For Sale: Amphibico Rouge housing system for RED

I’ve decided to sell my trusty Amphibico Rouge housing for RED cameras. It’s the best housing I’ve owned in the last 20 years, but I have only land based projects scheduled for the next 18+ months, so I can’t afford to have this much gear sitting around collecting dust. It’s a very complete system with more goodies than I’m going to bother listing individually here, but here is the big stuff. It has the 9.25” optical glass dome, the Macro port, 1.25” port extension, 2” port extension, Dive & See 7” external HDMI monitor, a custom vacuum system, the Amphibico custom pelican case and a ton of little necessities like focus and zoom gears, trim weights, viewer shades, spare o-rings and even a spare right side handle. I’ll be happy to detail everything with a serious buyer. All of this stuff will go as a package, I don’t really want to split anything out, though if you are interested in an extension ring, or the HDMI monitor, I might deal on that.

In addition to the housing system, I have a pair or Light and Motion Sola 4000 LED lights including Ultralight arms, clamps, floats and chargers that I will sell either with the system or separately. One of the Solas is fairly new, probably less than 50 dives. The other is older and has a couple hundred dives but is still in good working order.

Finally, though I really don’t want to sell my RED Scarlet-X, I also don’t have an immediate need for it after I finish a Borneo Orangutan shoot in early July, so if someone wants to buy a complete turnkey package, I can accommodate that too.

Pricing on everything is negotiable depending on how much you want to bundle together, but I’m starting at about 75% to 80% of current list price and maybe even better than that if you buy a bigger chunk of the system. I’ve had the system since Feb last year, so it is a little over a year old, but I only used in on 4 projects. It hasn’t been in the water since last October. Everything is 100% functional and has been professionally cared for in the few months of use that it has seen.

You can see samples of work from the system on my website: www.FishTalesFilms.com in the “Shot on RED” section. All of the Underwater work in that section was shot with the Rouge system.

I can also provide instruction on the use of the system if you are new to shooting RED.

Interested parties please contact me at: steve@FishTalesFilms.com to discuss pricing and details.

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Update:

I've posted a new demo reel on my Vimeo channel of Macro UW footage shot with this system. You can view it at http://vimeo.com/fishtales/smallwonders

Also, I will be coming to the US in about two weeks and can bring the system with me for easier shipping

I will be passing through LAX on July 23 with the system and have a 5 hour layover, so it would be possible to deliver it there and save shipping costs.

Also, since I have decided to list the LMI Sola 4000 lights and the Dive & See 7" HDMI monitor in separate posts.

I now have the Rouge system in the US with me. I will be here until August 6 but when I return to Bali I will be leaving the Rouge here with my son as it will be easier to ship from the US than from Indonesia.

Update: I am back in Bali now after my vacation to the US. I have, however, left the complete Amphibico Rouge system at my Son's house in Oregon. It's more likely that it will sell to someone in the US, so I decided to leave it in a more convenient location for easy shipping. It's all packed and ready to go.

New info regarding my Amphibico Rouge underwater housing system for RED cameras:

Several of the people who contacted me with some interest in shooting UW with a RED had only experience with shooting traditional video cameras in housings. There are quite a few differences when shooting with a RED. Some things require a bit more work and thought on the shooter's part, but the improved image quality is well worth the effort. I you are interested in shooting RED UW, I will include free training with the purchase of my Rouge system. This can be tailored to your experience level to include not only care and maintenance of the system and UW techniques and best practices, but also the special end to end workflow issues that are unique to shooting RAW UW and getting the most out of it. I will offer up to 5 days of one on one training with the purchase of the system. Ideally, I would recommend doing the training here in Bali where I live because there is also access to good local diving (both WA and Macro).

On another note, I have had a couple of inquiries for a complete turnkey package including the camera and appropriate lenses. I am willing to sell the housing along with my Scarlet with the necessary WA and macro lenses, batteries and LCD with the housing in a complete package. There are two reasons this may be appealing, first, it's nearing the end of the year, so you can realize the tax write-off advantages, and second, my Scarlet is eligible for the Dragon upgrade, and that upgrade price is going up $3000 after the 31st of December.

Just wanted to make a correction. To receive the $3000 discount on a Scarlet upgrade to the Dragon sensor, the deadline is December 1, NOT December 31 as I indicated in my last update.

it is still for sale? and what 'was the kit?

The entire Rouge system is sold. the only thing I have left for sale is the Dive & See 7" HDMI monitor. It is listed separately in the Wetpixel classifieds.