Diving the Maldives in January 2022

[Chris Underwater]

A three week trip through the central atolls of the Maldives in January 2022 - in 5 minutes.
Filmed with a Sony RX100VA, Inon lenses, Keldan 8x videolights.
Turn up the volume and enjoy:

 

[afieldofblue]

Real nice!
I recognised some of the sites (pretty sure that juvenile eagle ray is the one from Kudarah in South Ari where I was working - it was still there when I left in January).

Otherwise how is the RX100VA for filming? How is the overheating issue in 4K (I shoot less than 30 second clips, but not sure how quickly it would heat up) and also do you get vignetting in wide with the Inon wide angle?
I'm thinking of getting one (in a Fantasea housing) to complement my Lumix LX10 (which is in a heavier Nauticam, quite a brick in the water).

cheers
b

 

[Chris Stock]

Amazing. Can't wait get travel more when the Wuhan calms down.

 

[Chris Underwater]

Real nice!
I recognised some of the sites (pretty sure that juvenile eagle ray is the one from Kudarah in South Ari where I was working - it was still there when I left in January).

Otherwise how is the RX100VA for filming? How is the overheating issue in 4K (I shoot less than 30 second clips, but not sure how quickly it would heat up) and also do you get vignetting in wide with the Inon wide angle?
I'm thinking of getting one (in a Fantasea housing) to complement my Lumix LX10 (which is in a heavier Nauticam, quite a brick in the water).

cheers
b

Thanks! And yes, it was the juvenile eagle ray at Kudarah ;-)

I only had an overheating warning once in filming with it for 2 years. That was after snorkeling with a whaleshark for an hour and filming almost nonstop in 4k. So it's pretty much a non-issue.
No vignetting with the Inon lenses; I use the ones made for cameras with 24mm lenses. Pretty sure you won't getting any with the standard ones for 28mm either though, at least not when filming.
Overall a great camera for filming considering its size and prize.