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The Sealux housing for the Sony PMW-EX1 Camera is a full manual camera with electronic controls for a few basic operations.  You can see spec sheets for the housing here:  http://sealux.de/s1e.htm

Why did I choose the Sealux housing for the EX-1 over a Gates housing?

The first reason was the extortionate price of the standard optics for the gates housings, the prices for their macro dioptre was almost 2x the price of the century optics dioptre that it is based upon. There is also the standard wide port, which apparently cannot have a sony/century wide angle adaptor placed behind it inside the housing… on the Sealux I could fit the Century Dioptre and the Sony W/A adaptor without too much effort, and significantly less cash. Also the option of having electronic controls as well as full manual was very appealing… So I settled on the Sealux.  It is not to say the Gates is bad, i'm sure it is wonderful.

Sealux HQ in Germany were very helpful when I called with questions about the housing/camera combo and that convinced me they were the correct people to call when it came around to buying this set-up.

 

Sealux Sony EX-1 Housing

 

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Super Macro Print E-mail
 Fish Eggs are hard to shoot when they are from big fish... These are from a small blenny.  This entire frame is 4mm across.
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New Photos Print E-mail
Follow the links to find a sparse selection of images from Lembeh shot by Simon.
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KBR Shootout Print E-mail

Simon was privilaged to have been a judge at the ScubaDiver Australasia Shootout held at Kungkungan Bay Resort in Lembeh, Indonesia.

 

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Tuna Project Print E-mail
Simon has just returned from a HD Filming project aboard a Tuna Longline Vessel.  Watch this space for a blog of his adventure into the Indian Ocean.
 
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Anthias Portrait These little 'goldfish' are always on the move, and very tough to shoot! It requires a lot of patience and pig-headedness to stay with one subject for the majority of your dive.  This was shot in the Northern Redsea and was one of about 50 images i took of these fish.

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