Paralenz

Dan Bolt · Issue 101, Mar/Apr 2018 · pp. 50–54

Products mentioned: Paralenz camera, Aquatica housing, Inon torch holder

The Paralenz camera has been around for a little while now, so while you will probably have seen quite a few ‘reviews’ already – Peter Rowlands asked me to take a look at this latest action-camera from the viewpoint of an underwater photographer. Challenge accepted. The brainchild of some serious product designers based in Copenhagen, a successful crowdfunding campaign saw 3000 units delivered to happy customers in 2017. As their website is proud to shout about, this was only after an extensive Alpha testing phase that meant 250 divers from around the world fed-back into the product design and (presumably) firmware, app, and associated feature-set. That feature-set mainly consists of a much-touted Depth Colour Correction (DCC) capability, 4K video, JPG & RAW stills shooting, waterproof to 200m, 120-degree lens, auto start/stop recording and a super- rugged build quality. Coming in at a h…