AOI GoPro lenses and mount

Peter Rowlands · Issue 138, May/Jun 2024 · pp. 36–37

Products mentioned: AOI UH-GPX Housing, AOI UWL-03-BLK wide angle lens, AOI UCL-03 close up lens, QRS-02-MB1P lens mount, AOI PGP-02 Pistol Grip, UMG-01 LCD Magnifier, RK-GP11-BD rear door, GoPro HERO11, GoPro HERO12

I don’t think I would be wrong in saying that, numerically, the GoPro is the most widely used camera underwater; extremely small and light, even in its 60 metre housing, it fits in a BC pocket and produces excellent images, both stills and video. It appealed to a whole new market outside of the traditional underwater photographer, drawn by the simplicity of its ‘point and shoot’ mentality and was bought in droves by divers who, up until its arrival, hadn’t been interested but all of a sudden they could record their dives albeit initially with vomit inducing unsteady, unedited playback - but they were happy and oblivious of the optical distortion behind the flat port. Now, I suspect there are lots of housed GoPros in cupboards up and down the land with flat batteries and dusty lenses once the novelty wore off next to the bread maker and exercise bike. And, photographically, there’s a logi…