Underwater Bubble Blowers User Group Thread NEW

[John J Ellerbrock]

Hi Tom and Pawel,
thanks for your quick respones: I am sorry if I caused confusion - the REDMOTE is always inside the GATES housing and works, but as soon as we connect the surface feed video cable the REDMOTE disconnects.
best wishes and kind regards,
Martin

Martin,

This is a new one. I can certainly help you troubleshoot via email JohnEGates@sbcglobal.net or phone +1-858-391-0052.

J-

[martinnoweck]

John,
thanks for the quick response - we wrapped today, but I will talk to the underwater technician tomorrow and would your contact details to him - maybe it is better the two of you get in contact ;-)
Anyway - it wasn't a big downside this time, because we only needed the redmote and we had to change batteries, too.
best wishes and kind regards,
Martin

p.s. the team was impressed by your housing!

[martinnoweck]

John,
thanks for the quick response - we wrapped today, but I will talk to the underwater technician tomorrow and would your contact details to him - maybe it is better the two of you get in contact ;-)
Anyway - it wasn't a big downside this time, because we only needed the redmote and we had to change batteries, too.
best wishes and kind regards,
Martin

p.s. the team was impressed by your housing!

[John J Ellerbrock]

John,
thanks for the quick response - we wrapped today, but I will talk to the underwater technician tomorrow and would your contact details to him - maybe it is better the two of you get in contact ;-)
Anyway - it wasn't a big downside this time, because we only needed the redmote and we had to change batteries, too.
best wishes and kind regards,
Martin

p.s. the team was impressed by your housing!

Thanks for the kind words Martin. We're standing by to assist.

[John J Ellerbrock]

If anyone is interested here is a little making of clip from our recent Coral Sea 3D expedition to trial our new DEEP ATOM. The clip was shot on my Deep Red. We have a 3D teaser coming soon as well cut from the actual 3D footage.

https://vimeo.com/46557239

Love it Ross. Looking forward to the demo reel.

[Ken Corben]

Hi Ken the 3D housing looks nice how much does it weigh may I ask?

The iSea 3D housing weighs in at 75 Kilos (165 lbs).

Ross, thank you for sharing the BTS video. Really looks like spectacular fun!
Really glad to see healthy sharks. Is that a tourist feeding station or a natural population?

I ask since I have been truly saddened by the complete absence of sharks in the Western Solomon Islands after several weeks of filming the reefs day and night. The local tribal leader of the island group I was diving explained to me that as a boy his reefs were full of sharks and that the corrupt government has sold all the shark fishing rights to the shark finning industry. Heart breaking really.

Meanwhile, I ran into the Shark Angels here in Fiji. Julie and Deborah are operating a local education program for the children of Fiji to understand the importance of preserving the sharks of Fiji. Small efforts like this make a difference. I encourage all of us to contribute to their efforts in any way possible including joining Shark Angels, free use of our footage libraries, social media links to their website, etc. http://sharkangels.com/index.php?opt...d=61&Itemid=69

Another great example here in Fiji is the work of Brandon Paige at Aqua-Trek and the local Chief of Bequa Lagoon. Working together they protect, preserve and strictly enforce their shark sanctuary. It was a complete thrill to see more than 2 dozen very healthy bull sharks amongst the "clouds" of lemon, nurse, and reef sharks. So many sharks it was difficult to compose a shot :-)
Brandon and his Fijian shark crew are the best I have ever worked with in my career.
http://aquatrek.com/

My son Kai is 8. It would be a very very sad day for me to explain why there are no more sharks in the sea when he begins to explore the oceans with me later this decade.

Sharky

BTW - The 3D is absolutely amazing creatively and technically. Better to be lucky than good.

Frame grabs from the iPhone 4s shot with the iSea 4 housing in 1080 30P.
iSea 4 housings are now shipping for $399 and available online at:
http://moceanarmor.com/welcome-to-blog/

[Pawel Achtel]

Ken, The stereo (side-by-side) "rig" on the first picture looks very sexy :)

Keep up the good work protecting the sharks.

[Johnny Friday]

Here are a couple of frame grabs of the Black Sea Nettles that have been off the coast of San Diego recently. Water was muck green this day, but good enough for extreme close ups....these are truly beautiful to watch in the water and how the light hits them and relays through their bodies....

Frame grabs using Epic @ 5k HD @ 29.97 and Duclos PL 11-16 with LED lights and touched up a bit in photoshop.
Thanks go out to Bob Cranston this day as we were on his boat and Howard Hall for telling us where to find the Nettles.

[IMG] Black Sea Nettle by RedCineUnderwater, on Flickr[/IMG]

[Pawel Achtel]

Johnny, is it my spectacles or are those shots out of focus? They look a bit soft to my eye. Otherwise, nice shots.

[Mark_Thorpe]

Johnny, you know you can remedy that. Get some Nikonos macro lenses, weld some scaffolding extension tubes to your rig to give it that rugby goalpost look, fix a BCD / Lift Bag to the carrying handle and call it Bertha! Or maybe someone beat you to it?

Nice stills mate.
M