Saturday, March 31, 2012

first test dives for the camera enclosure!

preliminary empty-housing test dive to ~30 feet or so went great!

launching the surface support vessel:



pre-dive check:



entry:



dive dive dive!:



recovery and water check:




so, having success there, we went about attaching the camera to the acrylic window, wiring up the camera and battery, and doing some dry-land video testing:






yes, that tv is from like 1983:



video test dive tomorrow!

then we have to find a good cheap video capture device for a laptop, so A: we can capture video, and B: we don't have to lug that 80s tv around

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