CP＋ 2012 in Yokohama

The last day of the CP+, Camera & Photo Imaging Show 2012 in Yokohama, I finally got the chance to go to visit. All booths were crowded and you had to wait for at least an hour to get your hand on the new cameras. I’ve decided to forget about all models I wish I had a time to play with, and went directly to the Canon’s booth to scout the new G1X. Not only because on the specs it seems to be a pretty nice piece of art, but mostly because our next housing in the FIX line-up will nestle this little devil.
I got lucky that there were few of them on the exhibit so I the time I’ve spent in the line waiting wasn’t that long.
As for the first impression – the G1X feels better in the hand then the G12. The camera is just right weighted for its category. The buttons and control wheels share the same layout as the previous G12,well accessible and intuitive. The dual control wheel gives you smooth control over the exposure compensation and dedicated shooting mode. Comparing to previous G models, the G1X sports the pop-up type flash.
The build-in zoom lens enables to shoot from wide to telephoto. Now, that will be quite a challenge to be able to use all the feature of this came on its full power underwater. How to accommodate the fisheye port or the wet macro lens with the new housing? My head already starts to hunting for some clues and solutions.
The sale is scheduled for the spring, somewhere around the April and May so be ready.
More features of Canon G1X can be found here:
http://youtu.be/aq-ptEPMdVA

DiveBiz Show 2012 in Tokyo

The first two days of this cold February we were busy during the DiveBiz Show event held in Tokyo for the second time. Same as the last year, we were happy to welcome and present our products to quite a huge number of visitors who stopped by at our booth.

Besides others, presenting following three new products kept us busy at most.

No. 1 – FIX S100, the new housing for Canon S100, with the UWL-28M52, a wide conversion lens.

This housing is build in the way to let the diver to fully control the camera with right hand only to be able to concentrate more on the scene than on skipping the menus. With included M52 and M67 adaptors, almost any wet lenses can be used.

And for the wide and dynamic scenes, we recommend to use the FIXUWL-28M52/67 wide lens. It sports the same specifications as the previous UWL-04 series but in more compact and easy to mount package.

The nitrogen gas is injected inside the dome so you do not need to worry about the foggy pictures.

No. 2 – FIX AQUAVOLT3500. This is not the same product as the one shown at the DEMA SHOW last year. There was a lot of development to improve its performance. We see the small LCD display to the biggest advantage. It gives you all the necessary info, like the output intensity, inner temperature or selected mode, at a glance. Equipped with the ball joint, the FIX LED LIGHT YS adaptor is easy to attach.

The presale is scheduled for the end of February with mass production and sale following around the end of March.

For specs and more detail please visit our web site.

No. 3 – the revolutionary FIX WATERSHOT lighting systems series. The basic philosophy is the lightweight light head with separate battery pack, which can be used not only as the diving light, but the battery pack can be attached into the arm system.

This makes the FIX WATERSHOT a really brand new underwater lighting solution.

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By now, the 900, 1800 and 3000 lumens light heads are available that can be combined with variety of options to build up the optimal solution that will fits everybody’s individual needs.

We are scheduled to attend some dive shows around the globe so you will have a chance to see those products soon. And to keep good news coming, something new is in the air. Be ready for the upcoming spring…

FIX S100 Housing Vol.3

We are proud to be the first to announce the housing for upcoming Canon S100 compact camera.

This new FIX S100 housing is built just to make the camera live. Ergonomic grip design, great feel of half shutter press, and of course, all the camera functions are accessible while underwater. To take all the advantages of the 24 mm lens ,the port will be re-designed and equipped with wider mount than FIX S95′s. With variety of lenses and adapters, which are scheduled to be produce as well, this set-up will gives you the opportunity to take variety of pictures during the same dive, from dynamic wide scenes to moody micro shots. We are using now all our effort and energy to deliver this new baby to our fans as soon as possible. (*FIX S100 at DEMA is the first sample. the housing shape especially port part might be changed.)

We also prepared one small, yet very useful product – FIX Maintenance Kit. This shall become a standard for every UW photographer. Easy to bring it everywhere, to the diving resort or on the deck of the diving boat. Three different swabs can fit to any housing to take off the dust or dirt and SALT-AWAY keep your equipment salt-crystals-free. It is easy to do the maintenance properly and it can save you a lot of trouble and unpleasant expenses if the housing gets flood due the lack of maintenance.

