How do I explain this to people like bruelhlt...........
Oh yeah, call them as I see 'em as you say?
Here you go: You don't know the slightest of what you're talking about If you're so smart BUILD one and then post photos taken with your home built device.
I HAVE a friend who's a trained commercial diver and been making his own housings (even for the newest Canon SLRs) for decades. No he doesn't have every button or control nor TTL flash circuitry (he does well on manual flash after diving for 40+ years like myself) but he also likes making things. So for him it's as much hobby as something to use.......
UW photography is so small worldwide as to be the bacteria on a fly on an elephant on the African continent on the earth!!!!!!! That's how miniscule in photography we are......We are darn lucky to have anyone entering the business and provide the tools to take beautiful UW images easier than ever......
I've seen the basic GoPro housing sell for $39.95 in Best Buy. Crappy dome port that yields totally out of focus images unless you get the NEW Dive Housing with a flat port or spend more money to retrofit with an aftermarket flat port.
As muzikbiz22 says you'll also end up spending an average of $300 or WAY more to make this thing work.
I have tons of customers who bought one to strap on their SLR rig "to shoot a little HD video". No one has ever come close to producing anything remotely near what GoPro shows on their web site (mostly above water, splash shots, beautiful late afternoon light, shot and edited by marketing company,etc.) plus the limited adjustments of the camera.
Please send me links ot anything other than all blue or green shaky footage (usually mostly OOF, out of focus) shot by an actual consumer diver.......I'd love to see it.
My personal feeling is I could outshoot HD video of anyone with a $200.00 Canon HD point and shoot in Ikelite's ULTRAcompact housing and a simple UR Pro filter. BECAUSE the camera is sooooooo much better to start with.....
As far as stills taken off a GoPro go try and print one even to 4X6 or bigger.........It blows..........
So if you want to talk about throwing money $$$$$ away and not getting anything recognizable in focus, with color, etc. then please please please post something to prove you know what you're talking about
Signed,
Nice old time diver who knows what he's talking about and is usually a nice guy you'd want to go diving with!
Until someone starts talking smack
David Haas
www.haasimages.com
Oh yeah, call them as I see 'em as you say?
Here you go: You don't know the slightest of what you're talking about If you're so smart BUILD one and then post photos taken with your home built device.
I HAVE a friend who's a trained commercial diver and been making his own housings (even for the newest Canon SLRs) for decades. No he doesn't have every button or control nor TTL flash circuitry (he does well on manual flash after diving for 40+ years like myself) but he also likes making things. So for him it's as much hobby as something to use.......
UW photography is so small worldwide as to be the bacteria on a fly on an elephant on the African continent on the earth!!!!!!! That's how miniscule in photography we are......We are darn lucky to have anyone entering the business and provide the tools to take beautiful UW images easier than ever......
I've seen the basic GoPro housing sell for $39.95 in Best Buy. Crappy dome port that yields totally out of focus images unless you get the NEW Dive Housing with a flat port or spend more money to retrofit with an aftermarket flat port.
As muzikbiz22 says you'll also end up spending an average of $300 or WAY more to make this thing work.
I have tons of customers who bought one to strap on their SLR rig "to shoot a little HD video". No one has ever come close to producing anything remotely near what GoPro shows on their web site (mostly above water, splash shots, beautiful late afternoon light, shot and edited by marketing company,etc.) plus the limited adjustments of the camera.
Please send me links ot anything other than all blue or green shaky footage (usually mostly OOF, out of focus) shot by an actual consumer diver.......I'd love to see it.
My personal feeling is I could outshoot HD video of anyone with a $200.00 Canon HD point and shoot in Ikelite's ULTRAcompact housing and a simple UR Pro filter. BECAUSE the camera is sooooooo much better to start with.....
As far as stills taken off a GoPro go try and print one even to 4X6 or bigger.........It blows..........
So if you want to talk about throwing money $$$$$ away and not getting anything recognizable in focus, with color, etc. then please please please post something to prove you know what you're talking about
Signed,
Nice old time diver who knows what he's talking about and is usually a nice guy you'd want to go diving with!
Until someone starts talking smack
David Haas
www.haasimages.com