Awesome. Thanks for sharing. We did this dude yesterday and it was spectacular. I had a GoPro, but my flashlight wasn’t enough to produce well-lit footage. You definitely had a good setup.
Made my first attempt at cenote videography today and you beat me hands down! I read that you used. 24mm lens and a 15000 lumen light. What camera? I was using an Olympus point and shoot with a pair of 1500 lumen lights on a mount
Loved diving the Cenotes. If you're there, try to do Hells Bells, it's awesome and if they've opened Pet Cemetery it's wonderful too. But Dos Ojos is great. I only use an Olympus TG-5 (now 6), so just a point and shoot. I have A Sony RX100 V and VII, but they can overheat on long dives so I use the Olympus which normally I use for MACRO. Enjoy. Wish I was there with you.
@@DrewAKaplan Interesting, I also have a TG-6. It does pretty well in full sunlight, but not as well in these conditions: ua-cam.com/video/x1EWryPwcaA/v-deo.html It's pretty clear that lack of light was my limiting constraint here. I will look into buying one of these "Big Blues" for the cenotes. We came to Cancun on this trip for the reef dives, and we got one done on Thursday April 25, but they closed the harbor due to wind. And honestly, it was unpleasantly rough on the drive to MUSA and Atlantis Reef, but I got some OK video: ua-cam.com/video/SnTuY3R1yfc/v-deo.html I think I still could have benefitted from a stronger light. Any tips you are willing to share would be appreciated. Your videos are a clinic!!!
@@MorganBrown Hi Morgan, I watched both your videos. Looks like you had a great time. You have good instincts. Two things you might do. Especially in the cave, is it possible the camera wasn't set on auto-focus? It really looked like a focus issue rather than just not enough light. Try shooting full auto and auto focus. It's happened to me, so it could be you didn't see it underwater. Also for both videos, slow down your camera movements. Move at 1/4 the speed you think that would look good. Even if you have to move to catch something, move really slow, or edit out any movements between good shots. Then all will be perfect. I really do believe that the issue in the cenote was a camera focus issue, not you.
@@DrewAKaplan To be honest, I can't guarantee the focus settings. I've hardly ever used that camera previously, and with the waterproof housing (and my farsightedness!), it's even more difficult. I completely agree with the part about moving too quickly. I was turning the video on and off. I bought a 1 TB card, so am hoping just to leave the camera on for the entire dive, so I can focus on moving smoothly. I also got a pair of 10,000 lumen lights, so that can't hurt! 😂The best part about sucking as a videographer is that I "have to" go back underwater to improve!
If you look at the sign at the entrance, only a very small amount of the cenote is considered a "cave", and I don't think any of the marked lines are in the "cave". Most of the cenote is considered "cavern". I think we always had at least 8 feet of vertical clearance.
Cenote/Caverns in Riviera Maya are amazing! Thanks for the video!
Awesome. Thanks for sharing. We did this dude yesterday and it was spectacular. I had a GoPro, but my flashlight wasn’t enough to produce well-lit footage. You definitely had a good setup.
Amazing video
Great vid! I’m diving Dos Ojos next week, that was an awesome preview!
Felicidades ala gente que vive serca de los cenotes dos ojos deberían de echar de todo tipo de pezcados en los cenotes saludos desde Jalisco México
Very beautiful
Made my first attempt at cenote videography today and you beat me hands down! I read that you used. 24mm lens and a 15000 lumen light. What camera? I was using an Olympus point and shoot with a pair of 1500 lumen lights on a mount
Loved diving the Cenotes. If you're there, try to do Hells Bells, it's awesome and if they've opened Pet Cemetery it's wonderful too. But Dos Ojos is great. I only use an Olympus TG-5 (now 6), so just a point and shoot. I have A Sony RX100 V and VII, but they can overheat on long dives so I use the Olympus which normally I use for MACRO. Enjoy. Wish I was there with you.
@@DrewAKaplan Interesting, I also have a TG-6. It does pretty well in full sunlight, but not as well in these conditions: ua-cam.com/video/x1EWryPwcaA/v-deo.html
It's pretty clear that lack of light was my limiting constraint here. I will look into buying one of these "Big Blues" for the cenotes.
We came to Cancun on this trip for the reef dives, and we got one done on Thursday April 25, but they closed the harbor due to wind. And honestly, it was unpleasantly rough on the drive to MUSA and Atlantis Reef, but I got some OK video: ua-cam.com/video/SnTuY3R1yfc/v-deo.html
I think I still could have benefitted from a stronger light. Any tips you are willing to share would be appreciated. Your videos are a clinic!!!
@@MorganBrown Hi Morgan, I watched both your videos. Looks like you had a great time. You have good instincts. Two things you might do. Especially in the cave, is it possible the camera wasn't set on auto-focus? It really looked like a focus issue rather than just not enough light. Try shooting full auto and auto focus. It's happened to me, so it could be you didn't see it underwater. Also for both videos, slow down your camera movements. Move at 1/4 the speed you think that would look good. Even if you have to move to catch something, move really slow, or edit out any movements between good shots. Then all will be perfect. I really do believe that the issue in the cenote was a camera focus issue, not you.
@@DrewAKaplan To be honest, I can't guarantee the focus settings. I've hardly ever used that camera previously, and with the waterproof housing (and my farsightedness!), it's even more difficult. I completely agree with the part about moving too quickly. I was turning the video on and off. I bought a 1 TB card, so am hoping just to leave the camera on for the entire dive, so I can focus on moving smoothly. I also got a pair of 10,000 lumen lights, so that can't hurt! 😂The best part about sucking as a videographer is that I "have to" go back underwater to improve!
Nice see my videos in the same cenote
Watch the bubbles going up at 50 seconds in, they become a shapely pair legs and feet rising into the ceiling.
WOW
How much of this is cavern vs cave?
@Vincent submarinismo hmm I'm not sure that definition is correct!
If you look at the sign at the entrance, only a very small amount of the cenote is considered a "cave", and I don't think any of the marked lines are in the "cave". Most of the cenote is considered "cavern". I think we always had at least 8 feet of vertical clearance.