The iGills unit (above) is a solid, plastic housing with built-in depth and temperature gauge rated to 130 feet (40m). IGills, now on sale from and the forthcoming Scuba Capsule, are two products that take advantage of this technology and apply it to recreational scuba diving. ![]() IPhones and in time, other mobile devices, may just usher in a new era of dive equipment. But as mobile devices become more common in the diving public, it’s easy to forget just how powerful these little computers have become. We’ve had heads up displays inside masks, and remotely air integrated computers. It aims to replace your stills and video camera, dive computer, log book and even compass.ĭespite an evolution in micro electronics in recent years, the recreational dive industry has seen few innovations. But they are only camera housings, the new iGills housing and app package offers much more. Underwater housings, seen below, can now turn your beloved iPhone into a good little underwater camera. More and more diving related apps for mobile devices are available, not least among them the splendid DIVER iPad magazine app, available soon from the iTunes newsstand (hint hint). The first iPhone commercials proudly stated “There’s an App for that.” Indeed, it seems so. We dive into a new, emerging wave of SCUBA technology Please support the Underwater Photography Guide by purchasing your underwater photography gear through our sister site, Bluewater Photo & Video.As electronic devices become smaller, cheaper and more powerful, their applications can be seen infiltrating all walks of life. Todd Winner is the technique editor for Underwater Photography Guide and an instructor and trip leader for Bluewater Photo Store in Santa Monica, CA. Read our DEMA day 2 coverage, with Ikelite, Aquatica, Zen You also have access to the camera and video functions as well. IGills has created a housing and App that turns your iPhone into a dive computer. It is still in development, but it actually gives you touch screen functions underwater even at depth. There were a lot of company's showing housing for iPad's, but one of the most unique is being offered by iDive. ![]() It uses Ikelite cables so it is easily adapted to most systems. The water wizard houses a pocket wizard radio trigger allowing you to fire topside strobes. Now comes with a removable shade, so the vignetting from the shade at 8mm can be eliminated.Īqautica Pocket Wizard underwater housingĪquatica Water Wizard is a nice off the shelf solution for those wanting to shoot pool studio images. Zen DP-100-NCR for the Canon 8-15 fisheye lens. Nauticam's new port and zoom gear for the popular Olympus 12-50mm zoom lens. The Nauticam S110 housing shown above is almost identical to the older FIX S100 housing. ![]() On the compact and the mirrorless side they had new housings for the Canon S110, Sony Nex5R, Panasonic LX7 and a special video version for the Sony RX100 camera that now accommodates the HDMI cable for the DP4 video monitor. The Nauticam T4i housing shown above has a 45 degree viewfinder attached. They were also showing their new SLR housings for the Nikon D600 and Canon 650D (Canon T4i). The Nauticam 1DX housing above is shown with a 180 degree viewfinder. Not only can this housing hold the 1Dx, it will also house the 1Dc which shoots 4K video in a SLR size body. They were also showing a new housing for the Canon EOS 1Dx. It uses the RED 5 inch monitor and can be mounted inside of the top or the back of the housing. The Nauticam RED housing uses both the Nikon and Canon mounts and allows you to use all of the Nauticam ports or 3 rd party ports with their adapter. Some of the other highlights are a new housing for the RED Epic and Scarlet. ![]() Nauticam was showing a ton of new products including the hotshoe fiber optic trigger that we showed in day one of DEMA coverage.
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