Kona, Hawaii dive - the BGH1 4k Camera Integration edition

[emiller (Elisa)]

Hello humans and bots!

We recently took our blue baby out to visit our friend @tony-white and legendary blackwater photographer Jeff Milisen to test out our new BGH1 Camera integration.

Check out the stunning footage for yourself… in 4k!

Panasonic Lumix BGH1 Integration with the BlueROV2!

[FairweatherIT (Ian)]

Greetings, great job on the Panasonic LUMIX integration guide. Just for curiosity, what lens did you use in your integration?

[EliotBR (Eliot)]

Hi @FairweatherIT,

I’m told it was the Lumix 7-14mm lens (we’ll add that to the guide - thanks!). In terms of reasoning apparently the housing manufacturer provided some recommendations for lens/port combinations:

The 7-14mm is a good combination of economical and high quality optics. You can also get other lens but please note that the glass dome is a optical element and it needs to match the lens. A lens that focuses closer will require a smaller radius dome and smaller aperture. The 7-14 is a good candidate for underwater wide angle lens. 8mm is a fisheye so it can focus very close and has very good optics.

[FairweatherIT (Ian)]

Thanks Eliot!

[tony-white (Anthony White)]

This focal range was useful - we would put it at tightest frame when doing close-ups on reef or fish, and when diving with a larger subject like the bait ball, set to widest. I’d guess most applications with an ROV would prefer wide view!