Eumig Nautica

Steve · Issue 20, Aug/Sep 2004 · pp. 49–51

Products mentioned: Eumig Nautica, Eumig Mini 3 Servofocus, Eumig/Hugyphot Submarine, Eumig 860, Eumig 880, Panarama Macro Aspheric (PMA), Nikonos III, Gagy Anfibian, Nemrod Siluro, Spirotechnique Aquamatic, Sony Marine Pack

Eumig Nautica By Steve Warren It was the films produced by Cousteau and Hass that inspired the diving movement of the 1950s. Throughout the sixties and seventies movie theatres and television audiences were fed an unrelenting diet of underwater documentaries, drama and science fiction Naturally the thoughts of sportdivers turned to making their own underwater movies. Early equipment was largely homemade, although a few companies such as the Swiss firm Bolex, Germany’s Bauer, the Japanese company Fujica and , perhaps surprisingly, the Soviets all produced movie camera and housing packages. But it would fall to an Austrian design team to produce the Worlds first and only underwater amateur movie camera. Eumig cine cameras were already a firm favourite with amateur underwater movie makers. Soon after Super 8 film was launched in the mid sixties, Eumig teamed up with Rene Hugenshmidt to offe…