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camera gun - Freedive WI - 11-30-2003
Since we are only allowed to spear certain fish in Wisconsin, like panfih and rough fish, I wanted to be able to take picutres of all those nice game fish htat I come across while freediving. I had been carrying a camera on my float, but by time I dropped my speargun, which is clipped to my float, and grabbed my camera, the fish was gone.
This lead me to make a camera mount for my spaergun. It still needs some fine tunning but This is how she looks so far.
Jon
Re:camera gun - Freedive WI - 11-30-2003
Here's a shot of a fish that didn't get away.
No, I didn't shoot him with the gun, just the camera. ;D
Water was 40 degrees and the vis was around 15' in Lake Mendota today. We got cold spearfishing after about an hour and a half, whcih happens when your just sitting on the bottom as still as can be waiting for them to swim up to you.
So, we warmed up a bit and grabbed the monofins instead for some play time in the deeper water. Once we started swimming around we could have stayed in for hours. It's amazing how a little movement can warm you up very qucikly. 8)
Jon
Re:camera gun - freedivernd - 12-01-2003
Say Jon... ahh.. hey, don't take any pictures of me while you're a spear fishin' o.k.?
Fred
Re:camera gun - billatlake - 12-03-2003
Me either! That tennis ball looks dangerous!
next step... digital rangefinder, plot firing solution, hit them on the run?
Seriously, any spearfishing legal in Mn? Like fred, I'm a Nodak who spends lots of time in West-Central Mn, and I sure would like to hunt a few now and then.
Re:camera gun - Freedive WI - 12-03-2003
The camera can just unscrew off the mount if I want to take a picture of a diver.
We usually space ourselves apart, and have our guns attached to surface floats to maintian that distance, while spearfishing.
I believe that only rough fish our leagal in Minnesota. I think North Dakota will let you shoot nything that moves. ;D
Wisconsin is rough fish and panfish.
Re:camera gun - LKunze - 12-03-2003
Neat mod there Jon. Is there any problem with the gun getting into the picture though since the camera is mounted back so far?
Re:camera gun - Freedive WI - 12-03-2003
I just zoom in until the barrel is no longer visible.
jon
Re:camera gun - Freedive WI - 09-02-2004
Fred,
Here's a few shots that you'll enjoy.
These were taken with my camera mounted onto my speargun.
I put my digital camera into video mode and then captured a few of the stills off of the video clip. I know that they aren't the sharpest, but until I get a full time video camera mounted on there it still looks pretty cool. 8)
Jon