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Buy housing for my GX85, GoPro or other camera + housing?

Started Sep 9, 2019 | Discussions thread
brousseb
brousseb Regular Member • Posts: 193
Re: Buy housing for my GX85, GoPro or other camera + housing?

Here is my 2 cents, I do a lot of underwater video while scuba diving and I've used a GoPro for 5+ years, I've owned a GX85 and now use a Lumix LX10 / Nauticam housing underwater.

I wish I would have bought a housing for my GX85 before I sold it, it is an excellent camera and better than the LX10 in terms of image stabilization in 4k (which is my biggest gripe with the LX10).  The ability to white balance down to 50-70 feet with no filter is excellent (assuming you're going to bring colours back in post).

My suggestion would be to get the housing for your GX85, whether you do photo or video, or if you're focus is video, just get a GoPro, case, filter and be done with it.  For the price/size the GoPro, you will have to spend quite a bit more money to beat the video quality.

If you're not an experienced diver, I'd also suggest a GoPro, adding a "real" camera adds a lot of extra tasks that a new diver might not be ready for.

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