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11/11/2010, 10:08 PM | #1 |
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Want to take great top-down shots?
This little lens housing mounts directly to your SLR camera's lens barrel, allowing you to dip the lens underwater and get nice top-down shots without wavy distortions or light bulb reflections. Unlike traditional top-down boxes which are usually bulky and hold the entire camera, this one spins with the lens allowing easy zoom/manual focus.
Features a machined texture on the outer barrel for firm grip, plus a protective ring to help keep the acrylic lens from scratching when the housing+camera is set face-down. Three simple thumbscrews lock the housing to most any SLR lens in seconds (housing has 4" inner diameter). It may even hold some smaller point-n-shoot cameras too. More details here: http://www.avastmarine.com/ssc/do/pr...-Down-Porthole Here is some discussion from our local reef club from members who have gotten their hands on one already: http://www.wamas.org/forums/topic/40...top-down-pics/ |
11/13/2010, 08:57 AM | #2 |
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Hopefully this can turn into a photo sharing thread with pictures taken using the porthole.
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11/14/2010, 11:04 PM | #3 |
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I want one! !
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11/17/2010, 07:12 AM | #4 |
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Already put in my order!
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11/17/2010, 07:36 PM | #5 |
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First review
I just received this product and yes I've trid many other "top down units",DYI as well as retail. This one by far surpasses all others.
Easy to use and even a somehat newbue like myself can get this shots-- this where taken with an slr canon d30 with regular 35mm lens. Hope u guys enjoy and thx for a great product! [/IMG] [/IMG] [/IMG] [/IMG] [/IMG] [/IMG] [/IMG]
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11/18/2010, 10:11 PM | #6 |
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Great pics! That clam looks amazing.
I'm glad to see that it works well for you with standard gear and basic photography knowledge. |
11/23/2010, 09:14 AM | #7 |
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Just ordered one, cannot wait to try it out.
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12/31/2010, 07:42 PM | #8 |
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would like to see it mounted to an outfit and see what it looks like on a canon body with a macro lense and a 28-135 will it fit any lense or just certain type of lenses?
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