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An Impressive, Custom Underwater 3-D Camcorder Setup
• Clay Dillow via PopSciThe BS Kinetics DuoDive housing comes from German photography shop Digi-Dat and allows two LANC-compatible (a protocol for controlling cameras remotely) digital video cameras to be carefully mounted side-by-side within an airtight housing (Cheng opted for two Sony CX550V AVCHD models). A built-in LCD monitor and a few buttons positioned on the backside of the camera allow the user to operate the rig with diving gear on, although as Cheng points out on his blog, there’s no way to control exposure unless you want to rig something up yourself.
You can launch your own 3-D life aquatic for around $3,700. There’s more to the story, as well as photos of the unboxing and assembly process, on Cheng’s blog.