Lutfu Tanriover
Forum username: lutfu
Posts: 329
Active years: 2012–2024
Primary forums: Video Gear and Technique, Shooting Technique/Workflow/Editing
Specialization: Underwater videography, Panasonic GH-series cameras, Mediterranean/Turkish waters
Community Role
Lutfu Tanriover is a Turkish underwater videographer and Wetpixel community member active from 2012 to 2024. He is one of the longer-active community members, contributing across 13 years of forum participation. He specializes in underwater video shot in Mediterranean and Turkish waters, using Panasonic GH-series cameras. He won the Video Clips category at the 2018 World Shootout competition.
Competition Success
Tanriover won the Video Clips category at the 2018 World Shootout, with results announced in February 2019 ([1]).
Notable Contributions
GH4 Technical Troubleshooting
Tanriover started a thread about a sound issue with the Panasonic GH4 camera (17 replies), discovering a strange noise in his recordings that community members helped diagnose as potentially related to the autofocus motor of his Panasonic 7-14mm lens ([2]).
Microbialites Documentation
He shared footage of underwater microbialites in Turkey shot with a GH5 and 8mm lens (14 replies), sparking scientific discussion about water temperature, salinity, and the geological significance of these formations ([3]).
Mediterranean Underwater Video
Tanriover produced slow-motion underwater footage from Mediterranean waters using a GH4 (10 replies), drawing appreciation for the natural color rendition. Community members discussed shooting modes and banding issues near sunlight ([4]).
Dive Destination Coverage
He shared dive footage from Malta featuring wrecks including the Um El Faroud, Rozi, and P29 ([5]), and contributed to various threads about video technique and camera issues.
Activity Profile
- Peak years: 2015–2018
- Primary camera system: Panasonic GH4, then GH5
- 77 threads started across Video Gear and Technique and Shooting Technique forums
- Based in Turkey, primarily filming in Mediterranean and Turkish waters
- Competition winner: 2018 World Shootout, Video Clips category
Timeline
- 2012: Joins Wetpixel forum community
- 2013-12: Shares Malta dive footage ([6])
- 2015-09: Documents GH4 sound issue ([7])
- 2016-08: Shares slow-motion Mediterranean footage ([8])
- 2018-07: Documents microbialites in Turkey with GH5 ([9])
- 2019-02: Wins Video Clips category, 2018 World Shootout ([10])
Sources
- Wetpixel article, Feb 1, 2019: 2018 World Shootout Results Announced ↩
- Forum thread: Gh4 Sound Issue ↩
- Forum thread: Microbialites Underwater ↩
- Forum thread: Slow Motion From Mediterranean ↩
- Forum thread: Malta ↩
- Forum thread: Malta ↩
- Forum thread: Gh4 Sound Issue ↩
- Forum thread: Slow Motion From Mediterranean ↩
- Forum thread: Microbialites Underwater ↩
- Wetpixel article, Feb 1, 2019: 2018 World Shootout Results Announced ↩
- GH4 sound issue thread (forum) ↩
- Microbialites underwater thread (forum) ↩
- Slow motion from Mediterranean thread (forum) ↩
- Malta thread (forum) ↩
- 2018 World Shootout results (article) ↩