http://www.subaquaimaging.com/blog1 Weblog of the SAIS Company Wed, 03 Nov 2010 20:45:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en SAIS is getting ready to launch a new series of Underwater LED lights specially designed for use in underwater broadcast video projects and for high-end prosumers. There will be a ~2000 lumen version and a ~ 6000 lumen version. Both come with rechargeable Li-Ion battery packs that will provide more than ... http://www.subaquaimaging.com/blog1/2010/11/03/coming-soon/ We recently finished this camera.  It uses the Nikon D700 DSLR, a full frame (35-mm equivalent) 12.1 Megapixel camera combined with the AF-S Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8G ED lens.  The viewport is a 8 inch glass dome with anti-reflective coating.  The body is titanium and the whole thing was designed to ... http://www.subaquaimaging.com/blog1/2010/07/30/6000m-rated-nikon-d700-dslr-housing/ Just finishing up a project that I will write more about at a later date.  This is a 6000m (19,700ft) depth-rated housing for a Nikon D700 DSLR with a 24-70mm f2.8 lens. [caption id="attachment_105" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="The recently completed 6000m DSLR Housing for the Nikon D700 and 24-70mm f2.8 lens."][/caption] http://www.subaquaimaging.com/blog1/2010/07/05/6000m-rated-dslr-camera/ Worlds Longest Scuba Dive Galway Ireland - Images by Ronan Gray *** UPDATE **** May 12 2010:   Received this news from Declan through the guys at Scubadive West (www.scubadivewest.com) this morning: Dear all You will recall that I wrote earlier this year thanking you for supporting the ‘World’s Longest SCUBA dive’ ... http://www.subaquaimaging.com/blog1/2009/10/23/sais-donates-time-equipment-use-to-worthy-case/ [caption id="attachment_78" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Howard Hall with the GATES RED ONE housing fitted with the dome designed by SAIS. Click on the image to go to the source article on wetpixel.com."][/caption] Acclaimed cinematographer Howard Hall gave a nice review of the GATES RED ONE housing and the custom 8 in ... http://www.subaquaimaging.com/blog1/2009/07/29/howard-hall-reviews-red-housing-dome/ I am pleased to announce that one of our recent design projects - an eight inch optically clear glass dome for an underwater housing - is going into production.  On Friday last (April 17, 2009) I met John Ellerbrock, president of GATES Underwater Products Inc down in Point Loma at ... http://www.subaquaimaging.com/blog1/2009/04/20/optically_clear_underwater_dome/ The interest in the housings and what we have available seems to be growing so I thought that I would post some of the dimensions and depth ratings for the Aluminum series here.  All these are available up to 36 inches in length as well as in titanium (for deeper ... http://www.subaquaimaging.com/blog1/2009/01/11/aluminum-housing-dimensions/ A few folks have asked me about the photo in the banner of this blog.  It's from an assignment I did for a local newspaper about the annual student AUV competition that was held here in San Diego at the Point Loma US Navy base.  Below is a gallery of ... http://www.subaquaimaging.com/blog1/2008/12/03/banner-photo/ Here's a shameless plug -  The ROV Manual by Bob Christ and Bob Wernli is a great reference book for operators, pilots and owners.  A good manual that can be used as a textbook or simply as a reference has been needed for a long time.  With chapters on subjects ... http://www.subaquaimaging.com/blog1/2008/10/29/the-rov-manual/ As promised - here are some post-anodized pictures of the housing that was custom fit with a dome to house a camera. The rear end cap is machined for three wet-pluggable connectors that the customer will add. Click on the thumbnails to see the full size image. Ronan. [gallery] http://www.subaquaimaging.com/blog1/2008/10/09/post-anodize-images-of-domed-housing/