My greatest Scuba diving fear? Shark attack. Shark attack I can’t defend against because the underwater camera I’m shooting with is strapped to my wrist and makes shark eye-gouging damn near impossible. That’s what makes these Liquid Image camera goggles so appealing.
For $399, you can get yourself a air of HD320, which records 720p video at 30fps and will work up to 40m. Coloured blue, the HD320 records audio and allows 5MP still shots as well. Running off four AAA batteries, you get about two hours worth of video recording direct to MicroSD card.
There are lower-grade models as well, offering VGA and DVD quality video footage for $199 and $299 respectively. But if you really want to keep your hands free for shark punching, you’ll want to get that footage in HD.
michael
Monday, September 20, 2010 at 6:00 PMlol! I love the title of this article
Martin Aungle
Tuesday, September 21, 2010 at 3:01 PMGreat headline – but just wondering if you actually tried them out? I’d be keen on how easy they were to use (was the mask itself any good, for instance) and what sort of results you got from the camera.
conradb212
Tuesday, September 28, 2010 at 6:14 AMI did try it out, in great detail, while diving Turks & Caicos, Cozumel, the California Channel Islands, and St. Kitts/Saba. It’s a very legitimate product that’s both an instant conversation piece as well as a functional HD camera. The mask part is amazingly good, just like a regular mask, and the rig doesn’t feel bulky on your face, even with the optional (and highly recommended) side-mount torches.
Shooting video is easy, but since there’s no LCD, there’s some trial and error in framing your subject, and you’d be surprised how much you move your head while diving. Also, bubbles can get in the way, and breathing rattles the mask, so getting good clips requires a bit of experience. Video quality is decent (the more light the better, of course).
I put up a full review at scubadiverinfo.com/3_cameras_liquidimage_videomask320.html