Worth It? Sea Frogs Underwater Housing 1 Year Review + Underwater Camera Set Up 

Ah thanks so much for watching! Really appreciate the support 🙌🏾

Thank you! Glad you found it useful!

I'm glad you found it useful! 💙

Ah that's amazing! Glad to have been able to help :)

Oh sweet! Yeah let me know! Happy shooting! 📸

Glad it was helpful 🙌🏾 thanks a lot for your support!

Hope it was helpful!

Thanks so much for your support! The A7IV is a really good camera though and I'm sure it will make a great second rig 🙌🏾 Especially if you already have Nautical for your primary set up, having a Sea Frogs for the second one makes such a huge difference in cost - so much more affordable!

Glad it was helpful! Yes you can use the dials on the top of the camera to switch modes, or you can press the video button on the back of the camera :)

They have a comprehensive list of lens compatibility on the Sea Frogs website for each port and housing option thankfully, which makes choosing quite easy. Generally, you're going to want to use a long flat port for zoom lenses and wide angle with domes but there are exceptions.

The vacuum just checks for any leaks in the housing. Seafrogs vacuum cannot be taken underwater and so there is big pressure difference.

ok, thanks for your reply. I'm also doing the vacuum test before going diving. But as I remove the Seafrog vacuum thingy, I lose the vacuum but it's fine

Thanks, hope it was helpful! The housings are proofed to 40m but from experience they buttons stop working from the pressure at about 36-38m. At that depth light is already an issue but sometimes hammers/threshers are deeper so it's up to you whether you think that will be enough.

Ah with the vacuum you said that. Mb :)

Glad you found it helpful! Yes always remove the vacuum before diving 🙌🏾 I started off using the Samyang 14mm but these days I am experimenting with using the Sony 28-70mm at various different zoom lengths. The dome is really good for split shots and I have an 8inch dome which is the biggest that they currently offer.

Ah okay. I think of buying one for my A7IV but i have to check which lenses are compatible. Thinking of Tamron 17-28 or Sony 16-35 F4.

@@Sharcooon oh yeah those will both be good choices if they are compatible. All the Sea Frogs housings have a full list of which lenses are compatible so it's easy to choose.

Thank you :) No, thankfully it has not leaked yet 🤞🏾

No always take it off before getting in the water. The SeaFrogs vacuum isn't able to be taken underwater.

@@Kaush @larrycole 6576 - I have been using this housing for the last 2 years and I leave the vacuum attachment on. I vacuum it before the dive, close the cap (and make sure the indicator is green). To answer the other question - It does turn red if there is a pressure leak from inside the housing (which can happen sometimes at depth). But it is not an issue for me, the red light is not as much a worry as the beeping noise that will come if the housing starts to flood. Just the red on the indicator is not an sign of water leaking into the housing.

Yes for sure the main issue is when the moisture sensor on the inside starts beeping. It is just that the instructions say not to take the vacuum underwater which is why I have never taken it under with me but I know some people do and it hasn't been a problem for them.

I think if you can afford the glass, go for it. The acrylic is good but scratches much easier than the glass. I can't speak about image quality difference as I haven't tried the glass dome yet.

They have some housings for the smaller cameras like the Sony A6400 and Olympus TG6 as well which are very compact and easy for travelling with. Even the GH5 housings are pretty compact and would be great for video.

@@Kaush Yes I'm really familiar with he TG6, used it for a long time for macro video-it performs surprisingly well here though generally considered a photography camera compared to the GoPro. I think something a step up from that but not massive would be great...Gh5 is a good shoutout-was considering the fx30 for slow mo and bigger sensor. Do you do much over under videography or just photos?

Ah yes the TG-6 is so good for macro! But definitely better for stills than for video. The FX30 is a really good video camera as well and would be a good choice. I have done a bit of split-shot videography but it is so much harder than photography and usually a really large dome is required. Not to say that it can't be done given the right conditions as well.

@@Kaush Thanks! Yeah currently I have a secondhand Zcam E2, my interest being 4k 120. However, it is just too darn expensive to house this camera. Slow mo also doesn't seem like it would be that crucial underwater? My main interest is freshwater and shallow things-I never got into diving.

Oh wow that's amazing! I was looking at the Zcams but you're right the housings are so expensive! Slo mo can be incredibly useful and cool underwater depending on the subject. Fast moving things like dolphins can be amazing with slo mo but it really depends on what you're shooting.

Usually around 2kg. 1kg strapped to each end of the camera tray

Yeah the price difference is huge and whilst there are definitely some upsides to using something more robust like a Nauticam, for all that extra money, you can invest in the set up a lot more

Sola Video Pro 15,000. I have another video on the channel about them ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-jvtgs7mXEoU.htmlsi=4CLxLP9BU0mPT0-G

Noted 👌🏾 will slow down for the next one

Meanwhile I'm happy that he's not speaking to me like I'm 2 years old. I hate the RU-vid speak speed. It's so slow and makes videos hard to watch. Just slow the video down.

Thank you!

Yes I have regularly used it at 30m. The only experience I have with the buttons not working was at 38m but it is only proofed to 40m anyway