Underwater Bubble Blowin' Users Group

[David Nardini]

Thanks for the info Mike ... like the Birger 'mapping' approach. I assume this is factory set and cannot be 'tweaked' ?

I might have missed these in the past, BUT, is the following new :

• RED FLASH (SATA) Module (http://www.red.com/store/product_detail/17)
  
• Red 1.8" SATA Flash 32GB Media (http://www.red.com/store/product_detail/85)

Nice to see it implemented as for the CF card module ... will go some way helping keep the u/w housing compact (+ less power required).
Price wise, the 32GB media seems very good value when compared to what is quoted here :

• http://www.memorydepot.com/ssd_disk.asp?refer=60

The RED FLASH DRIVE is still there (http://www.red.com/store/product_detail/74) and more costly ... no mention of capacity ? I wonder what is THE difference ?

Cheers ...

[Ken Corben]

Very cool stuff going on for us underwater RED users. John Ellerbrock of Gates housings attended LART on Saturday. It was fun to see a big smile on his face as he moved in and out of the various LART stations. Deep RED is gonna' be cool for sure.

I just received the Aquavideo external monitor housing from Mike with cabling and a new prototype splash housing for a major GibCor client shoot next week - way cool! Nice work Mike. The housing features use of the soon to be released 320 GB RED drive, custom Li ion batteries and the RED 18-50 lens. Specifically built for the clients' needs this is gonna' be way fun...stay tuned.

Also, I'll have resolution burst charts for the Arri 8R available in 4K for analysis for those interested later this week if I can pry the lens out of Mike's hands :-)

We will also be testing the Canon glass solution with Birger mount this month for incorporation into the housing design option for the RED Pro housing from Aquavideo.

[Gisle K. Sverdrup]

Thanks a lot Mike and Ken!
That´s really good news for me. That would make it easy to use one set of domes for still lenses and then have the option to get the Aquatica ones for cine lenses if a client wants that. I´ve been in contact with the gates guys as well, and based on their reply and your I´m starting to lean seriously towards an Aquavideo RED. :)

Gisle

[Mark Thorpe]

Crappy weather at the moment, hence the mucking around with images but it should soon clear. Can't wait to see what gives in 4k with these cuties.



Cheers,
Mark.

[Babu Kantamneni]

Crappy weather at the moment, hence the mucking around with images but it should soon clear. Can't wait to see what gives in 4k with these cuties.



Cheers,
Mark.

Hi mark,
I was about to go to sleep here.With this image nightmare galore!!!

[Ken Corben]

RED DRIVE is absolutely perfect for UW shooting...

[Ken Corben]

Just shot some fabulous UW 4K footage for a client using the RED 18-50mm lens - way cool!

Special thanks to Mike at Aquavideo for building a specialty housing for the shoot. Housing features RED LCD mounted internally and yes that is the RED drive being used in the housing. It fit perfectly in the housing.

Sharky

[Mark Thorpe]

Looking good Ken.

Mike, could a housing be requested in Black? No highly contrasting logos or the like? I would like to make a front end color pattern using Yum Yum Yellow as it looks like I will also be shooting a lot of the big stuff over the coming year. Another project in the pipeline. Please PM for in depth chat.

babubu, just count to ten buddy and all the baddies just go away.

Best,
Mark.

[Jason Sturgis]

Mark,
You are definitely staring at the business end of that little baddie. He needs to pose like that again when it is 4k. Great stuff and love seeing the frame grabs.
-Jason

[Ken Corben]

Mike, could a housing be requested in Black? No highly contrasting logos or the like? I would like to make a front end color pattern using Yum Yum Yellow as it looks like I will also be shooting a lot of the big stuff over the coming year.

Black is the color of the finished pro housing from Aquavideo. Laser engraved with no stickers is available. The housings you see here are marketing specific in RED with the logos.

Mike will build what ever you desire or can imagine as I am learning. Although I think he is getting tired of my late night calls for requests and design changes. For sure his girlfriend hates me :-) He answers the phone, "Ken Corben's Aquavideo 24 hour hotline." Very funny.

The two housings in the posted photos, Atlantis and Honolulu, are of the PVC splash design, both custom built for me to test RED 4K underwater and for client shoots these past few months using the RED 18-50mm lens.

The pro housing is nearing completion with a few design changes for the immediate future. "Everything is subject to change, count on it."

Recent design decisions for the first production run:

Birger mount is still being built so we are using the ARRI 8R ultra prime behind a 6" acrylic dome port instead of the Canon 10-22 for now.

Design choice: we will use the RED brick batteries and RED DRIVE mounted on posts at the rear of the housing on a slide out tray (makes the housing a few inches longer but still smaller than an Altecine housing). This is based on testing Li ion batteries and CF cards during the test phases and from input from other UW shooters.

The RED EVF is an elegant solution and in my opinion will be the viewfinder of choice for UW shooters in an external housing on an adjustable arm.

The RED LCD external housing from Aquavideo is fabulous though. I recommend getting one of each external monitor housing since they have specific applications.

Mike and I plan to test all of the above in the coming weeks and will post the results for UW reduser input.

Tons of fun stuff waiting to be shot in RED 4K including the tiger sharks of Aliwal with Mark. Play big or stay home, right Mark?

Sharky