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Couldn't get it to work

Couldn't get it to work

Aymen said:
Here's a short sample of three clips of a thornback ray, atlantic halibut and northern wolffish in Norway. Shot at 4K with a Sigma 15 - 30 zoom and an Aquatica flat port. The lens (when in focus, I had no focus control that day!) is quite sharp, but the lack of coating on the flat port is quite evident in the shot of the halibut passing.

Will post some more shots soon.

Amund

link:
http://public.me.com/amundlie

link:
http://public.me.com/amundlie
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Hey Aymen,

could get the page but the movie wouldn't open, would love to see it.

Best,
Frazier Nivens, Ocean Imaging
 
Oceanic Ports 4 of them

Oceanic Ports 4 of them

Monteiro said:
I am using a 6" acrylic dome in a modified Oceanic port that I used to use on my Betacam housing. I tried to find a still camera port with a big enough opening to fit the 18-50 Red lens which has a 4.5" front diameter but couldn't find one so I just ordered some new acrylic domes from my favorite compass manufacturer and went with something I knew would work. I am still open to suggestions on ports. I haven't ever tried glass. Right after I did the shark hypnosis segment we got all the other divers out of the water and speared a fish in an effort to start a feeding frenzy. One of the sharks hit the dome so hard that I thought he broke it. I'll post that footage if you are interested. As far as rental is concerned, for now I will be renting it as a package with me as the operator or assistant. There are so many things that can go wrong in the underwater arena that I would hate to be responsible for someone losing a camera or worse. You can contact me directly for rates.

george@msolutions.tv
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George,

I've access to several ports that were used on a really good condition Oceanic Hydro 35 housing, one is a 8 inch dome, a flat port and several extension ports. There are also TWO smaller domed extension ports also that fit the same housing. I can email you photos of these if you know of someone who needs them and can use them on a video housing. There's also a almost new Hydro 35 housing with a old Nikon F1 inside and Nikkor 105 Macro.

All are in good condition.

Anyway from the look of your housing the extension domed port looks very similar to what you were using on your housing.

If you're interested in seeing the ports let me know.

Frazier Nivens, Ocean Imaging
 
Hey Frazier,

Do you have Quicktime 7? I have posted a Windows Media version too, hope you can download and open that. There's a gamma shift between the two, but I guess it looks better on a pc that way anyway.

Amund
 
FYI: I will be on an orca expedition the coming week, and shooting with the new glass dome from Aquavideo and my old Arri 12mm T2.1. Will post footage from that as soon as I can (next weekend, maybe sooner)

Amund

http://www.stromsholmen.no/?pageID=234
 
Ocean Imaging said:
Hey Aymen,

could get the page but the movie wouldn't open, would love to see it.

Best,
Frazier Nivens, Ocean Imaging
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There's a small download arrow on the right side of the movie title. You have to download it to your computer. It's not setup to play in your browser.

At least that's how I got it to work!
 
Here are some photos of the Deep Red Housing.
deepred.jpg


deepred-back.jpg


deepred-open.jpg
 
Thanks for the pictures, Joe.

What is the weight of the housing? Do you envisage having a top handle?
 
Hello Pawel,

The housing is 55lbs. Production models will be slightly more as we finalize buoyancy.

The housing will include two top carry handles. You can carry yourself or with a buddy.

J-
 
GATES said:
The housing is 55lbs. Production models will be slightly more as we finalize buoyancy.
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Thanks, Joe. Is it with or without camera, batteries, etc...?
 
R1 housing for hire (April 6th to 14th) ?

R1 housing for hire (April 6th to 14th) ?

Hello,

Anybody in the UK with a R1 housing for hire (housing only) ? Please PM me if you can help.

Regards
 
jfholley said:
Here's a couple more photos of the Gates Deep Red housing.
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So it is 24 thousand smackaroonies. Not too bad if it does the job right. Is it compatible or can it be easily made comatible with Scarlet and Epic?

Is the monitor housing available separately? Is it for the small LCD or the 7" Pro?
 
Pawel Achtel said:
So it is 24 thousand smackaroonies. Not too bad if it does the job right. Is it compatible or can it be easily made comatible with Scarlet and Epic?

Is the monitor housing available separately? Is it for the small LCD or the 7" Pro?
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Considering the capabilities, the $24,000.00 is definitely reasonable. I am itching to get one of these in the water.

Definitely too early to know if it will be at all compatible with Scarlet or Epic, but I'm sure Gates will be looking at all possiblities.

The monitor housing is for the smaller 5" monitor. I am not sure if Gates will sell it separately, but John watches these forums and may be able to give some insight.
 
jfholley said:
Considering the capabilities, the $24,000.00 is definitely reasonable. I am itching to get one of these in the water.

Definitely too early to know if it will be at all compatible with Scarlet or Epic, but I'm sure Gates will be looking at all possiblities.

The monitor housing is for the smaller 5" monitor. I am not sure if Gates will sell it separately, but John watches these forums and may be able to give some insight.
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yah, 24K may be reasonable but for my uses I am going to need something much less expensive for scarlet at this rate as there is just no way I can justify that kind of outlay at this point.
 
Beautiful work on the housing as expected from Gates. I think the reason why you don't see the red LCD is because there is simply no advantage given the restrictions of the LEMO cable that would come out of the housing adn into the LCD.

I would rather see Gates house the EVF and offer that as an option. I know that it can be done using the red LEMO cable, but not sure if that means you now have a permanently attached EVF.
 
I may be in a small minority, but I would rather have a housed CRT than a LCD monitor for most applications. I find a CRT easier to focus and judge exposure. Just my two.
 
BajaProductions said:
I think the reason why you don't see the red LCD is because there is simply no advantage given the restrictions of the LEMO cable that would come out of the housing adn into the LCD.
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Not sure what restrictions of LEMO connectors you are referring to. It is my understanding that the monitor in Deep Red is the Red LCD (5"). I would certainly see it as an advantage if the Pro 7" LCD was available too. I am sure the monitor housing would not be much different than for the 5", just slightly larger.

Other questions I have:

  • Can the housing accept lens filters and how?
  • What is the cost of additional extension tubes allowing other lens, say MP14, UP8R, Macro, etc...?
 
My mistake after looking at the specs Gates does use the red LCD. However i "think" it is standard def out to the monitor. The Lemo on the red connectors are some crazy bulk of shielded wires that makes is extremely difficult to reproduce for a bulkhead fitting and not many folks that do that work out there....at least at a price that's affordable.
 
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