For owners of Sony Alpha mirrorless cameras, Fantasea has designed a battery cradle that holds one additional Sony NP-FW50 battery (of the Sony Alpha and NEX series), doubling battery life, and thus avoiding the necessity of replacing camera batteries between dives.
It happens to us all—we drop stuff, or spill something. Underwater photographers, who often will find themselves transferring or editing images in moist environments or close to water, will be reassured that butterfingers need not have catastrophic consequences.
Do you also struggle a bit looking through the viewfinder or seeing what is displayed on the rear panel of your camera?
When I spotted this strange-looking, boxy gadget in Keldan’s booth at the Boot show in Düsseldorf, I had to inquire what it was. It turned out to be the prototype of an upcoming videolight controller with which the imagemaker can remotely adjust the output of two videolights directly from the camera housing.