/18 12:50 PM.
