Well, this is the issue: I’m 32 and after 5 years as a full time diving instructor I decided to stop my diving career and spend more time at home…. I decided to choose a “drier” life.
The reason? In many ways, you can say I was BORED of diving in the same place, in the same area, with the same people…  believe me you get scuba-bored once you do 500 dives in the same location.
That’s why yesterday was such a special day.

Location: My same old local dive site.

Dive time: 30 minutes

Depth: no more than 8 meters.

Special Encounters: None.

Visibility: Below Average

Level of Satisfaction: Extremely High.

So what made my dive so exciting? Well, a new gadget that I got in the mail in the last days. Ladies and Gentlemen, divers and Scuba Jedi readers… meet the Liquid Image Scuba Series HD320.

The idea is very basic, you go diving with a diving mask, but the diving mask instead of being just a simple mask, it incorporates a camera. So, say bye bye to taking your small diving camera in your hand and say hi to taking photos just by touching a small button on your diving mask.

Before the dive: I thought that the Liquid Image camera mask, would require a lot of “preparation”, getting o-rings ready, etc, etc, etc. Well, I was wrong, this is as easy as putting the mask on, turning it on and start taking photos. Very easy.

The Great Points about the Liquid image:

1. Easy to wear (it feels just like any other scuba mask)
2. Affordable. For less than $400 this is a great mask+camera. It is in fact cheaper than many fancy diving cameras that do..mmm nothing.
3. Very easy to use: hey you don’t need to be Einstein to use this… if you can dive you can use the Liquid Image Camera. Just look at the objective and click.

Things to improve:

It would be nice to see the camera in the  future including Flash…. although you can fit lights to the mask to enhance lighting on the subject matter you are photographing or videoing… and why not a potential Zoom (but I have no idea how this feature could actually be implemented)

The best Asset of the Liquid Image camera: The fun Factor. In a kind of way, I felt like playing Xbox underwater… It was simply fun, to look at things and click my mask. Yep. gotcha! you are now in my scuba mask…

Who should dive with the Liquid Image scuba Camera Mask?

Well, for sure this is an idea for any amateur underwater photographer like me. The mask does the job and the Photos are Good enough to make you smile. Videos are in 720P HD so good enough to watch back on your home Plasma TV. This scuba diving mask could seriously become a must-have for any diving instructor.

Your students suck in Buoyancy? – Just click your mask and show him/her the photo later on. (Or take a video to show them how they were fumbling around.)

Do you want to have a souvenir of your students without having to have your hands busy with a camera, easy: just click on your mask. Job done.

To Keep in Mind: It is important to understand the idea of this mask is to have fun. If you are planning to go next year to work in National Geographic and take photos of a missing Uboat… well, may be you will need a more professional type of camera. So don’t expect magic. No, the camera has no Zoom, the camera has no Flash… and I’m pretty sure It will not survive the depths that many Trimix divers require. But hey! Who really cares…? this is a Mask you take on  holidays, a Mask you put on to mess around with your friends while diving, a Mask that increases the fun to take photos underwater, without having invest some of the BAILOUT money .

Overall: Fun, affordable, simple, takes photos, and HD Video, does the job, feels good underwater.

So as you can see overall the quality is pretty good. (please see photos below…)

For more info about the liquid image Camera, please contact today http://www.liquidimageco.com/

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