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Offline jasburrito

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Using cell phone as under water camera
« on: Jan 22, 2018, 11:03 PM »
Been watching a bunch of fishing vids on utube. Noticed that a under water camera is pretty nice for scouting.  Anyways my new phone is water proof/resistant . My wife even got me a spacial floating water proof bag for phone. (Ya I already dropped 1 phone down the whole last winter on mistake) got me thinking that possibly I could put my phone on video record with light on in that bag. Thought maybe someone else has prob already tried it. Results? Thankz. But whatever.
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Offline scout 2

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Re: Using cell phone as under water camera
« Reply #1 on: Jan 22, 2018, 11:29 PM »
I tried that once but I could not get my cell phone back off the bottom of  the lake ;D
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Offline Doeslayer

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Re: Using cell phone as under water camera
« Reply #2 on: Jan 23, 2018, 07:02 AM »
Cam quality will be lower than a GoPro but it would still work
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Offline Jim_MI

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Re: Using cell phone as under water camera
« Reply #3 on: Jan 23, 2018, 08:57 AM »
If you're brave (dumb?) enough to try that with your new phone, i would recommend NOT turning the flashlight feature on. That would cause internal reflections in the waterproof bag and probably white-out the camera exposure. Kind of like taking a flash picture through a window at night - all you see is the flash. Unless you plan on lowering your phone 20+ ft down, there should be sufficient ambient light in the water to provide decent exposure.
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Offline jasburrito

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Re: Using cell phone as under water camera
« Reply #4 on: Jan 23, 2018, 12:54 PM »
Got me thinking that you could even do face time calling to another phone for live footage without recording. I have a exta
 iPhone4 and 5. I may  give it a try.  My bud is looking at getting a av 715 after work. Wounder if the camera in av 715 is better than phone? Thanks guys. Fish on.
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Offline 5du5

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Re: Using cell phone as under water camera
« Reply #5 on: Jan 23, 2018, 03:03 PM »
Most phones are only water proof 3-5 feet for 30 minutes in perfectly still water.  I wouldn't risk it unless you are  just poking it under the ice with your hand for a quick video.  The bag is probably not designed to withstand much pressure either, so I wouldnt bank on that being sufficient to lower your phone much deeper.  Also, FaceTime won't work as the wireless signal is too high of frequency and won't be able to penetrate the water far enough to reach your device.   
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Offline icefishman

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Re: Using cell phone as under water camera
« Reply #6 on: Jan 23, 2018, 04:39 PM »
Put the phone in a quart mason jar with some weights in it??
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Offline DickTate

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Re: Using cell phone as under water camera
« Reply #7 on: Jan 23, 2018, 06:45 PM »
I think this plan could work with a little work
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Re: Using cell phone as under water camera
« Reply #8 on: Jan 23, 2018, 07:16 PM »
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Offline TheGeneral

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Re: Using cell phone as under water camera
« Reply #9 on: Feb 06, 2018, 08:36 AM »
This has me curious. I'm not going to use my phone, but this has me intrigued.
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Offline deerefishyfishy

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Re: Using cell phone as under water camera
« Reply #10 on: Feb 06, 2018, 03:21 PM »
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Offline spencerville

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Re: Using cell phone as under water camera
« Reply #11 on: Feb 06, 2018, 06:07 PM »
I would think an aqua vu would be way cheaper than a cell phone.... :-\
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