meltdownman

http://www.backscatt...ku/bs-ale.lasso

 

Backscatter has now come out with a new system with a LED indicator.  In addition, you get to keep the moisture indicator if installed as a backup. 

 

My insurance policy for my camera and housing is the same amount as this system.

 

The Meltdownman

Recent trip to St Croix using Canon 100 mm

 

Steve

Spotted Cleaner Shrimp Canon 5D MII with 100 mm

 

Steve

Shot about 15 feet away with Canon 100 mm

 

 

How do you manage to make the housing stay horizontal? I also have a Hugyfot housing, and with the right amount of floats I can make the housing perfectly neutral, but I'm still having trouble with the horizontal balance. The port (macro or dome) at the front is relative light (plastic) and has a large volume, while the back is heavier (metal and a 45 degree viewfinder attached). The net result is that the port will always try to flip up. So I wonder how you fixed that, because in your video, the housings stays perfectly horizontal.

Hey all you underwater photographers out there I could use your help. I have a new Aquatica housing for my 5D Mark II that I will be taking to Grand Cayman this weekend. I am having problems with the ports on the front of the housing (both Macro and Wide Angle) causing the housing to rotate upwards. In addition, I have a new viewfinder that I have installed on the back of the housing that is a bit heavy. This further exacerbates the problem by tending to rotate the back of the housing downwards.
I can see that this will cause undo strain on my wrists while fighting this rotation and was wondering if anyone has had a way to correct this problem.
I am using STIX floats on UCLS arms with two 110 alpha Sea and Sea strobes on the ends.
If I draw the strobes back far enough towards me then this tends to offset the rotation problem. However, it becomes a problem again if I want to move the strobes closer to my subject in that the ports rotate the camera upwards.

Any help would be appreciated.

Stephen

Just saw this posted and it looks like a very nice deal:

http://wetpixel.com/...026#entry323592

Stephen

I'm kind of getting the impression from reading the above entries that glass coatings and seawater don't mix and it doesn't look like it is manufacturer dependent. I am headed down to Grand Cayman in a couple of weeks and will check in with Cathy Church to see if she has any knowledge of this issue. I am sure that between her and her staff they have enough dives in to tell me if this is a common occurance or if it is appears to be an isolated incident amongst some owners with glass dome ports.

Has anyoneI heard of any issue withs coated macro ports?


Steve