Finally, just before mid-summer festivities, we received our new customized hydro test equipment, 120 kilos of steel, nuts and bolts, a huge O-ring and some piping. On June 30th, we will begin providing hydro testing services for all underwater camera housings, ports, battery canisters and lights. We are able to hydro pressure test anything that has a maximum diameter […]
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RSS feed for this section2014-02-19 White Balancing, Exposure and Illumination in Swimming Pool
(Currently this article is only in English) These tests are preparations for a larger project where we plan to shoot video in a swimming pool environment during about ten sessions with multiple cameras. Shooting a series causes additional needs for continuity, repeatability and uniformity. Initially one might think that everything can be fixed in post during […]
2013-11-05 Testing Canon 5DIII with 2x80W lamps by NLS
The sample pictures below are frame grabs from HD footage shot by a Canon 5DIII in an Aquatica housing. The purpose of this test was to get comparison material of various camera and light combinations. Later on, I’ll be summarizing comparison results. The footage was shot at 3200 ISO with a 16-35mm L-series lense. The […]