Thank you for sharing these tips. As someone else said, the camera IS waterproof to 10m without the front lens cover, but it will not focus without that flat piece of glass (thanks to the physics of optics).
Great tips, Just a comment on 4:23 I have accidentally left the door off the Gopro 5 Black and dove into a fresh water lake (was under maybe 5 seconds) The camera did stop working but I pulled out the battery and SD card, shook it to get as much water out as possible straight away. Left them to dry for a couple of hours in the sun. Then put the camera, battery and SD card next to a hair dryer for about an hour on a warm setting and the camera is working fine. The battery drains a bit quicker now and the SD card still works (although the footage on it when submersed is gone) BUT just a heads up, the camera can still be saved :)
Throw a bunch of /dry/ rice into something dunked like that. Or surround the device with dry rice, as long as it gets down inside the device. Blow out what water you can first. Leave the rice in for at least several hours or, better, overnight. Rice absorbs moisture very nicely and you have a good meal afterward. Kidding about the meal - who likes cold rice? Seriously, rice is a very good "rescue" desiccant.
the little pacs that come with shoes and such work even better than rice, I save them any time we get anything that has them.need fewer and easier to keep some in a zip lock baggie in the glove box.
Hi Mr. Air ! First I’d like to say I’m 65 1/2 yrs old. My beloved relatives bought this cam for me for a Christmas present in 2019. I’ve taken tons of pics / vids . That door that has the usb charger slot popped off and I couldn’t get it back on for almost 4 months. I live in central Florida so,it rains here almost every day. I was terrified that I would get water inside . For months and months I’ve been trying to cram , push ,.. force that door back so I could use it outside. THANKS To YOU ! I was able to get it back on !!! Today is fri. Jul 3 2020. Your my GoPro HERO ! Thank you! Happy 4th. Of July !!!
Thank you!!!!!! I haven't been able to put that charging cap back on since day one I took it off which was almost two years ago. BUT I PUT IT BACK ON TODAY!!!!! THANK YOU!!!!! I"M WHOLE NOW
This video was all worth it just on the tip on how to get that side door back on that covers the USB port. SOB, I thought I had broken the housing the first day. Thanks All Photography.
Just received my hero 5 black today. Thanks so much for the tips. videos well done and easy to follow. Sound is great. will be looking forward to more videos.
@@AirPhotography Hello! Thank you for the great video. My GoPro Hero 5 screen is not working. Is there a way to access all the settings via LCD? I can only access 4 sets of settings, photo camera, video camera, photos and timer (?). I am hoping I could connect my Go Pro to Go Pro app, but that only can be done via accessing some settings. Is there a way to access these settings? Thank you.
Great job! Your video did not have a long prelude. Your video and audio quality is good. Your TIPS and content are JUST what I was looking for "Tips and Tricks" THANK YOU! I liked the front LCD tip and the battery saver the most but ALL were helpful. Thank you [edit] The detailed tip on putting the door back on --- VERY NICE TOUCH! Good to know [/edit]
+Patrick Hayes yes that is one of my favourite features on the new go pro. If you're heading to the beach for the day you don't have to worry about lugging a lot of extra equipment around
Great Review! I just got one and had trouble figuring it out (i.e. the force required to open the doors and take them off)I didn't want to break it😉. Thanks for the help.
Thanks for the tips. I didn't realize I could remove the door, that's SO useful, and a feature I really missed about my hero 4. Got any tips for preventing handling noise from transmitting to the hero 5? Most of my audio is unusable if I'm touching the mount it's connected to. My hero 4 never had that problem. I've tried switching the audio between wind reduction and stereo, but it's still awful. Any tips would be greatly appreciated, I really miss my hero 4 now.
+The More We Explore yes I have read on many different forums that that is a common issue. For the most part the only way to stop that is with an external mike. I have not tried it personally but you can go into settings and play around with the audio settings maybe that will make a difference
Do not know your name, but you are the best instructor on Hero 5 black I have found on this site. I do have a few questions; Do you have to reset the date and time every time you change the battery? Also, I think you said that if you powered the cam off, you could start it to recording again by pressing the power on button at the top and then it would go back to power off. Is this right? Also do other settings stay the way you left them when you change batteries (FPM, Resolution and so forth? Like I said, "yours is the best yet as you go slow and explain it just right". I will come back to your site all the time now. I think you would recommend it but is the 1080 at 60 what you would use for jeep roads/trails and if I want to play a tune and describe things on the trail, do I leave the voice on or off or does the cam auto record things like that? Thanks.
