{"id":759,"date":"2013-06-09T22:05:41","date_gmt":"2013-06-09T22:05:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sidonesia.com\/?p=759"},"modified":"2013-06-09T23:29:02","modified_gmt":"2013-06-09T23:29:02","slug":"freediving-clovelly-gopro-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sidonesia.com\/index.php\/2013\/06\/09\/freediving-clovelly-gopro-test\/","title":{"rendered":"Freediving Clovelly GoPro Test"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DD3uwFM5Ulo\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">So this week I got my GoPro Camera and wanted to give it a test spin. I had to make my own GoPole because I wasn&#8217;t prepared to pay $69 dollars for something I know i could make for no more then 10 bucks \ud83d\ude1b<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I went through all the functionalities of the GoPro and hooked it up to the GoPro mobile app that I installed on my iPhone. Its a great device and for a tech head such as myself it gave me lots and lots of ideas on how to add possible additional functionality to the GoPro.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">What would be awesome is if GoPro provided an SDK for developers, this would surely get the juices flowing ! Not just for\u00a0Adrenaline\u00a0junkies but geeks who love to hack and write code on computers. I know I would jump on this in a heart beat ! Regardless, when I get some time im curious as to the protocol and will be running a sniffer just to see what the messages look like \ud83d\ude1b<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">When I finally charged the GoPro, I remotely controlled the GoPro, changed its settings to the best quality widescreen and did some quick experiments. Then I went to the hardware store and bought som PVC poles, some connectors, nuts and bolts and borrowed a drill from my friend Ed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It&#8217;s a simple but very sturdy construction and I will do a video on how I put it together. I don&#8217;t think I have seen anyone exactly the same as I have but there is one that I found that is similar. Anyhow I think my design is still OK and might be worth showing on a later video for the guys out there not willing to pay $69 for a pole. At the end I finished of my GoPole by sticking the nice GoPro sticker that came with the packaging on the pole.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Just getting back to the GoPro, its got its own WiFi attachment (for the Hero2) and is built in within the Hero 3&#8217;s. This means that it shouldn&#8217;t be to far a stretch to check out what the protocol is between the iPhone and the Hero and see if it can be reverse engineered or Modified. Would be a fun project when I get some time.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I tested the GoPro at clovelly, my usual testing ground for new equipment and made sure that the pole was secure and that if my camera did fall off it wouldn&#8217;t fall of into the place that I couldn&#8217;t get too \ud83d\ude42 Clovelly is nice, easy and shallow, about 8M at high tide on the deepest end I think. It all worked out fine and after the clovelly dive I took the camera and connected it to my laptop to check out the videos and confirm I had the camera settings right. Want to make sure that I don&#8217;t go to Bali take some nice videos and see that they are all incorrectly configured \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The videos were great and the camera angle was correct at clovelly so I was pretty happy. The hand made GoPole also did its job and was nice and secure. With everything working I headed of to Gordon bay for some depth tests so I put on my wet suite and went to Gordons bay to do some tests there.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Anyway Enjoy the video above, just a quick swim through of Clovelly ! Nice weather, nice conditions, great way to spend sunday \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So this week I got my GoPro Camera and wanted to give it a test spin. 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