ไม่สามารถเล่นวิดีโอนี้
ขออภัยในความไม่สะดวก
Sea frogs (Meikon) Underwater Housing For The Sony A7III/A7RIII | Comprehensive Product Review
ฝัง
- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 ก.ย. 2020
- Check out my first impressions video on this housing here
• First Impressions on t...
I've used this housing extensively over the past year and I am ready to give you my insight on it. I have found some cons and I will share how I deal with them. I will also give you my recommendation on whether or not this is a housing you should add into your kit. I think this is going to be a useful one.
If you enjoyed my video, don't forget to like and subscribe.
Buy me coffee to support my youtube channel.
ko-fi.com/bern...
Where I get my music from.
Click here for a free month - www.musicbed.c...
Check out my social media pages.
IG: / asfreeasaberd
FB: / bernardlau1991
TH-cam: / bernardlau1991
Gear:
Main Camera Body - Sony A7III
Secondary Camera Body - A7RIII
Lens I Use:
My Favorite Prime - bit.ly/306ogoE
My Telephoto Lens - bit.ly/36F0LWe
My Most Versatile Zoom - bit.ly/35I4od3
My Wide Angle - bit.ly/2QAbTyf
Action Camera : Gopro Hero 7
Drone: Dji Mavic Pro 2
Gimbal: Zhiyun Weebill S - bit.ly/36EvhQj
Hello.
I have used seafrogs on all my camera models, from old Canon 550D, to my Olympus TG5 and TG6, and also for my sony rx100 iV and Vii, sony a6300, sony a6500, sony A7 Ii, and now sony A9. They are super durable if we don't skip proper care. I also have tons of expansion ports, domes, etc and the vacuum pump for leak detection. Super!
One question, if you know: on my a9 housing, as well on that model you showing for the a7 R III, there is a small button wheel on the front, right above the port.
I am trying hard to understand what that is for... the cameras have no buttons there... the focus ring don't seem to touch it (I have the old hard plastic ones but now there are some rubber more soft ones...). I thought it was to help get them aligned withe the cogwheel down by the base but I don't think its that either.. any ideas?
Thanks.
Hey 👋 if you’re talking about the one I think you’re referring to, it’s the lock for the zoom ring. Like you turn it aside so you can install it, and once installed you can lock it so it doesn’t come off. But it’s not really needed. Like the zoom ring works fine even if you don’t lock it haha
@@BernardLau1991 yeap, thanks!
The newest rubber rings don't shake as much as the rigid astic ones did :)
@@Histogramas No problem. Glad it helped :)
@@BernardLau1991 did.
Also I just found one thing that may help you:
As you know, the seafrogs housings do not have access to the front dial.
You suggested (I think it was you) to use the menu and change the back dial from shutter to aperture but that is slow, specially underwater.
You can programme the back wheel to have aperture or shutter speed in the "My Dial" configurations and set three sets of options for that wheel.
Pressing the "left" part of the back wheel, I travel trough the three modes I programmed.
In one I control shutter on the back dial, aperture on the back wheel.
In another I control the ISO and on the other I control the WB in Kelvins.
:)
Super quick to change, just pressing the left side of the wheel (you can program any other key to access the "MyDial" configurations of course). ;)
@@Histogramas Thanks for the tip! But I am using the a7sIII housing now and it has a front dial! haha. But i'll pin your comment so others can benefit from this! :)
Super useful. Thank you! Keep on the good work!
Thanks, will do!
Great video and thanks for all these informations!
Question. Which port were you using at 01:02? This shot looks fantastic!
And can you please tell me which bag you use?
Best regards
Nice Bernard! Would love to get one of these!
You should! go for it hahaha. at least it doesn't cost an arm and a leg hahaha
Hey thanks so much for the great reviews! Im looking at this for the 24-70 kit lens and i see some come with the zoom ring insert for manual zoom using a dial on yhe front. Did you ever find a compatible ring for your lens? Wondering how it works with the flat and dome. Thanks again!
I’m not too sure about those questions and I did not have experience with all the lenses and ports. But that said, my 16-35f4 works perfectly well with my zoom ring. Hope that helps!
It was worth the wait Mister! Thanks so much for this review! :)
MaximumDiver after a one year delay, I finally completed the video 😂
Thank you soooo much for that very nice in-depth review of pros and cons. I keep looking at this and Aquatech housing and see no real in-depth reviews between them, but this is the closest I've gotten with the seafrogs one now. Thank you so, so much!
Hey! Thank you for watching and your kind words. I’m glad you found it useful. If you wait another week, I did an in-depth review on the ikelite housing. 😁
I haven't heard of that one, so I look forward to seeing it.
@@Zedonus0 it will be up by Friday night. 😁
@@Zedonus0 th-cam.com/video/WbGL6wfx6nI/w-d-xo.html
@@Zedonus0 I posted the video early! haha
Hey Bernard, thank you for the great review. I followed your mind set regarding price vs. perks. I’m going to go with a AL housing since I’m doing Tec dives & need to make sure that the camera survives the dive 👍🏽
Thanks for watching and the kind words. Yes if you're going to use it often and push it to the limits, you have to go for reliability. The different products are meant for different users :)
I got one to protect my delicate Fugi X100f
Weather seal and transport storage. I won't take it in the water. It was on sale $139
Mine is too bulky hahaha
Thank you! Do you have a link for the camera tray?
Hi! I don't. I bought mine from ali express. Maybe you could try buying from there :)
Hi! im looking for a water housing from SeaFrogs for my Sony a7iii with a 24-105 lens. I want a dome port and not a flat port. Could you help me to find one for me? I can't find it on their website!
