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Hawaii Videos

Night snorkeling with Mantas and GOPRO HERO 2

Night snorkeling with Mantas and GOPRO HD HERO 2 at KONA, Hawaii. GOPRO was wrist mounted. Pardon the shakiness as the water was quite choppy. I was using the standard GOPRO housing with curved lens, with dive housing the images would have been sharper. Went out on the SunlightOnWater boat and had a great time!

Hawaii Videos

Kanani Goes to Hawaii- A Full Travel Vlog of Our Stay in O’ahu!

***PLEASE READ*** This video is mostly the Lu’au lengthwise, and you could skip to 26:06 if you don’t want this video being a half hour. Kanani and Lizzie got to Hawaii! While in O’ahu, they visit the Pearl Harbor SS Missouri, go boogie boarding, try shave ice (yes, it is different than a snow cone or italian ice), go Paddle Boarding, attend Paradise Cove lu’au, and go snorkeling! Notes about our trip: – This actually took place a couple weeks ago, but my computer was broken so I couldn’t finish editing it right away -I had to edit 1 HOUR of footage. But, a lot of this video’s length is due to the Lu’au. You could always skip ahead of that (I provide the time to skip to) -Those “noisemaker-things” that the dancers shook in their hands are called “U’li U’ili Gourds.” Look familiar? They come with Kanani’s Lu’au Outfit! -Paddle Boarding is fun for the entire family! Anyone can do it, and you could also kneel if standing isn’t comfortable (my mom did that) -“Aloha” means “Hello,” “Goodbye,” and “Love” -“Mahalo” means “Thank you” -“Ohana” means “Family” (for all you Lilo and Stitch fans out there! Comment “OHANA” if you have read this far!) -We stayed in Waikiki at the Hilton Hawaiian Village: beautiful! There are shops and restaurants too, not just hotel buildings! -I also got to try “Poi,” a Hawaiian food that Kanani asks her cousin Rachel to try during her stay in Hawaii. Rachel doesn’t end up liking it. It’s not horrible in my opinion, it just doesn’t have much flavor …

Hawaii Videos

Kahaluu Bay – Kailua Kona, Hawaii – May 18, 2012

This is a good snorkeling spot near Kailua Kona. The video isn’t as sharp as it should be. I am told that underwater video recorded on GoPro cameras is out of focus because the portion of the waterproof housing that covers the lens is curved. This curved part distorts the image. There is an aftermarket fix that consists of a replacement housing that is flat over the lens area but it retails for more than 1/3 the cost of the GoPro. Unless you have plenty of $’s I recommend waiting for GoPro to fix the design flaw. Special thanks to Jason and Joseph for the snippet. Aloha !

Hawaii Videos

Snorkeling on the big island Hawaii blurry – Honu sea turtle flyby.

Honu, the Hawaiian word for sea turtle. This is a green sea turtle. Apparently the Go Pro housing, which is listed as being able to go to 180 feet underwater, is completely unusable underwater because the curved dome lens prevents it from focusing properly. They came out with a diving housing which has a flat lens which corrects this but I couldn’t find anyone who had one before my trip, so this is as good as it gets with the regular Go Pro HD / Go Pro HD2 housing. Read more here: www.scubadiverinfo.com And yes, he knows the pattern is full.