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With only one thread we are stuck with every topic under the sun spread through these illustriously wet pages.

Never use gloves personally. Warm water diver most of the time.

Cheers,
Mark.
 
Gotta try diving in Norway then Mark :)
My warm-blooded friend who before only went diving in tropical waters all over the world, had a real eye-opener diving last summer off the west coast of Norway with me. What I called mediocre dives was for him the best he ever had.

So, despite donning around 100 - 120 pounds of gear and freezing one's butt off, diving here can't be beat. IMO. Not for wussies though :)
 
Has anyone gotten hold of or tried the new Poseidon Mark VI rebreather? I have an early reservation, but no package waiting at the door yet.

Reviews are better than expected, and apparently they are in the final stages of testing a version for depths down to 150 meters. But I'd like to hear some feedback from users/testers on this forum.
 
Aymen said:
Gotta try diving in Norway then Mark :)
My warm-blooded friend who before only went diving in tropical waters all over the world, had a real eye-opener diving last summer off the west coast of Norway with me. What I called mediocre dives was for him the best he ever had.

So, despite donning around 100 - 120 pounds of gear and freezing one's butt off, diving here can't be beat. IMO. Not for wussies though :)
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Have put a ring around hat point. What macro critters you go there?
 
Well guys I have something for you to read.

John Friday and myself, amongst others, were recently on a shoot in Palau for a pretty ambitious documentary segment due out next year as part of the 'Migrations' series from National Geographic.

At our disposal we had three housing options to work with. It was suggested by our executive producer that we make our experience a public one by sharing our findings with those who take an active interest in underwater applications. Well here we have the final report for you.

This is in no way to be seen as promotional materials for any one of the manufacturers mentioned. It is purely a documentation of our experiences with the housings during the shoot. Being in the fortunate position to play with three of the housings currently available translates that it is only fitting we share these views and experiences with you all.

The .pdf can be found here

Its a link to a link. Some small mp4 sequences of the housings being handled underwater whilst diving the reefs of Palau can also be found here.

Hope all is taken in the non biased way this was put together.
Cheers,
mark.
 
Quick question for you underwater guys:

What do you all think about the Canon 5D2 as an underwater 1080p camera? Are there any affordable housings that would work well for the 5D2?
 
nikon mount at work

nikon mount at work

Not sure what gloves those are. That's Adam shooting and his gloves. But what i do know is that we all prefer to use basic work gloves....they are thinsulate leather outer and 100 gram gloves. But only good to about 25f or so.

Yeah, using the nikon mount lately and we're finding that we like a handful of lenses. Not every lens on the nikon mount is crisp nor holds focus while pulling from one subject to the other---we get image shifting much of the time. However, there are some remarkably nice Nikon lenses like the 20mm prime and 600mm prime to note.

Will be trying more Nikon lenses in the future.
 
5D2 Canon camera UW

5D2 Canon camera UW

Tom said:
Quick question for you underwater guys:

What do you all think about the Canon 5D2 as an underwater 1080p camera? Are there any affordable housings that would work well for the 5D2?
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Shot with the Canon 5D2 and it's auto everything, no real control over what's happening and it also changes ISO on the fly. The image looks good but for me, this feature is a nice addition to a great camera but for shooting video best stick with video cameras. Any kind of long lens on the camera use a tripod, hard to hold steady for video, smaller body, really needs to be steady, any movement is shown.

I think that SeaCam's housing will work for it. Contact Stephen Frink in Key Largo for the housing. Great housing also.

Best,
Frazier Nivens, Ocean Imaging
 
Mark Thorpe said:
Well guys I have something for you to read...
Hope all is taken in the non biased way this was put together.
Cheers,
mark.
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Mark,

Considering you had three housings and cameras, did you manage to get a single picture we could look at? :Yawn:
 
Pawel Achtel said:
Mark,

Considering you had three housings and cameras, did you manage to get a single picture we could look at? :Yawn:
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C'mon mate. You above all people should realize that this was a commercial shoot with an end paying client. All of the footage remains the ownership of that client. While some shooters may not have the integrity or adhere to a strict code of client confidentiality and would be willing to post footage on a public forum I can tell you that neither I nor any of those I worked with on this shoot hold those convictions.

IF in the future I work on a personal project and wish to share that then so be it. At that time you will be free to nit and pick and tell us all what we are doing wrong. Until then please understand our commitment to our respective set of professional ethics.

Johnny, ohh those appendix are a rumblin'. Good chatting with you this morning, hope Alaska is chillin' yer bones.

Cheers,
Mark.
 
RE: Footage from the Palua shoot.

You know that 10 minute RED promo movie that was played at this years NAB and is available to download in the Jim Jannard thread. It has a superb jelly shot that looked like it was from Jellyfish Lake in Palau. So I figured it was a shot from this shoot. No?

George
 
CoralSeaTV said:
RE: Footage from the Palua shoot.

You know that 10 minute RED promo movie that was played at this years NAB and is available to download in the Jim Jannard thread. It has a superb jelly shot that looked like it was from Jellyfish Lake in Palau. So I figured it was a shot from this shoot. No?

George
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It was indeed.....so where ever that might be located....it will show you how the "GATES" housing performed with RED. the Jellyfish on that reel were shot with "Deep Red" of Gates.
 
Mark Thorpe said:
It may have been shot in Palau in that very same lake but not from this shoot. That promo was put together even before this team landed in Palau.

Cheers,
Mark.
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Mark, not to contradict, but I believe I was told that the production company we worked for might have passed some footage on to red.
 
Mark Thorpe said:
Well there ya have it. My life as a mushroom continues......its something about being kept in the dark that kinda attracts me.
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Yes, a fungus we are Mark in the corner of this cruise ship of life.
 
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