FIX S100 housing as well as the whole range of our product is presented our partners’ booth Backscatter#655 & Reef Photo #566. Come and see yourself, we are waiting to satisfy your requests.

FIX Pocket Light MG300 vol.2

Many thanks to all Fisheye fans who came to visit on the first day.
Now, we would like you to meet our second ace – FIX Pocket light MG300. It fits perfectly into your BC pocket. It’s less than 10cm long but it shines at 300 lumens!
You can use Li-Ion batteries as well as rechargeable Eneloop or AA type alkaline batteries. MG300 is made to be the diver second light or it can be easily used as the UW photo target light. The body is made of aluminum to be rigid and withheld even the hard diving conditions. This is your next buddy!

Check out this neat product yourself at Fisheye / Backscatter #655/Reef Photo booth #566.

We all are waiting for you!

FIX New Product at DEMA 2011 vol.1

This year the DEMA 2011 show moved south to Orlando and Fisheye can’t miss it. We have some new products you shall see so please come to visit. First is the FIX Aquavolt 3500, as its bigger brother Aquavolt 5000, nestled in compact aluminum body and equipped with high luminance LEDs.

The beam is as wide as 120 degrees and the brightness goes up to the 3500 lumens, which serves great as well as the UW photo and video light. You can connect the light to your housing via popular Ultra Light Control’s Mounting Ball joint or FIX Light Adapter that gives you the natural flexibility to adjust the lighting to any scene.

The most innovative feature is the LCD display on the back of its body. Real burn time　remaining, intensity and inner temperature info is shown to provide you with the info about the light performance.

You can check it yourself at our Fisheye booth at Backscatter booth #655 or at Reef photo booth#556 at DEMA 2011. We all are waiting for you! Thank you!

Marine Diving Fair 2011

Marine Diving Fair 2011

The postponed Marine Diving Fair 2011 is on. The reason for it’s delay was the devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan four months ago. And as a silent reminder of the disaster, the “tsunami survivor” is exhibited on our booth.

This year, we secured the place right next to the entrance so be sure to don’t miss us while rushing in.

Our booth

Full range of the Nauticam housings is on the exhibit together with our originally developed FIX line of underwater lights and housings. Most of the visitors are interested in the powerful FIX Aquavolt 5000 with stepless output up to 5,000 lumens and optional remote controller and FIX S95 housing build for the Canon PowerShot S95 compact camera. Original and third-party accessories makes the FIX S95 one of the most valuable and requested UW compact systems on the present market.

Two greats; Whale shark and the FIX S95

The printed catalogue is gave for free and our staff is ready to help you to decide which underwater photography system fits your needs. Please come to visit and have a nice time.

Fisheye team

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The TSUNAMI survivor

This is a true story…

As you are probably aware, Japan’s west coast was hit by a destructive tsunami following the massive earthquake on March 11. One of the most affected places is the town called Minami Sanriku where the diving shop Grunt Sculpin is, or better to say was, located on the beautiful place only 200 meters from the coast. The owner, Mr. Sato Nagaaki, was lucky that on that day he was outside Japan on one of his diving trips.

“The whole shop was washed away, I just gave up all the diving and underwater photography equipment in the store and put all my effort to rebuild the shop. And on that time my brother gave me a call saying “I found the housing with the NAUTICAM logo written on it”. What a great news I thought and checked it right away. At a glance the grip was chopped away from the base and the body itself was covered with many scratches. The proof of the horrific power of the nature was sitting right there, in my hands.”

“Then, I politely took care of the housing, washing it gently with the fresh water and looking for evidence of some other damage. But what a surprise, there was no sign that the housing was flooded. And this was SOMETHING that I want to share with you.”

It was like be face to face with samurai who just survived and won a great battle but his body is covered with millions of scratches and scares.

For us, as the Nauticam distributor, this story is really something we are proud of. Not only because the rigidity and solid roots of Nauticam was proven in the way that hopefully never will be repeated, but this also proves that our decision to have our original FIX housings to be built by the same team was the correct decision.

Now, “Made by Nauticam” can be said out loud and very, very proudly.

Thank you Nauticam…