Liquid Image video camera goggles get upgraded specs, Japanese release

by Vladislav Savov posted Jul 9th 2009 at 7:15AM

Aloha, friends! Are you finding your beach holiday experience is missing that certain bit of techno je ne sais quoi? Maybe it's because your snorkeling exploits are going undocumented, in which case you may look to Liquid Image's newly unveiled UDCM310. An evolutionary improvement on the previous model, the new goggles feature a 5 megapixel CMOS sensor, software-free USB connectivity and the ability to record 720 x 480 video at 30 fps to a microSD card. Sure, it's not exactly overwhelming you with shooting options, but it also keeps your hands free for whatever underwater heroics you want to film.

[Via Akihabara News]

Filed under: Wearables

Tags: beach, digital camera, DigitalCamera, goggles, head-mounted camera, Head-mountedCamera, liquid image, LiquidImage, microSD, snorkeling, udcm310, underwater, underwater camera, UnderwaterCamera, waterproof

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Fusi0n @ Jul 9th 2009 7:37AM

I would use those to mimic FPS gameplay.

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Kurian @ Jul 9th 2009 8:02AM

Underwater POV pr0n.

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LondonConsultant @ Jul 9th 2009 7:40AM

Yeah, but it upload direct to YouTube?

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Wolfticket @ Jul 9th 2009 9:19AM

It not matter, you have computer.

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Leo @ Jul 9th 2009 1:07PM

Nothing matter anymore when lose grammar

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Aaron @ Jul 9th 2009 7:49AM

Making underwater porno has never been easier to make!

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Dave @ Jul 9th 2009 7:52AM

This would actually be pretty useful for me. I was snorkeling on tuesday and had my camera in an underwater housing and it was quite cumbersome and slowed me down quite a bit. I was actually wishing for something that could take video/pictures of what I was looking at handsfree.

Unfortunately, the 10m limitation and the awkward aesthetics are a major downside. 10m makes it pretty much useless for Scuba.

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Wwhat @ Jul 9th 2009 8:13AM

It probably doesn't have enough light-sensitivity anyway to use it at more depth, from the sound of it it's just your common aiptek thingy inside a divingmask, but correct me if I'm wrong.

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NeoJew @ Jul 9th 2009 9:01AM

We know what you were looking at ~_^

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Jon @ Jul 9th 2009 9:17AM

@Wwhat: When you're diving in the tropics, there's almost as much light at 100 feet as there is at 5 feet. The visibility and clarity of the water in many parts of the world is ridiculous.

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JimboJones @ Jul 9th 2009 9:46AM

Jon, you have no clue what you are talking about and never scuba dive., Wwhat is right, U usually need very strong flash for underwater photography regardless how clear the water this. This is not related only to the light but also color shift underwater. It will work without flash or strong light beam.

What I don't like on this camera is the fact that it's hooked to your mask. Yes it might look great idea, but you always have to look the same direction. If you are underwater, your body moves, you need to look other way...... Video from this will be all over the place.

Housing with external flash or sealife sealed camera is the best (prepare to pay a lot of cash), if you cannot afford it, there are few very cheap camera which can go up to 30 feet - something like this will work for all your fun including shallow dives http://www.olympusamerica.com/cpg_section/product.asp?product=1363

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Jon @ Jul 9th 2009 10:34AM

@JimboJones:

Actually I am a scuba diver and have taken thousands of underwater photos all over New York, Pennsylvania, and Ontario - all without flash. Depending on the water and weather conditions, I've gotten quality pictures without flash as deep as 70 feet in the St. Lawrence - and I've seen a large number of strobe-less pictures taken in places like Bonaire and the Caymans far deeper than that.

Here is an untouched picture I took at 60 feet in a quarry in Pennsylvania with a 2.3 megapixel Canon Elph:
http://i30.tinypic.com/wlqb6o.jpg

And here's one a buddy of mine took in Bonaire at 75 feet just last month:
http://i29.tinypic.com/11aabh1.jpg

And beyond that, there are often great opportunities for pictures and video in the 30-foot range, but the dive plan calls for the dive to get much deeper. Obviously the camera needs to be able to withstand the 4 atmospheres of pressure at 100 feet in order to come along for the ride and take pictures under the 2 atmospheres of pressure at 33 feet.

I also have a great, great full-length video of a dive I did on the Keystorm. We got to 110' on that dive, and the video looked great all the way down and all the way up, with no supplemental lighting at all, using a cheap P&S camera and waterproof housing.

So the video mask is an awesome idea for a scuba diver, even if they only want video 10 meters and above - but the video unit must be able to withstand deeper pressures as well.

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m16Jesse @ Jul 9th 2009 12:47PM

Those are some nice pics, Jon.
Yet I'd use these googles for looking at something other than fish, if you catch my drift.

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Denver_80203 @ Jul 9th 2009 1:09PM

"When you're diving in the tropics, there's almost as much light at 100 feet as there is at 5 feet"

No, not really. I don't care if you're diving in a swimming pool, the color red doesn't exist at 100 feet. Yellow, on the other hand, is quite clear. Your camera is doing some hard work at depth that your eyes are unaware of. Don't confuse what you think is "bright" and "good viability". They are two VERY different things at depth.

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