Otter Box for Cheap DV Housing

"Marshall Karp" <marshallkarp@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:<RsF0e.13264$wL6.10354@trnddc03>...
> Since Otter Boxes are rated to 100 feet, couldn't one get a clear one, turn
> your digital video camera on, put it inside, and use it as a reliable, but
> inexpensive, underwater housing?

Had one down to 35 meter with a DV cam in it - 12 dives and it hasn't
flooded (yet!!!)

On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 14:11:19 GMT in uk.rec.scuba, Marshall Karp says:

>Any thoughts on how
>to make a strobe work inside of an otterbox? The on-off would have to be
>controlled someway to save battery power.

Magnet and reed relay maybe

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"Ian Blakeley" <boots@despammed.com> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 14:11:19 GMT in uk.rec.scuba, Marshall Karp says:
>
>>Any thoughts on how
>>to make a strobe work inside of an otterbox? The on-off would have to be
>>controlled someway to save battery power.
>
> Magnet and reed relay maybe

Yes - works well, until you drop the magnet of course :)

The alternative is to keep the flash on all the time. It won't consume much
power if it's not being used. Depends on the flashgun. A suck-and-see
affair, depending on your flashgun.

Ken

ChristianG <christiangerzner@mac.com> wrote:

>
> I'm curious, what's a "thyristor controlled auto flashgun"? I've never
> heard of one of these,

Thyristor controlled flashguns have been around for many years and
virtually all generic auto flash's use thyristor control. What it does
is to stop the flash when the exposure is correct, preserving the
ballance of the charge. Hence the recycle time is greatly shortened.

In the past flash's dumped the charce not used so recycle time was
consistant, and long.

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