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Hi, is the scooter still for sale? Cheers, Dirk

It would be great if one of the housing vendors (Nauticam, Recsea, Ikelite) would comment on the suitability of this camera for underwater. Especially in combination with external lenses (wide and macro). I would use it primarely for video with some occasional photography, and I live in Canada...

I am also considering to pull the trigger in the mkIII (I do plan to shoot video), but would like to see an annoucement first from Nauticam on a housing.

OK, no need to speculate. We can wait until more real details come out. But aside for the family, I do feel for the charter operator. It's been a while but I remember a charter operator around Sechelt who stopped taking technical divers for a few years as he couldn't handle anymore them dying on...

It does to me... Either he was part of the team, and splitting up at 160 would be very bad planning, or he was solo, and if so I would question the dive charter why they allowed this. Just trying to figure out what happened, as it does affect the whole community here. To many scuba fatalities in...

So was the third diver diving solo? To 160ft?

Thanks for yoiur opinion. when I look at the majority of my footage (example: https://vimeo.com/32423345), it's mostly wide views, wrecks, underwater vista's, etc... I did have a macro lens for my Patima housing but almost never used it as I did not want to shoot a whole dive with macro, and...

Hi, I currently use a Sony HDR XR-500V in a Patima Housing (no manual white balance or internal filter) with a wet Inon Wide Angle lens and two 24 Watt Darkbuster HID lights. The setup did a good job, but I recently got a scratch on my wide angle lens, lost an expernal filter, and basically...

Very nicely done.. what camera, housing and lights are you using... Cheers, Dirk

Hi guys, I also want to mention the Patima Smart housing for this camcorder. I have the Smart 2 for the Sony XR500 and have been very pleased with it. Build like a tank, with electronic controls. Although no one push white balance, you can do manual white balance via the menu (menu is fully...

The Ikelite filter came with a rubber ring, but that wasn't a good solution. And if you take something that you slips on the lens, you need a good spot to place it when not on the lens, like a holder. Othwerwise it just floats around, with risk of scratches, or the filter getting loose and come...

It seems the hood is specific to the lens, so will probably not work for my lens. But the filter sheet might work if I build the holder myself... Any other ideas out there?

Thanks Steve! Pretty close to what I'm looking for. I'll have to check if it can work with my wide angle lens. Cheers, Dirk

Hi all, I have a Patima Smart 2 housing for a Sony XR500 camera. With this housing I use a Inon UWL-100 wet wide angle lens. The patima housing is a great housing for it's price, but does not have an internal flip filter such as on the L&M housings. I purchased the external Ikelite UR-PRO...

What about these lights? AQUABOX,UWBOX - underwater housings.LED UNI 50W.LED torch. Seems like an awesome deal for a 50 Watt LED Canister Video light... Dirk

Hi all, anybody any experience or opinion on the following lights? AQUABOX,UWBOX - underwater housings.LED UNI 50W.LED torch. 4 LED Newest Genaration Dive Light by L4M (35 Watt HID) - eBay (item 120598118995 end time Aug-18-10 14:33:34 PDT) (lights made by L4M Both have very good prices...

Sorry to say, but it looks to me that it was the opposite. Deep air diving to 200 ft already seems pretty crazy to me. Don't tell me you didn't get narced at those depths (I would use 18/45 for a 200 ft dive). Adding a video camera to the mix, with the additional task loading that goes with...

I would also talk about lighting and the problem with hot spots. Some of the people you are talking to will not shoot video but will be the budy of someone shooting video. If you are shooting a certain subject with diffused lights or ambiant light, and your buddy points his strong focussed light...

A longer video from a dive this weekend: Tuwanek on Vimeo Viz was better this dive (not the tropics but within reason for BC), but I did have some White Balance issues I have to work on. Close up shots or shots at deep deths where good, but closer to the surfase, I had a strong green cast...

I received the housing and did a quick dive to test it. Test results can be seen at: Test Patima Smart 2 Housing and Sony XR500 on Vimeo Patima 2 Smart Housing with Sony XR500 and Inon UWL-100 Achromat Wide Conversion Lens Lights: 2 x 24 Watt Darkbuster on Inon Mega Float Arms M Filmed...