View source for Motormarine 35 SE

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The '''Motormarine 35 SE''' is a [[scale focusing|scale-focusing]] underwater camera developed in 1983<ref>According to the [http://www.seaandsea.jp/company/outline.html Sea & Sea company history] at [http://www.seaandsea.jp/ the company's website].</ref> by [[Sea & Sea]]. Its stout yellow plastic housing is claimed to be waterproof to a depth of 45 meters or 150 feet. The "SE" designation was used in Sea & Sea's advertising and manuals, but does not appear on the camera itself. As the name implies, the camera has motorized film advance and rewind (powered by two AA-size batteries), although there is no continuous burst mode.

The camera has a single, non-adjustable shutter speed of 1/100 of a second; but apertures from f/2.8–16 are selected manually using a lever on the front of the camera. This is coupled to a light meter which illuminates a trio of indicator LEDs, visible through the clear plastic back of the camera, which guide the exposure setting. Initial versions of the camera offered a switch to select between ASA 64<ref>Presumably, this was in anticipation that the photographer would be using [[Kodachrome]] 64 (or Agfachrome 64) slide film.</ref>, 100, or 400 film speeds; but at some point during production this changed to "ISO" 100, 200, and 400. The 35mm f/2.8 lens nearly matched the standard optic included with its contemporary, the [[Nikonos V]], but the SE35 was priced much more affordably<ref>An advertisement from New York City retailer B&H in a January, 1988 [[Popular Photography]] magazine quotes prices of USD $439.95 for the Nikonos V with its 35/2.5 lens; while the Motormarine 35SE was priced at $189.95 (Vol. 95, No. 1; page 102).</ref>.

The aperture control also serves to switch on the small internal flash, usable at either f/2.8 or f/4. Because of backscatter from particles suspended in water, the internal flash is primarily intended for photography above the surface. The camera includes a port in its clear back door which may fitted with an electrical connection for one of Sea & Sea's "Yellow Sub" (YS) series of underwater strobe lights. By keeping the flash source well away from the shooting lens, the results are more likely to be successful.

In 1989 Sea & Sea followed up with the [[Motormarine II]], with a redesigned, taller viewfinder; a factory-standard flash connection port; and a single unified waterproof door for the film compartment. While the 35 SE has a threaded attachment for filters and accessory lenses, the later model switched to a different and incompatible bayonet fitting.

The orange-plastic '''[[Hanimex Amphibian]]''' is a rebranding of the Motormarine 35 SE.

== Notes ==
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==Links==
*[http://www.seaandsea.com/PDF_manuals/MM35SE.pdf PDF user manual] from the [http://www.seaandsea.com/ company website]

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