Simple underwater housing

[sinapps]

I needed a shot looking up from a shallow container of water...

 

[dory_breaux]

thats HELLA ghetto, but it looks pretty sweet! what did you use for the front glass?

 

[sinapps]

would you like it better if I painted up all pretty?

The front is just 1/4" plexi from the hardware store.

This thing will be 1" under water, pointing straight up, and just has to survive 1 shoot.

 

[Jason Miller]

yes paint it, then resubmit it for a better grade, kep in mind all resubs are automaticly dropped one letter grade lol, to bad to, if you would have painted it prettty like, i'd of given you an A

 

[jmc]

There are some how-tos on instructables.com for similar housings.

This one is prettied up nicely, while this one is pretty ugly, but includes a water detecting alarm, and this one is my favorite because it is so simple.

I'm determined to build one of these this summer.

 

[hoarp001]

make sure it can take the water pressure... lexan polycarbonate is pretty tough, especialy the 20mm thick stuf....

 

[natxbrotha]

for smaller cameras like that, you can go to bed bath and beyond to get one of those clear sugar jars with a gasket. I used that for a lot of wakeboarding videos and took it down 10ft in a pool and seemed to work fine. If your camera has a remote control, just put it in a couple ziplocks or bags that can seal so you can initiate the record function.

 

[Wild Imagination Films]

I'm off to the plumbing store tomorrow. I am really excited about making my housing. I think this summer will prove videographically interesting. Also want to try to recreate the scene from 300.