The SILVERFISH is a new underwater housing for camcorders having LANC-control. The housing fits over 100 different camcorders, is manufactured by RWE Mechatronics and will be delivered by AVD Videoproduktion GmbH.
Continue reading for full press release.
The Sea and Sea DX8000G is an 8-megapixel compact, underwater photography system, made up of the camera, the compact polycarbonate case, a bayonet mount .6x wideangle lens, and a lens caddy made to mount onto the strobe arm. The camera uses the same 8 megapixel sensor used in the larger prosumer cameras like the Sony 828 and the Olympus 8080, however this unit is considerably smaller.
Wetpixel user wagsy has posted some sample videos of his first dive with the Sony FX1 HD camcorder in an Amphibico Phenom FX1 underwater housing. Videos range from a few megabytes to one that is nearly 200 megabytes! Grab ‘em before his host shuts him down for excessive bandwidth usage. :)
Also on his website are images showing the resolution difference between HD and miniDV.
In North America, Kasey Canton was the first person to take delivery of a Seacam Nikon D2x housing.
“The description of a “transparent” housing couldn’t be more accurate. If you are comfortable with the D2 camera, you’ll be shooting this housing with comfort in no time. The wheels an buttons are exactly where you’d expect them to be, and you never need to take your hands from the handles.”
Join us in the forums to see photos and a first impression.
It took only a couple liveaboard trips to convince me that there had to be an easier solution to downloading photos from the camera. Opening the housing after each dive, and either swapping out the memory card, or plugging in a USB cable to the side of the camera, was not only an inconvenience, but exposed the housing to an increased chance that a small hair or other contaminant might land on the main o-ring, leading to a flood. With the long battery life of the majority of dSLR cameras, the size of the memory card becomes the limiting factor, and with RAW files on some cameras breaking 15mb, one can only shoot so many pictures before the card fills up. Determined, I set about trying to find a way to transfer files over USB through the housing. This article describes the author’s design (Matt Segal), which makes USB downloading of photos THROUGH the housing a reality.
We have received 2 photos of the prototype Aquatica D2x housing. As you can see from this photos, this unit is machined from solid, much like units from Subal and UK-Germany. The photos show the unit after machining and assembly, but it is not painted yet. The housing is designed to work with all of the available Aquatica bayonet mount ports and other accessories. MSRP is reported to be $2,999
Sport Diver Magazine is using public voting to help them choose a cover for their next issue, the Photo Annual. Click through and vote, if you have an opinion! :)
This is a little late, but ScubaDiving.com has announced the winners of its 2005 Photo Contest. Congratulations to Wetpixel members Ralph Oberlander and Todd Mintz for receiving honorable mentions!
Tom & Therisa Stack, who have been using the Canon 20D Digital SLR in an Aquatica A20 underwater housing for their commercial shoots, go over the features and benefits of shooting with the housing and camera combination. Included are detailed housing photographs and sample images taken with the rig.
I really didn’t want to do it but I had no choice. I waited like a faithful puppy for Nikon to jump on the bandwagon and kick Canon’s rear but it never happened. I just became an old dog while everyone else was shooting bigger and faster with their Canon cameras.
When Jim Watt showed up in Palau as one of the judges for the underwater photo contest this year with a 10-22mm zoom for his new Canon 20D camera, that was the last straw. The D100s were bid a fond farewell as they served me well. The wonderful 10.5mm lens found a good home as did the 12-24 Nikkor. I cleaned house and restocked with Canon 20D bodies.
So, this is a story of both switching from Nikon to Canon and my first experiences with the Aquatica A20…