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Le 30 Sep 97 =E0 14:10, William Martin a =E9crit sur Really Deep Video:
>
>
> I'm planning a 500ft mix dive next month, and would like
> to take video . Problem is, my Gates housing (for the
> Sony PC7 digital camera) is only good to 250-300 feet or so.
>
> The people at Gates say it'll proably go deeper, but this
> rig was expensive, and I don't really want to try it.
>
> So I had an idea. What if I fitted the housing with an
> LP inflator fitting, and pressurized the housing to
> a few ATA to offset the external pressure?
>
> Anybody have any idea whether or not the camera could
> take it?
For the camera, I dunno (the batteries could very well not take it lightly=
),
but Cousteau used to do that, until the camera box exploded, nearly blindi=
ng
him (granted, there was no acrylic domes then, but still...).
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