David SVM

I’m currently in a shoot in South Africa and for the first three weeks, no issues. Recently though, I have been getting condensation in the inside of my glass dome port and it’s rendering footage unusable. Any tips to avoid this? Nothing has changed, the camera and housing are assembled in the same room and sand conditions. The only slight change is a -1 degree temp change in the water. I have a small silica gel sachet at the back of the housing. Set up is: Red Komodo X for n a nauticam housing Zen 230mm glass dome Canon 24-105 Ext 60 and 30 attached together. Anything I can do to stop this as it’s never happened before. Air temp is 20-25 degrees, water temp 22-23.5 degrees

Thanks Davide!

Hey mate! If you search for Of Shark and Man you’ll find it, it’s on loads of platforms. You’re right, the potential is always there but it’s not linked in the way people think it is. Just by introducing sharks to divers the risk will increase. The other incident you mention is a different part of the same reef and they have very different protocols there, not as defined or strict as those carried out by BAD. It’s the way a shark feed is executed that makes all the difference.

Hey all! Last year I upgraded my set up to a RED and have an almost full cinema camera set up for underwater for sale. I've used this set up for broadcast and large client work and it is outstanding. Includes: Panasonic EVA1 Cinema Camera Nauticam Housing for the EVA1 Atomos Shogun Inferno Recorder Monitor + accessories and carry case Nauticam housing for the Shogun Inferno Batteries 5 SSDs 2x 128GB Angelbird SD cards SDI Cable Various extras. Basically, the only things you'd need to add are an extension ring and dome port and it's ready to go. The HDMI port can be a little iffy sometimes but it's set up for use with SDI so this was never an issue for me. I'm looking for £5000 for the lot or the best offer. I'm looking for a U.K.. based buyer ideally and I'd rather it went to a good home with somebody looking to upgrade who would appreciate it rather than sit in the pelicase not being used. I'm happy to answer any questions. I'm based in York.

I made a feature documentary about this very site and the story behind it, I also know the diver in the photos. The sharks there are conditioned to behave a certain way under a certain set of circumstances but I can tell you from experience having tested it myself, it hasn't impacted the sharks natural behaviour at all. I would dive that site on non-feed days to examine the sharks behaviour to answer this very question and you couldn't get the sharks to approach any closer than within 20 feet. They do not associate random divers with food.

Really nice! I love the soft highlights and the colour is beautiful! The Azores is an amazing place

Hi, my name is David, I'm an underwater cinematographer and DoP from the U.K. working in the industry for the last 15 years. Great to meet you all! :)