I spoke to GoPro about removing the lens cover due to fog and they told me it is safe to use without it underwater, but just in care I am keeping a copy of the email
Its a great little device, but if you're using it for rough sports, I recommend getting gopro's protection and dive housing. It usually dents around the lens area.
Once you remove the protective filter the O-ring should replace it with a new one to ensure that it remains waterproof, I think they are one time removable only.
With the design it can be removed multiple times. It was designed like this because some of the go pro accessories such as the super suit you must remove the lens before it will fit in the casing.
or put in in a vice. :-) hey does that dive suit can go either way? that power pack is so handy, can get for 25$ at COSTCO. display has bigger font size now, awesome.
I didn't use much force in opening the side door and removing it the exact same way you did but on the first go it went fine but the piece that holds to the railing broke off in half. I find it a little silly but non the less i had no choice but to buy more.
Great tips, Got my first gopro ever and its a 5 last month and used it good for a month, Its now broken so I'm waiting for a replacement. Good tips, i love the voice commands but good to know to turn it off for batter saving.
+Faldoable The wireless connection just allows you to connect to remotes like the smart remote or the new remo remote. In addition it also allows you to connect to the Capture app on your smart phone. Disabling it will not change the function of the camera whatsoever and can be turn back on at any time to allow you to connect to your phone or a remote
I was wondering about the lcd screen and the area around it. I just got my gopro hero 5 black and I noticed that there is a lot of irregularities around the lcd screen. I am specifically talking about the very thin space between the lcd screen and the plastic housing. In the depression on top and bottom I see a lot of these little irregularities that look like the plastic it attaches to is not flat and even like it probably should be. Anyone else seeing this on theirs?
Air Photography Would be really practical. Imagine being in your car on a roadtrip, you tell the camera to start recording for an interesting stretch of the road, and then stop it when you stop the car eventually, while profiting from the longer battery-life without voice-commands. But then again, I doubt that voice-commands work with the noise of the engine in the backround.
+Max S. I think that could be achieved using the remo remote. It's a voice command remote for the go Pro and I could hear your voice commands from within the cabin of the vehicle
Thank you for sharing these tips.
As someone else said, the camera IS waterproof to 10m without the front lens cover, but it will not focus without that flat piece of glass (thanks to the physics of optics).
You're very meticulous to give ALL THE SMALLEST DETAILS!! Really appreciate that thank you :)
Great I’m glad you enjoyed it 🙂
Thanks for all the tips! Just recently got a GoPro myself, will be taking it to my adventures to SEA and South America this summer!
Great tips, Just a comment on 4:23 I have accidentally left the door off the Gopro 5 Black and dove into a fresh water lake (was under maybe 5 seconds) The camera did stop working but I pulled out the battery and SD card, shook it to get as much water out as possible straight away. Left them to dry for a couple of hours in the sun. Then put the camera, battery and SD card next to a hair dryer for about an hour on a warm setting and the camera is working fine. The battery drains a bit quicker now and the SD card still works (although the footage on it when submersed is gone) BUT just a heads up, the camera can still be saved :)
+Alex McLeod Great… I'm glad you were able to save your camera. I'm sure many will be interested to know that
Throw a bunch of /dry/ rice into something dunked like that. Or surround the device with dry rice, as long as it gets down inside the device. Blow out what water you can first. Leave the rice in for at least several hours or, better, overnight. Rice absorbs moisture very nicely and you have a good meal afterward. Kidding about the meal - who likes cold rice? Seriously, rice is a very good "rescue" desiccant.
the little pacs that come with shoes and such work even better than rice, I save them any time we get anything that has them.need fewer and easier to keep some in a zip lock baggie in the glove box.
