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TLC 15500 / Water Wizard Housing

395 €

The TLC Water Wizard is a unique housing for the state of the art Pocket Wizard Plus III ® radio transceiver. Those photographer familiar with these relatively inexpensive radio transceivers know that the applications for them are close to endless. To extend this further, Aquatica has developed a waterproof enclosure. The door now opens up for photographers to safely and reliably link up multiple underwater strobes with studio flashes on the surface without the need for any physical connections. A full fledge studio setup solution can now be brought underwater.

In addition to triggering strobes, this radio-controlled unit can be used to remotely trigger the camera itself, see below for details.

Beyond this lies news opportunities for surf photography, spelunking, extreme boating, and industrial photography or for that matter, any situation where remote lighting would be welcomed in a harsh environment are all now possible when using a Pocket Wizard Plus III ® in a TLC Water Wizard housing.

Why select the Pocket Wizard Plus III ® radio transceivers, the answer is simple. The Plus III transceiver is the latest release from the most sought after source of triggering flashes and cameras on the market. Countless professionals routinely stake their reputation and livelihood on this product in order to creatively light up a scene, get that jaw dropping image and constantly push the boundaries of image making ever so further away.

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Product Description

Aquatica is known for its rugged underwater housing, it is a household name in the working underwater photographers industry, and while the Water Wizard housing is not meant to actually be used underwater, the signal from a radio wave transmitting poorly underwater, the equipment connected to it can be submerged freely. As long as the Pocket Wizard Plus III ® radio transceiver in Water Wizard housing is floating on the surface, it will retain a more than useful range. The transceiver needs to have a direct line-of-sight connection between different units. Thus, you can extend the useful range by raising the units somewhat from the water surface.

To keep the Water Wizard housing on the surface (or above), the housing features three 1/4” mounting holes allowing mounting to a tripod for shallow applications. For deeper situation, buoyancy floats (#17892) from Technical Lighting Control can be added, these will help the Water Wizard maintain a vertical position, thus improving transmission.

To interface the Water Wizard between the housings or strobes, Aquatica/TLC opted for the well established and proven Ikelite® bulkhead connection. From this bulkhead connector, popular, commercially available sync cord and extension cords can be used, see below for details.

 

Remote Control Applications

Here are a few ways the TLC Water Wizard housing can be put to good use:

Wildlife, sport, research photography or any adverse weather situation requiring additional protected lighting or triggering of a camera, the Water Wizard can be mounted and left out in the most adverse conditions without risk.

Spelunking, Caving and Cenotes: Pocket Wizard Plus III ® radio transceivers in a Water Wizard housings can be connected to underwater strobes and cameras to give the photographers a safe way of getting the equipment to the destination an of synchronizing top side and underwater lighting in chambers and other remotely accessible places.

Pool studio photography; a Pocket Wizard Plus III ® radio transceiver in a Water Wizard housing is connected to the camera housing, reaching out to the surface, it is used as a transmitter, other transceivers in Water Wizard housings also reaching out to the surface are connected to underwater strobes mounted on tripods, multiples units can be set up this way. Additionally, any amount of surface studio lighting can be synchronized with additional Pocket Wizard Plus III® radio transceivers.

Surf photography; a Pocket Wizard Plus III ® radio transceivers in a Water Wizard housing can be mounted on the camera housing as a transmitter, then an remotely located assistant holding additional flashes with Pocket Wizard Plus III ® radio transceivers in a Water Wizard housing can be added to light up a twilight scene, or used as fill flashes.

 

Example 1: Remote Triggering of Under Water Camera

The Pocket Wizard Plus III ® radio transceiver in a Water Wizard housing can be configured to be used either as a transmitter or receiver.

For example, the Water Wizard can be set up as a remote camera trigger as follows:

  1. One Pocket Wizard Plus III in a Water Wizard housing used as transmitter
  2. Second Pocket Wizard Plus III in a Water Wizard housing used as receiver
  3. Optional Ikelite to Ikelite extension cord #4102.03 (0.9m/3ft) or #4102.15 (4.5m/15 ft). It is possible to connect two of these extension cords one after another for extended reach underwater
  4. Ikelite to Nikonos single sync cord Ikelite #4104.31 for connecting the Water Wizard housing to a housing with a Nikonos type strobe connector
  5. Aquatica 18738 housing remote control bulkhead – then you will not need to sacrifice actual strobe connections for remote control.
  6. Most of the newer Aquatica DSLR camera housings
  7. An internal cable from the bulkhead to the camera remote control terminal. Use Aquatica #19310 for Nikon 10 pins remote socket (e.g. Nikon D4, D3 (all models), D800, D700 and D300s) or Aquatica #19311 for Canon 3 pins remote socket cords (e.g. Canon 1 Ds Mk III, 1DMkIV, 5DMkII, 5DMkIII and 7D).

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Example 2: Remote Triggering of Strobes

The Water Wizard can be set up as a radio operated strobe trigger as follows:

  1. Most of the newer Aquatica DSLR camera housings configured with a Nikonos type strobe bulkhead connector.
  2. Ikelite to Nikonos single sync cord Ikelite #4104.31 for connecting the camera housing to a Water Wizard housing.
  3. Optional Ikelite to Ikelite extension cord #4102.03 (0.9m/3ft) or #4102.15 (4.5m/15 ft). It is possible to connect two of these extension cords one after another for extended reach underwater.
  4. One Pocket Wizard Plus III in a Water Wizard housing used as transmitter
  5. Second (or more) Pocket Wizard Plus III in a Water Wizard housing used as receiver
  6. Optional Ikelite to Ikelite extension cord #4102.03 (0.9m/3ft) or #4101.15 (4.5m/15 ft). It is possible to connect two of these extension cords one after another for extended reach underwater.
  7. Ikelite #4103.51 sync cord for use with a single Ikelite strobe (per Water Wizard)
  8. OR Ikelite #4103.52 dual sync cord for use with two Ikelite strobe (per Water Wizard)
  9. OR Ikelite #4118.1 sync cord for use with a single Sea&Sea or INON strobe (per Water Wizard)
  10. OR Ikelite #4118.2 dual sync cord for use with two Sea&Sea or INON strobes (per Water Wizard)

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