FishTales Films and Photos

Raja Ampat Revisited

I've spent quite a bit of time in Raja Ampat while working on Liveaboards, but this trip was the first with my new RED Scarlet X and Amphibico Rouge housing. So this trip was intended to be a "learning experience" in my transition from HD to 4K. I'm happy to say that the learning curve was not very challenging and I was pretty much up to speed after the first couple days. Both the RED camera and the Rouge housing performed flawlessly during the entire 5 weeks I was shooting. Incidentally, the Rouge is SN001. All footage in this video was shot with a Sigma 10-20mm lens, and always at the 10mm end of the zoom range. Everything is shot with natural light, an orange correction filter and a custom look that I profiled in RED CineX Pro for shallow UW. This piece was edited in FCPX and graded in DaVinci Resolve 9.1 then Round tripped back to FCPX for output at 1920x1080. I've been shooting UW professionally for 20 years and I have to say that the combination of a RED camera in the Amphibico housing is by far the most kick ass rig I've ever used!