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Hi Mr. Air ! First I’d like to say I’m 65 1/2 yrs old. My beloved relatives bought this cam for me for a Christmas present in 2019. I’ve taken tons of pics / vids . That door that has the usb charger slot popped off and I couldn’t get it back on for almost 4 months. I live in central Florida so,it rains here almost every day. I was terrified that I would get water inside . For months and months I’ve been trying to cram , push ,.. force that door back so I could use it outside. THANKS To YOU ! I was able to get it back on !!! Today is fri. Jul 3 2020. Your my GoPro HERO ! Thank you! Happy 4th. Of July !!!
sir its waterproof even without that slot
Great tips. Just bought mine. Sweet pawn shop deal with all the goodies. Still learnin. ♥️
Thank you!!!!!! I haven't been able to put that charging cap back on since day one I took it off which was almost two years ago. BUT I PUT IT BACK ON TODAY!!!!! THANK YOU!!!!! I"M WHOLE NOW
Reducing the display brightness will also safe some battery....
👍
This video was all worth it just on the tip on how to get that side door back on that covers the USB port. SOB, I thought I had broken the housing the first day. Thanks All Photography.
+MIGEL- NOREEN Valadez thanks for watching my video I'm glad it helped you out :)
Finally a good video that dosent talk about random small things he talks about useful things thanks
+David Mano thanks for the feedback and thanks for watching :)
Just received my hero 5 black today. Thanks so much for the tips. videos well done and easy to follow. Sound is great. will be looking forward to more videos.
+Jim Tarrant thank you I'm glad you found them useful
Didn't know about that he front LCD and changing settings! Thanks..
+RenMan_inJapan thanks for watching and I'm glad you found it useful
it`s a really important trick! Thank you!
Hi dear
@@AirPhotography Hello! Thank you for the great video. My GoPro Hero 5 screen is not working. Is there a way to access all the settings via LCD? I can only access 4 sets of settings, photo camera, video camera, photos and timer (?). I am hoping I could connect my Go Pro to Go Pro app, but that only can be done via accessing some settings. Is there a way to access these settings? Thank you.
Just got my 1st GoPro and I enjoy learning these tricks!!! Thank you
+Rafael Hernandez you're welcome I'm glad you found them useful :)
Thank You so much 😊
Accessing setting was helpful.
My touch screen was f’d up. At least I use like this now
Thanks for the vid, the side door removal and screen lock are super useful 👍
Great job! Your video did not have a long prelude. Your video and audio quality is good. Your TIPS and content are JUST what I was looking for "Tips and Tricks" THANK YOU!
I liked the front LCD tip and the battery saver the most but ALL were helpful.
Thank you
[edit] The detailed tip on putting the door back on --- VERY NICE TOUCH! Good to know [/edit]
+tanjentsdotcom that's great I'm glad you found it helpful :)
Thank you! You probably saved my door!
Thank you so much! I was having trouble removing the door thanks for your help!
Thanks for the video. I didn't know about the front LCD screen for changing settings either.
Great tips. I really like that the 5 is waterproof without additional housing.
+Patrick Hayes yes that is one of my favourite features on the new go pro. If you're heading to the beach for the day you don't have to worry about lugging a lot of extra equipment around
it is not really. some people got water damage with gopro 5 and 6. there are still waterproof case for gopro 5 6 7. so under condition.
Thanks for your instructive video, it gave me the courage to open the box and try out my new hero5. 🤗
+Har Fish great :)
I just got my 1st GoPro. Hero Black 5 and this was very useful.
+dee lee Thanks and enjoy your new camera :-)
Great Review! I just got one and had trouble figuring it out (i.e. the force required to open the doors and take them off)I didn't want to break it😉. Thanks for the help.
+XRAY MOVIES i'm glad you found it helpful :)
Thanks for the great tips! Just got my Hero 5 and ready to embark on its first adventure
+Newton Dixon Jr that's great. I'm glad you found my video helpful and enjoy your new GoPro :)
Thank you for the tips easy quick and straight to the point
These tips are very much appreciated. Invaluable. Thank you Sir!
Some very good tips that I found quite useful. Thanks for sharing!
+Matt Case thanks for watching I'm glad you found it useful :)
just bought my Hero 5 today, found this really useful.. thanks :)
+TheLaw Great I'm glad it helped thanks for watching
OMG! Thank God for UA-cam videos! Thanks for sharing how to do this!
+Lynn Franklin that's great I'm glad you liked it
detecting door tip is really helpfully and so is the front screen on.
