Scubalamp MR6 HDMI Monitor

Peter Rowlands · Issue 136, Jan/Feb 2024 · pp. 32–34

Products mentioned: Scubalamp MR6, Nauticam GH5 housing, Nauticam 25221 ball mount, Stix floats, Panasonic GH5, Sony VX1000, Amphibico housing

For most of my time underwater I used to shoot video using a dedicated camcorder with the attraction of a small external LCD monitor to frame images without having to have your eye up to a small internal viewfinder. Camcorders have pretty much been overtaken by hybrid still/ video cameras which offer increased image quality, frame rates and ISO capabilities. The result is that there are very few, if any, camcorder housings in production today which, for me, is a real shame but hey ho. Over the years the LCD screens on these hybrid cameras have got bigger and have now peaked at just over 3” which is fine but they are ‘line of sight’ which means you have to hold the housing in front of you to get the best view of the screen. That’s where an external monitor comes into its own but it’s not as simple as it used to be. Camcorders had small ‘video out’ sockets which only had two wires but that…