Want better top-down pics?

[ctenophore]

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/product/avastbuilt/Top-Down-Porthole

[roni]

you guys keep creating awesome products. i need to see this in action!

[Coral Hind]

That's an awesome idea!

[Jon Lazar]

Looks good...Now make one with a mirror at 45deg so I can shoot top down without pulling my hood off.

[dakotasreef]

I picked one up from Avast the other day and the quality is top notch. It a beautiful piece of work. I do not know where you could get one this nice for that kind of price.

 

Thanks again Justin. It will be put to good use.

[Supreme Reefs]

How long is the barrel?

[ctenophore]

Thanks for the compliments everyone!

 

Ben, it is 3-3/8" long overall, 2-3/4" from top rim to inside acrylic lens.

[ctenophore]

  On 11/12/2010 at 1:51 AM, Jon Lazar said:

Looks good...Now make one with a mirror at 45deg so I can shoot top down without pulling my hood off.

Like a periscope on it's side? Hummm, that would be an interesting miter joint. I might have to do this just to see if it would work.

[Supreme Reefs]

  On 11/12/2010 at 3:27 AM, ctenophore said:

Thanks for the compliments everyone!

 

Ben, it is 3-3/8" long overall, 2-3/4" from top rim to inside acrylic lens.

 

Thank you for the info. Do you have anyone that is longer than that?

[Coral Hind]

  On 11/12/2010 at 3:31 AM, ctenophore said:

Like a periscope on it's side?

I don't think he wants it on it's side but basically a reverse periscope, one that looks down into the tank while the camera lens remains looking horizontal over the tank.

[lowsingle]

Do you guys have a store for pick up or is everything over the internet?

 

cheers,

Darren

[ctenophore]

  On 11/12/2010 at 4:33 AM, Bn251 said:

Thank you for the info. Do you have anyone that is longer than that?

We will try to make some double-length ones for external zoom macro lenses this week.

 

  On 11/12/2010 at 1:30 PM, Coral Hind said:

I don't think he wants it on it's side but basically a reverse periscope, one that looks down into the tank while the camera lens remains looking horizontal over the tank.

Yeah, that's what I assumed, poor terminology on my part.

 

  On 11/12/2010 at 8:32 PM, lowsingle said:

Do you guys have a store for pick up or is everything over the internet?

 

cheers,

Darren

Just over the internet. I am fairly easy to meet up with if you want to stop by though. We share the receiving address with Dan's restaurant although I do all shipping from my place.

[Supreme Reefs]

Please let me know when you do id like to get one.

[flowerseller]

  On 11/12/2010 at 1:51 AM, Jon Lazar said:

Looks good...Now make one with a mirror at 45deg so I can shoot top down without pulling my hood off.

I made one simply for viewing a bunch of years ago.

I found it was better to make the mirror have a little adjustment via a small lever so it was easier to view.

[davelin315]

I have contemplated the mirror, too. If you guys do it, I actually think that a stationary mirror might be a good idea. I was going to build mine with a simple PVC 90 and cut it at a 45 degree angle and attach the mirror there. There's a lot of acrylic mirrors out there that would make it a very easy project.

 

Neat idea to affix it to the lens. I was thinking of trying to make a housing that actually was able to hold the entire camera instead as I often end up dipping the housing itself a little too low and getting water into it, have you contemplated a wider version with a camera mount inside?