Hey thank you so much for making this video!! I didn't know the GoPro's door could come off or the lens
+Daniel Rojas that's great I'm glad you found it useful thanks for watching
Great video that highlights useful tips! Thanks for putting it out here!
+Fred Boekhorst thanks for watching I am glad you found it useful I have a part two coming hopefully soon
good vid, thanks for letting me know how to take the front lens cover off.
Great Video/Tutorial
Thank YOU for sharing
One at home...Love it!
Omg thank you so much I couldn’t figure out how to get that cover for where you charge back on and you solved my problem ty ty ty
Great I’m glad it helped you
Thanks for the tips. I didn't realize I could remove the door, that's SO useful, and a feature I really missed about my hero 4. Got any tips for preventing handling noise from transmitting to the hero 5? Most of my audio is unusable if I'm touching the mount it's connected to. My hero 4 never had that problem. I've tried switching the audio between wind reduction and stereo, but it's still awful. Any tips would be greatly appreciated, I really miss my hero 4 now.
+The More We Explore yes I have read on many different forums that that is a common issue. For the most part the only way to stop that is with an external mike. I have not tried it personally but you can go into settings and play around with the audio settings maybe that will make a difference
Fantastic tips and tricks!!! Thanks a lot!!!
Love this camera
Do not know your name, but you are the best instructor on Hero 5 black I have found on this site. I do have a few questions; Do you have to reset the date and time every time you change the battery? Also, I think you said that if you powered the cam off, you could start it to recording again by pressing the power on button at the top and then it would go back to power off. Is this right? Also do other settings stay the way you left them when you change batteries (FPM, Resolution and so forth? Like I said, "yours is the best yet as you go slow and explain it just right". I will come back to your site all the time now. I think you would recommend it but is the 1080 at 60 what you would use for jeep roads/trails and if I want to play a tune and describe things on the trail, do I leave the voice on or off or does the cam auto record things like that? Thanks.
Ilove Go Pro soon ill buy Hero 5 Black. More videos Tricks❤
This is great! I learned new tips for my GP5. Thanks a ton!
+E Would Great I am glad it helped :)
thank you from NZ , awesome information and have a great Xmas
+Greg Reed thanks for watching glad you enjoyed and best wishes in the new year :)
Thanks for sharing very helpful. But tip number 1 scared the hell out of me
Great video...... I have seen some of your other videos.... you should have a million subs!
+Fat Matt Outdoors thanks for the kind words :)
I spoke to GoPro about removing the lens cover due to fog and they told me it is safe to use without it underwater, but just in care I am keeping a copy of the email
+Miguel Espinoza that is really good to know thanks for sharing that information
Air Photography but you should only go up to about 10m deep without it.
gREAT VIDEO, SAVED ME A COVER AND TIME. THANKS
+Chris Leitch great 👍I am glad you found it useful
You can use the voice command “GoPro turn on” when it’s off, so that would be why it drains the battery when voice commands are turned on.
Awesome tips. Thanks!
Very useful thanks!
Thank you very much for your spezial Tricks...
+Perry Grentzelos thank you for watching :)
Thanks for the tips. Well done!
+Donner Grigsby thank you
Helpful tips. Thanks for sharing!
+dnmukhra you're welcome I am glad you found it helpful :)
Hero 5 v. Hero 6 for a first time GoPro purchase? Considering a GoPro for underwater snorkeling photographs.
Thanks for sharing these helpful tips.
Great tips, thanks
I am new to gopro, thanks for the tips
+john ackerman you're welcome I hope you found it useful
Thanks for sharing this. 👍
Great video. I learned a lot. Thanks!
+Trapper234 awesome I'm glad it was helpful
Great video, thanks for the tips and tricks!
+Lukas Girzadas your welcome :)
Can you do a video on using your tv to view your videos from the hero 5? Seems to be a pain in the ass.
Thank you for the tips and tricks. I will be getting my Hero5 Black soon and these are good tips and tricks to know. :)
+takeme2urmac thank you and enjoy your hero 5 when you get it :)
Its a great little device, but if you're using it for rough sports, I recommend getting gopro's protection and dive housing. It usually dents around the lens area.
