What Underwater Camera Or Webcam To Use?

[bigdreams]

I would like to add an underwater camera to my tank to get better photos and video of my fish. In Joey's ( king of DIY) you tube videos he often has a "fishcam" (though I think it might be a camcorder and not a webcam) Wondering if others have tried this.

I am working on a raspberry pI project (essentially a tiny internet connected computer) and would like to connect a webcam to it. That would be my ideal use case.

Any suggestions?

 

[Ed204]

HI there,
I think Joey uses a GoPro (Correct me if I'm wrong) to film his tanks. I personally have a GoPro myself however, never used it for aquarium purposes, I use it to record all my adventures on the beach and stuff.

 

[max h]

You can use a GoPro, I have one that I have used in the tank, on the dog, boat, guns, scuba diving, and in the car. They actually work great.

 

[Cori Elizabeth]

GoPros come with goos attachments to make filming easier

 

[bigdreams]

Interesting... ok that would work, but wondering if there's a way to use the picamera I already have. It's a little camera on a circuit board. Maybe I could DIY? Some clear pvc pipe and stick the picamera inside it?

 

[Cori Elizabeth]

Interesting... ok that would work, but wondering if there's a way to use the picamera I already have. It's a little camera on a circuit board. Maybe I could DIY? Some clear pvc pipe and stick the picamera inside it?

is it a waterproof camera? you could create a selfie stick kind of thing

 

[max h]

If the PVC is too thick you may have an issue with controlling the camera. The GoPro wireless connection gives out somewhere before 2 ft of water, we played with that at work one day in the pool just to see how deep we could get it before we lost the connection with a iPhone

 

[bigdreams]

is it a waterproof camera? you could create a selfie stick kind of thing

It's not water proof. Trying to make it water proof.

I may just put it inside a zip lock bag for now, and not completely submerge it.