Ethernet Cable for Surface Control of Alexa Mini Housing

This housing was designed in collaboration with HydroFlex, the world's leading underwater cinema equipment rental company owned by Pete Romano, ASC. Pete has over 30 years of experience designing underwater housings for film cameras and numerous credentials as an underwater photographer from some of Hollywood's most memorable feature films. Pete's expertise, combined with Nauticam's unmatched design and manufacturing expertise, create the perfect underwater housing system for Alexa Mini - available from HydroFlex Partners worldwide. The Alexa Mini is ideal for use on drones, gimbals and integrates perfectly with the Nauticam Cinema System.  The 4:3 Alexa sensor, complete with anamorphic de-equeeze, ArriRAW and ProRes recording in front of the camera on CFast 2.0 cards in an underwater system, captures footage that intersects seamlessly with other Alexa cameras on set, with the same workflow. Easy camera preparation The Nauticam system is designed for both the owner/operator and rental markets and is very easy to set up. Armed with just a coin and a #3 Allen wrench, the entire support and lens control system is built on the camera base plate outside of the housing. This means that the rig can be set up on a table, in good light, with plenty of working space. Once the camera is mounted on its tray, the entire system slides into the housing and locks securely into place.   Optically coated dome port Our exclusive 250mm optically coated dome port comes with every system and is, in our opinion, the best optic available for cinema lenses. The 250 mm dome port diameter - 10 inches - is key to good wide-angle imaging with many cinema lenses underwater. Smaller domes can work well with close-focusing SLR lenses, but many cinema lenses have a longer minimum focusing distance in the 35-40cm (14-16?) range.  Using the Arri Master Prime T1.4/14mm with its 40cm MFD as an example, the 250mm dome gives much better results with much less corner softness than smaller domes. This is the same dome used in the optical system developed in conjunction with HydroFlex for Alexa65 and used in feature film productions.  The glass dome is robust and extremely scratch resistant.  Broadband anti-reflective coatings eliminate reflections, flare and ghosting from port optics. A rugged machined aluminum screen protects the dome and provides additional impact resistance.  Battery configuration The housing comes with an Anton Bauer "Gold Mount" battery plate and LEMO connector for the Alexa Mini camera. There is ample room for a range of battery pack sizes to be used in the enclosure, resulting in long operating times.  Surface-powered performance is also an option for all-day, networked use. Weight and trim control A sliding weight bracket allows the front and rear fairings to be dynamically adjusted in the water, providing a natural up or down position as needed.  The bracket accepts readily available dive weights that can be easily obtained in the field. Additional trim weights can be attached to the housing slides, or to trim mounting locations strategically placed on the inside of the housing to adjust neutral buoyancy and left-right balance. . Universal lens control Unencumbered control from the surface is a key criterion for many top underwater experts, and these requirements have been incorporated into as many forms as possible throughout the design process.  The basic "diver controlled" system fully meets the needs of a single operator, but our range of accessories aimed at production sets makes the Nauticam housing as much at home on a feature set as it is on an Indo-Pacific coral reef. The housing includes enough space for internal mounting of Arri "cforce mini" motors. These motors control the lens control of the housing, not the lens itself, which means that any lens the housing carries can be set up for surface control of focus, iris and zoom. Alexa Mini has built-in motor control that allows the system to be set up without a motor control unit!  These motors are mounted on specially designed brackets that are attached to the camera bay and do not need to be removed when changing lenses or pulling the camera out of the housing. . The housing also comes with two 3/4" Hydroflex connectors so that the power supply, remote control and remote monitoring umbilical from other Hydroflex rental systems can be used on Alexa Mini. An enormous range of lenses is supported, from very small Zeiss standard speeds to very large cinema-style zooms. Our port system has been tested with Arri UWZ 9.5-18, the most advanced wide-angle lens ever made, with excellent results.