GoPro washout advice, Filter, etc.

Been there, done that, got the T-Shirt! If you got one, cut out the circle to be the size of your GoPro lens and thew it in there you'd be good to go. The only thing you would have to worry about is scratching the lens

 
Unless something else (sand, metal filings, DIAMONDS) find their way in there. Glass is only about a 6 out of 10 on the Mohs hardness scale.
 


Yeah, which is higher than sand, steel, titanium, stc. It would take hardened steel, tungsten, diamonds, or some other rare ass mineral.

The point being... How would you have any of those things involved with the installation of a flexible plastic filter?
 
Oh, byw. Here is another still from my GoPro with the filter, in bright sun.

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Touche. I was thinking about if/when you're taking it out and putting it in.

Looks good with the filter
 
Yeah, you just have to make it small enough where it will fall in/out, with some shaking. Mine is too big, and I can't get it out without taking the front lens off. But I haven't wanted to remove it yet.
 
Before and after. Same day, same run even, first run I forgot to put the homemade filter in. Second run I did.
Before:
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After:
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Pretty big difference on super sunny days. And the glasses were free, didn't even pay to see a movie.
 
ok so this is sort of just for personal clarification, but you want the polarized side of the lens (the side facing your eyes on the glasses) facing away from the gopro lens? and you want it at an angle so that when turned 45 deg it blacks out an lcd screen?
 
If you are looking through the filter as if you are the camera lens, it should black out an lcd screen at 45 degrees(but only twisting one way). And it should also block water reflections at zero degrees rotation (flat, and upside down). But yes, the part nearest your eye when you are wearing them, should be away from the gopro lens.
 
i just watched your big sky edit and it looks as if there was no color correction done on it. You can bring back a lot more than that in FCP. That being said im stoked to try a filter out this summer in the super bright sunny stuff.
 
Color manipulation made things worse. What you are seeing when you watch the video is part gamma correction, part contrast/brightness, part exposure, and part saturation control. You should have seen it BEFORE all that.
 
3D lens kit done.

Headed to A-Basin tomorrow to try it out. Supposed to be sunny, so it should be great conditions to try it out.
 
there are a few comparison photos in the thread. Also, since the filters are meant for watching cinematic pictures, the optical quality is on par with the GoPro itself. I haven't noticed any slips in footage quality. I have never taken the filter out.
 
well are those screen caps? I think actually taking photos would be more conducive to figuring out the quality issue. but during video you probably won't notice.
 
On 1080P, no amount of zooming, etc. etc. reveals anything bad. It actually improves picture quality, because it lowers the light by a couple stops, so you have a longer exposure with pictures or video frames. You get smoother video, and softer, less grainy images.
 
I actually had a problem with this, it pressed in the center and created a lighter spot.Any suggestions on fixing this?
 
Just made one and tested it out. Not sure I've noticed a big difference in contrast since its not blue bird sunny out, but I did notice an improvement in the still image quality when looking at the videos. Right on!
 
when i turn my glasses 45 degrees from the screen, they turn either blue or yellow (depending which way i turn them) but not black. can i still use them as a filter?
 
really impressed with the still image quality! was out riding Jay Peak today and loved the colours and noticed a big improvement in the freeze-frame quality!

A+ Homebrew homie! So simple and quite effective even though my filter wasnt in super smooth (you wouldnt know it from the images).

 
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