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Light and Motion Underwater Video Housings for SONY and CANON Camcorders
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This section will give you a brief overview. If you want to skip this section and go straight to housing products click here. Select the model you are interested in for detailed specifications.
To aid your selection click here to download a Housing Comparative Chart to see the differences between systems.
Light and Motion Housing Features
Rugged Aluminium Construction
Our housings are constructed from marine grade extruded aluminium bodies which are then either clear or colour hard anodized, tough enough to withstand the worst that luggage handlers and boat crew can throw at it.
To these streamlined and light weight ‘tubes’ are added, modular infra-red redundant control grips, machined front and rear plates, quality glass optics and high-impact resistant viewing ports, rear monitor screens and durable plastic fittings.
Double O-ring Rear Plate and Self Locking Latch System
All our housings use a double o-ring face and boar seal system on the user accessible rear plate with two self locking cam latches. These latches require a two stage action to unlock eliminating the risk of accidental opening under water.
The dual o-ring design means that a user has to try really hard to flood this system! When it comes to water tight integrity the dual o-ring face and bore seal design has proven itself over time as the most reliable way of keeping the water out!
At Light and Motion we use both a face seal which works great with increasing pressure and a bore seal. The bore seal o-ring does not require any water pressure acting against it to work. Hence our housings have the best of both worlds. If the face seal was to fail then the bore seal would come into play as a back up.
There is also an added benefit in that the design of the rear plate o-ring groove's means that it is extremely unlikely to breach both o-ring seals with a single hair or fibre. Any hairs or fibres tend to fall across one seal or the other and not both allowing for some ‘mistake tolerance’ when preparing the housing for your next dive.
Rear Monitors as Standard-OLED Monitors Standard on Bluefins
All our housings come standard with a machined rear plate intergrated rear colour high res wide screen SONY monitor. These monitors are user adjustable for brightness and contrast. No other manufacturer includes such a high spec monitor as standard in its housing range.
On our Bluefin and Bluefin Pro range use OLED monitors providing true HD viewing with a screen bright enough to use on the surface in full daylight and ultra long burn times.
Remote Handle Controls, White Balance and Menu Access
All our housings use remote infrared grips. These grips attach to a locking nut on the side of the housing and provide easy ergo dynamic access to various camera functions.
There are no penetrations between the housing and handles only a clear port which allows the infrared signal to pass from handle to camera.
One touch white balance comes standard on all our 2010 models. Menu access is standard on Bluefin OLED and Blufin Pro OLED models.
Each button has duplicate functions depending on how you press them. All the functions you need can be activated through the remote handles including one touch white balance and menu access. Click here for a detailed description of handle controls for CX and XR series camcorders.
User Changeable Quality Optics
With the exception of the Stingray which has a fixed high quality flat glass port, all our other housings are supplied with a high quality Fathom flat port as standard.
New for July 2010 all our Fathom flat ports are threaded to accept a WET-MATE 65 degree general purpose wide angel lens. The user can easily remove the flat port to fit a range of accesory optics including:
Fathom 90 and 110 degree lenses for Sony camcorders
Light and Motion's 145 degree ultra wide lens fro Sony camcorders
Fathom 90 degree lens for Canon camcorders
Light and Motion's 135 degree ultra wide lens for Canon camcorder
All the lenses make use of a bayonet fitted double o-ring face and bore seal. Similar to the rear plate double o-ring system this provides the most secure water tight seal available.
All the optics are fixed into position with a self locking latch to prevent accidental removal. A two stage operation is required to intentionally dismount the lens.
NEW!!! Quick-Swap Flip Colour Correction Filter and Macro Dioptre
All of our housings are equipped with a colour correction filter as standard.
In the Stingray Plus G2, Bluefin Canon OLED and Bluefin Pro OLED the filter lies internally between the camera lens and housing optics and can be flipped in and out as required by an external lever.
This eliminates the risk of loosing or scratching external filters.
New for July 2010 all flip leaver equiped housings will now feature the QUICK-SWAP filter / macro diopter system. The filter is attached to the filter arm by two strong diaposing magnets.
When you want to change from a filter to use a dioptre for ultimate close up capability simply pull the filter off the leaver mount and replace with the dioptre mount assembly.
The Quick-Swap system is supplied standard on Bluefin Pro and Bluefin Canon OLEDS and is avaliable as an option on Stingray Plus G2 housings.
An additional green water filter can be provided as an accessory.
Amphibious Microphone
In our Bluefin Canon OLED and Bluefin Pro OLED models a true amphibious microphone is included as standard (the avalability of the microphone feature is dependant on camcorder model choice)
The microphone is optimnised for surface recording and will work well down to aprox 25M. At greater depths it will help cut down on internal camera noise.
If you require the amphibiouse microphone capability please contact us to discuss, as it is essential that the correct camcorder choice is made to enable this feature.
Integrated Lighting Solutions
All our housings can be complimented by the full range of Light and Motion Underwater video lighting systems. Our lights are designed to seamlessly integrate with the housing without the need for any adapters or brackets. This keeps size and weight down to a minimum and the dual battery pods used throughout the range allow for some inbuilt light redundancy. See the light overview section for more detail. Adding lights does not significantly affect the overall buoyancy of the housing systems.
With the use of the left remote grips the lights can be powered on /off via an infra red link between the housing and light pods.
Our integrated travel packages of complete systems including housing and lights fit into bespoke travel cases small enough and light enough to qualify as hand luggage on most airlines.
For ease of filming all our housings are designed to be slightly negative underwater. IE the ballast to offset the positive buoyancy of the air space inside the housing is inbuilt into the weight of the extrusion. There is no need to carry or add extra weight.
Forward Compatibility
All our housings use an integrate spring loaded camera tray that allows for easy camera install and unloading. Spring tension in the tray ensures that the camera does not rock or tilt in the housing and eliminates port vigneting ensuring that you chosen camera (if supported) is in direct line with the centre of the lens.
From July 2010 all our housings are desighned to be forward compatible as far as possible. Additional tray adapters allow for the future use of supported cameras without the need to alter the housing.*
*(Dependent on camcorder manufacturer electronic protocol consistency)
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