+TaffoTDX a great tip. Thanks :) I have a video coming up soon featuring the hero 5 dive suit/housing
Air Photography thanks, I subscribed!
+TaffoTDX great thanks :)
thanks you!!! i was looking for the 3:52 min problem .. u saved me :D
Pretty helpful video. Thanks
life saver! Thank you
thank you , it helped me alot.
That’s great, I’m glad it helped
Great tips. They also apply to my Hero 7. But I still can't get that dumb lens cover off ! Barry
Thanks just got mine big help
Huge help! Thank you so much!
You are a genius my friend.
One of the few times I actually give a video on youtube a thumb up.
+Dits Rider :) thanks
Very usefull! Thanks!
Great video
Thanks, that was very helpful.
Great tips. thanks a lot Air Photography!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
+ARISTOTELIS LIVANIOS thanks :)
Air Photographs
thanks your video you save my gopro
Amazing thank you! I just pulled mine off by accident, back on in seconds!
awesome.when i first got this i was bummed that i couldn't charge while using it. guess i was wrong. thanks for tip #2
+Brent Watier Great I am glad it helped. I just uploaded a new video today going more in detail about charging while recording
Once you remove the protective filter the O-ring should replace it with a new one to ensure that it remains waterproof, I think they are one time removable only.
With the design it can be removed multiple times. It was designed like this because some of the go pro accessories such as the super suit you must remove the lens before it will fit in the casing.
Good tips mate
+Nick Keenan thanks :)
THANK YOU! for explaining how to re-attach the UPS door. I just received this camera and thought I had broke it. Cheers
or put in in a vice. :-) hey does that dive suit can go either way? that power pack is so handy, can get for 25$ at COSTCO. display has bigger font size now, awesome.
Has anyone ever heard of mattycyclez? He made a hilarious video about the GoPro hero 5 haha . Good tips!!
Great tutorial!
+Jimmy Osalla thanks
I didn't use much force in opening the side door and removing it the exact same way you did but on the first go it went fine but the piece that holds to the railing broke off in half. I find it a little silly but non the less i had no choice but to buy more.
you are my hero!
Awesome! Thank you for the tips!
+Allan Delos Reyes :)
Cheap GoPro Alternative by Folkoutdoor - very good review.
Great tips, Got my first gopro ever and its a 5 last month and used it good for a month, Its now broken so I'm waiting for a replacement. Good tips, i love the voice commands but good to know to turn it off for batter saving.
How did it break?
how did it break fam
CanadianLlama still waiting on your reply..
How did it break?
Thank you
Great tips
Can the hero5 black be used by having the usb c cable plugged in but not having a battery in the gopro itself? Like for use in a car
Thanx for the tips! Would you mind explaining what happends if i turn the wireless connection off, other than save the battery a bit?
+Faldoable The wireless connection just allows you to connect to remotes like the smart remote or the new remo remote. In addition it also allows you to connect to the Capture app on your smart phone. Disabling it will not change the function of the camera whatsoever and can be turn back on at any time to allow you to connect to your phone or a remote
Thanks nice presentation
+Pirmohammad Diwan thanks :)
I was wondering about the lcd screen and the area around it. I just got my gopro hero 5 black and I noticed that there is a lot of irregularities around the lcd screen. I am specifically talking about the very thin space between the lcd screen and the plastic housing. In the depression on top and bottom I see a lot of these little irregularities that look like the plastic it attaches to is not flat and even like it probably should be. Anyone else seeing this on theirs?
Thank goodness
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+Blake Zielke thank you :)
Can you switch off voice commands via a voice command?
+Max S. no you can't but that is a really good idea maybe go pro will introduce that in a firmware update
Air Photography Would be really practical.
Imagine being in your car on a roadtrip, you tell the camera to start recording for an interesting stretch of the road, and then stop it when you stop the car eventually, while profiting from the longer battery-life without voice-commands.
But then again, I doubt that voice-commands work with the noise of the engine in the backround.
+Max S. I think that could be achieved using the remo remote. It's a voice command remote for the go Pro and I could hear your voice commands from within the cabin of the vehicle
good tips, thank you
(your video has sound problems, I activated CC in order to understand.)
+Kayler de Jesús sorry about that some of my earlier videos had some sound issues with my newer ones it has been corrected :)
Awesome thanks ..