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03-24-2005, 04:08 PM
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 Re: Otter Box for Cheap DV Housing "Marshall Karp" <marshallkarp@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:RsF0e.13264$wL6.10354@trnddc03... > Since Otter Boxes are rated to 100 feet, couldn't one get a clear one, > turn > your digital video camera on, put it inside, and use it as a reliable, but > inexpensive, underwater housing? > > I doubt that the material that the case is made of is optically perfect. Keith  |
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03-24-2005, 04:08 PM
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| Re: Otter Box for Cheap DV Housing "Marshall Karp" <marshallkarp@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:RsF0e.13264$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? > > I doubt that the material that the case is made of is optically perfect. Keith |
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03-24-2005, 04:08 PM
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| Re: Otter Box for Cheap DV Housing "Marshall Karp" <marshallkarp@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:RsF0e.13264$wL6.10354@trnddc03... > Since Otter Boxes are rated to 100 feet, couldn't one get a clear one, > turn > your digital video camera on, put it inside, and use it as a reliable, but > inexpensive, underwater housing? > > I doubt that the material that the case is made of is optically perfect. Keith |
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03-24-2005, 04:08 PM
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| Re: Otter Box for Cheap DV Housing "Marshall Karp" <marshallkarp@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:RsF0e.13264$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? > > I doubt that the material that the case is made of is optically perfect. Keith |
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03-24-2005, 04:08 PM
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| Re: Otter Box for Cheap DV Housing "Marshall Karp" <marshallkarp@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:RsF0e.13264$wL6.10354@trnddc03... > Since Otter Boxes are rated to 100 feet, couldn't one get a clear one, > turn > your digital video camera on, put it inside, and use it as a reliable, but > inexpensive, underwater housing? > > I doubt that the material that the case is made of is optically perfect. Keith |
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03-24-2005, 04:08 PM
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| Re: Otter Box for Cheap DV Housing "Marshall Karp" <marshallkarp@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:RsF0e.13264$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? > > I doubt that the material that the case is made of is optically perfect. Keith |
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03-24-2005, 04:44 PM
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| Re: Otter Box for Cheap DV Housing "Keith Manning" <Nospam@tesco.net> wrote in message news:0%F0e.6690$Ww.1800@newsfe3-win.ntli.net... > > "Marshall Karp" <marshallkarp@hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:RsF0e.13264$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? >> >> > > I doubt that the material that the case is made of is optically perfect. Indeed not - but I've been toying with the idea of putting a flashgun in one. Optical perfection is not necessary for THAT purpose. Sync can occur by flash slave. The only disadvantage I can see is that it would not be possible to vary the output of the flashgun once inside the box. OTOH a thyristor-controlled flashgun ought to work in automatic mode while in such a housing, unlike the majority of UW flashguns which are manual only, unless you get cable-syncd which cost arms and legs. Like this you could well end up with a fairly neat flash system which operates automatically at a fraction of the cost of a factory solution, and can be used without modification with a wide variety of cameras. I've been considering the Vivitar DX12 and the Sunpak Remote Lite II. These are made for the increasing number of digicams without hot shoe or cable sync - the precise (functional) state of most digicams once in their housing. They have slaves built-in, and are made to ignore pre-flashes. Any thoughts, anyone? Ken |
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03-24-2005, 04:44 PM
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| Re: Otter Box for Cheap DV Housing "Keith Manning" <Nospam@tesco.net> wrote in message news:0%F0e.6690$Ww.1800@newsfe3-win.ntli.net... > > "Marshall Karp" <marshallkarp@hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:RsF0e.13264$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? >> >> > > I doubt that the material that the case is made of is optically perfect. Indeed not - but I've been toying with the idea of putting a flashgun in one. Optical perfection is not necessary for THAT purpose. Sync can occur by flash slave. The only disadvantage I can see is that it would not be possible to vary the output of the flashgun once inside the box. OTOH a thyristor-controlled flashgun ought to work in automatic mode while in such a housing, unlike the majority of UW flashguns which are manual only, unless you get cable-syncd which cost arms and legs. Like this you could well end up with a fairly neat flash system which operates automatically at a fraction of the cost of a factory solution, and can be used without modification with a wide variety of cameras. I've been considering the Vivitar DX12 and the Sunpak Remote Lite II. These are made for the increasing number of digicams without hot shoe or cable sync - the precise (functional) state of most digicams once in their housing. They have slaves built-in, and are made to ignore pre-flashes. Any thoughts, anyone? Ken |
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03-24-2005, 04:44 PM
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| Re: Otter Box for Cheap DV Housing "Keith Manning" <Nospam@tesco.net> wrote in message news:0%F0e.6690$Ww.1800@newsfe3-win.ntli.net... > > "Marshall Karp" <marshallkarp@hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:RsF0e.13264$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? >> >> > > I doubt that the material that the case is made of is optically perfect. Indeed not - but I've been toying with the idea of putting a flashgun in one. Optical perfection is not necessary for THAT purpose. Sync can occur by flash slave. The only disadvantage I can see is that it would not be possible to vary the output of the flashgun once inside the box. OTOH a thyristor-controlled flashgun ought to work in automatic mode while in such a housing, unlike the majority of UW flashguns which are manual only, unless you get cable-syncd which cost arms and legs. Like this you could well end up with a fairly neat flash system which operates automatically at a fraction of the cost of a factory solution, and can be used without modification with a wide variety of cameras. I've been considering the Vivitar DX12 and the Sunpak Remote Lite II. These are made for the increasing number of digicams without hot shoe or cable sync - the precise (functional) state of most digicams once in their housing. They have slaves built-in, and are made to ignore pre-flashes. Any thoughts, anyone? Ken |
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03-24-2005, 04:44 PM
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| Re: Otter Box for Cheap DV Housing "Keith Manning" <Nospam@tesco.net> wrote in message news:0%F0e.6690$Ww.1800@newsfe3-win.ntli.net... > > "Marshall Karp" <marshallkarp@hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:RsF0e.13264$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? >> >> > > I doubt that the material that the case is made of is optically perfect. Indeed not - but I've been toying with the idea of putting a flashgun in one. Optical perfection is not necessary for THAT purpose. Sync can occur by flash slave. The only disadvantage I can see is that it would not be possible to vary the output of the flashgun once inside the box. OTOH a thyristor-controlled flashgun ought to work in automatic mode while in such a housing, unlike the majority of UW flashguns which are manual only, unless you get cable-syncd which cost arms and legs. Like this you could well end up with a fairly neat flash system which operates automatically at a fraction of the cost of a factory solution, and can be used without modification with a wide variety of cameras. I've been considering the Vivitar DX12 and the Sunpak Remote Lite II. These are made for the increasing number of digicams without hot shoe or cable sync - the precise (functional) state of most digicams once in their housing. They have slaves built-in, and are made to ignore pre-flashes. Any thoughts, anyone? Ken |
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