Hi. Thanks for watching my video and reaching out. I think your best bet is to write in to seafrogs email and ask them directly. As I don’t have experience with that lens, I’m not the best to advise you. Sorry I wasn’t of more help!
The only thing you haven't tested is the cold water (but you might not have any in your region hehe). I wonder if the fog would be present or not. Maybe using the vacuum system would prevent this. But I would be curious about the buttons if you could press them or not.
MaximumDiver I’ve had the system fog up on me before. It happens when I run the camera on for longer periods of time.
But I think that happens regardless of housing you use right? Not just to seafrogs haha. Don’t have any experience with the vacuum seal unfortunately :(
I always stuff as many mini desiccant packs (those that come included in packages / most anything you buy nowadays etc.) as possible into the housing (around the camera/lens). If the ambient / water temperature difference is high then I'd even smear (gasp, horror) some toothpaste on all clear interior surfaces. I'd almost never get a fogged up housing or lens with those precautions.
Hello Bernard !
I saw in your description that one of the lenses you used was the Tamron 28-75! I use that same lens with my a7iii.
was that the lens you used to get any of the footage you showed here in the video? :)
Hi! No I don’t use that lens with this housing. From their website I don’t think the listed it as compatible? 🤔
I’m using the 16-35f4 with this housing!
Let me know if it works w the tamron? I’m trying to figure out if It’s compatible since both lens are similar in size !
Hi Bernard, Nice video you made.
How about a flash . Is it possible to attach a flash and controll it by the Camera in this underwater housing.
And if yes, what else Options is needed?
Which Underwater flash can you recommend?
Hi! Unfortunately, I have no experience using flash with this housing so I am unable to advice. :/
When using this housing, can you use the screen to focus?
unfortunately, you can't
@@BernardLau1991 so, I must focus with a back button?
Hi, do you know if the sigma 35 mm dg dn 1.4 is compatible with this housing? in the site they only talk about the old version of the lens
Hi. Thanks for checking out my video. Unfortunately, I don't have that lens so I am unable to test it out. Perhaps you could reach out to seafrogs via email to confirm with them directly?
@@BernardLau1991 ok thanks for the answer! Nice video anyway! 😀
@@dariomessina4335 thank you for your kind words!
Good reviews
Thanks for the support! :)
Where have you placed the gopro mount and what mount are you using? Hotshoe?
I place the gopro at the tip of the lens barrel. And I use one of the 3m stickers that usually comes with buying a go pro :)
@@BernardLau1991 Thank you, could you also let me know if you are using a lighting system and what are those?
@@bonny2083 I use only video lights and I’m using the big blue 3200 video lights . Hope this helps 😁
@@BernardLau1991 Thank you Bernard, I have ordered some video lights, let's see how it goes 😊
Hey! Do you need the dome for those half-underwater / half-above-water pictures, or can I get that effect with the original lens housing (considering the lens I want to use fits in the original housing)?
Hi there. If you want to get the half in half out shots, you would need a wide angle and preferably a dome port. The bigger the dome, the clearer the separation will be. I'm using the 6 inch dome but if storage isn't a problem, I would recommend the 8 inch. Hope this helps :)
Hi Juan. Because of optical refraction and FoV correction, you will need a dome. Otherwise, if you use a flat port, you may do a split shot but the portion underwater will be magnified (and probably out of focus) and the upper half won't. Therefore, both parts won't "match", you will have a wider angle of vision in air than in water.
@@Histogramas thank you!
Thanks for the review. Not sure about it. How does it do for video when You have to access the controls?
Hey 👋 thanks for watching. It does great for video. In fact I use it mainly for video over photos. If you check out my channel you could probably find a few videos that showcase footage shot with this set up :)
The limitations I mentioned in the video still exist tho. Haha
@@BernardLau1991 I did. It looks great. How easy is it to change the aperture / iso with the housing? Cheers
@@WetSouls I assign iso to the wheel and it changes very easily. As for the aputure, I have to assign it to the one dial that I have control over and I assign the shutter to the dial that I don’t since I don’t adjust it haha
@@BernardLau1991 okay. Thanks for explaining.
Love your videos man… want to get a housing for my a7III because I can not afford a new camera + housing right now 😅
Thank you! You’re too kind with your words. Slowly save up. That’s what I had to do too 😁
@@BernardLau1991 always mate 🙏🏼
with the tray, is it still positive or negative in the water? i just bought this housing and i will be going overseas tomorrow. i have 2 S large float and 2 M Medium floats plus the inon z240 strobles, dont know will i be able to get it negative at least, dont like it to be positive!!! lol
Even with the tray it is positive. At least for the tray I use. But with lights it become negative. Hope this helps.
@@BernardLau1991 thanks, will test the system in the pool once i arrive to bali. hope will not be too over positive, if not i will cry, i never bring the normal arms without float
@@BernardLau1991 but u r using the dome port or the macro port? likely i will be using macro most of the time
@@coolguy79jeffrey Just keep in mind that sea water will be more buoyant than pool water haha. One thing I do is I use zip tie and attach a scuba weight to the camera tray if it's still buoyant (when I don't attach lights)
@@coolguy79jeffrey I use both quite a bit
Thanks!
Thank you for watching!
thanks for you review. Could you say me which bag do you use to transport de housing and dome together? thanks
I use one of this cases. www.aliexpress.com/item/32830312692.html
hope it helps!
@@BernardLau1991 yes I bought it. thanks!
@@ioritzvazquezzz1951 no problem 😁