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I have a Gopro Hero 3 camera that I got to use for making videos with better clarity than my other camera.
However, after making a couple of videos with the camera, I realized that the fisheye lens in the camera had too much distortion for the kind of videos that I want to make, so I went back to using the other camera. I found a video on youtube that explained how to go about changing the lens on the Gopro to a non fisheye lens, so I did a search on ebay for a replacement lens. There are several different types of lenses available for the Gopro cameras, from wide fisheye to 90 degree field of view. I bought a lens for the camera, and then did nothing with it for 2 months. I finally got up the nerve and ambition to take apart the camera and replace the lens, which is a bit tricky, but I got it done.
This is my first video with the Gopro, to test the new lens. I think the clarity of this video is a lot better than my other camera.
I decided to make a video about my gold prospecting equipment that I have. I don't have a lot of equipment, but it's enough to go out to the local streams and get wet anyway. The area where I live is not known to have any gold except very minor amounts of tiny flakes of what is called glacial till gold. It's basically the little bits of gold that were in the gravel that the glaciers left behind when they retreated. If you're really lucky, you might find one or two flakes in a gravel bar on a local creek. At least panning in the local creeks is good practice for if I take a trip out west.
The only known gold in Michigan's Upper Peninsula is up in the north central part of the U.P. west and north of Marquette, mostly in the Yellow Dog River. That area is pretty sparse, not like creeks out west. Another complication up there is that most of the land up there is private land, and you can't just go out an pan in the creeks there. Also, the state of Michigan is a bit restrictive about gold panning in general.
So anyways, after the extended explanation, here's the link to the video.
Thanks for stopping by my page to check out the video! I hope you found it interesting!
