A few waterspouts underwater camera for diving images I found:
Hanimex Amphibian
Photo by Arty Smokes (deaf mute)
I laughed uncontrollably when I took delivery of this beast of a camera. I’d been expecting it to be a compact thing (you know how you can’t tell the scale of things on ebay, innit?) but it’s HUGE!
The Hanimex Amphibian is, as the name suggests, a camera that can be used on land or under water. It can probably also be used as a blunt-force weapon, because it weighs more than a kilo and feels much like a brick.
I suppose this was a low-cost alternative to the Nikonos when it was launched. The specifications aren’t too bad, actually. The lens is a 35mm with a max. aperture of f/2.8. Curiously, it’s not a true point n’ shoot camera. The focus distance is set manually and so is the aperture, although there is no visual feedback from the uncoupled viewfinder. Some LEDs on the back do at least indicate over- or under-exposure, but I think the shutter speed is fixed. This example looks like its taken on a few dives, perhaps on to a concrete floor as well as underwater, but the O-ring seal seems to be undamaged. Since I’m not a great swimmer, I’ll probably use this camera for some rainy-day street photography with added comedy value. It only cost £4.76, which is not much more than the price of the included postage.
I’ll add more details to the Camerapedia page when I’ve found my instruction booklet.
Cow shark (Notorynchus cepedianus)
Photo by Derek Keats
Not my best photographs ever, but a start for my first dive in pea-green water with a brand new camera accidentally set to ISO-100, duh!
Cow shark (Notorynchus cepedianus), off Millers Point, Simonstown
Photo by Derek Keats
Not my best photographs ever, but a start for my first dive in pea-green water with a brand new camera accidentally set to ISO-100, duh!
Cow shark (Notorynchus cepedianus)
Photo by Derek Keats
Not my best photographs ever, but a start for my first dive in pea-green water with a brand new camera accidentally set to ISO-100, duh!
Rear view shows the transparent back with basic instructions for use. Once you open the door with the lock on the side, you find a fairly standard camera back with another door for inserting the film.
A photo of me holding the camera – to emphasise its ridiculous size – will follow.
Don’t take it underwater with you, i’ll drag you down to the bottom of the ocean floor!
Via donsnyc’s contacts’ uploads on Fluidr
It almost looks like someone decided to use tissue box dimensions for it’s casing. I gotta see the shot of you holding it.
I haven’t tried drowning it, but I’m pretty sure that – unlike my other underwater cameras – it would sink. It does indeed have dimensions akin to a tissue box, but it’s a helluva lot heavier.
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/artysmokes/4702029532]
Oh wow. It’s impressively massive.
I guess another benefit of the size (and color) is that if you do happen to drop it in a body of water, you aren’t likely to lose sight of it.
Standard issue on Canvey Island
Big plastic brick! Cool!
so going to get one! its got a build in flash the Nikons dose not have that!
Woo!
It’s a little like a posh version of this one below – a really cheap camera with a nice waterproof box:
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/awcam/4510088969/]
… but mine lacks the huge yellow comic features.
i want this
This gave me a good chuckle, thank you
hello, i just got mine (after i saw THIS page–esp. the photo with you holding the cam– i am dying to have one).
about the back door lock, i understand the "open" and "lock",
but why is the "close" position?
I actually have one and used it for years diving. It floats. This can be a problem sometimes. It took great photos for a simple point and shoot.
Thanks for adding it to the Camera-wiki group :
http://www.flickr.com/groups/camerawiki/
It appears here in Camera-wiki :
camera-wiki.org/wiki/Hanimex_Amphibian