App Profile: SportDiver

cds bassman 72

Rating: 3/5

I have had this housing for 2 years and it is ridiculously easy to use. Used my iPhone XR until recently and recorded some incredible photos and video. Puts the GoPro to shame for ease of use. 2 days ago I upgraded to v2.2 and now it consistently crashes. More to the point, the pressurization window no longer comes up when I connect to Bluetooth so I can’t properly waterproof the housing when I insert my phone. It went from a dream to a nightmare in a matter of minutes. I should note that I recently upgraded from by X to a 13 but it was working fine until I updated the app. Please fix any bugs so I can get my housing back before my next dive trip!

Pennylane246

Rating: 5/5

I’ve been using the SeaLife camera housing for 5 months with my iPhone 7+. Now suddenly the camera function in the app has turned itself off. The phone still takes photos fine but the SeaLife photo function is simply not responding. This happens even when I use the app by itself without the phone being inside the housing. The camera icon remains grey and unresponsive. I can’t find any reference to this problem in the helpline and no human being to contact. I’m very disappointed! Best regards Penny Johnson, Barbados. Update - the iPhone 7+ needs to update to iOS 16. However iOS 16 is only available for iPhone 8 and upwards so I suggest the Developers either change their software to accommodate iOS 15 or change their advertising for this item. Once this is done, I’ll change my Star rating to 5, as my experience with the equipment prior to iOS 16 was fantastic. I thank them for taking the time to respond to my issue. Penny Johnson, Barbados. 2nd update: the Developer has indicated that they will change their advertising, so I have gone ahead and changed my rating accordingly. Penny Johnson

jbelback

Rating: 5/5

Edit: I stand corrected by the developer. Thanks for the response I can’t wait to try out the settings changes on my next adventure. Original: I really love the phone case that this comes with, but the app itself is lacking outside of places like the Caribbean. The zoom function only seems to use digital zooming, which is effectively the same as cropping your images once you get out of the water. Modern phones have multiple built in lenses that give far superior optical zoom, and this app doesn’t take advantage of that. Related to the zooming is the autofocus. If there is any silt or particulate in the water and you’re trying to take a picture of something farther away, it will focus on the nearby silt. The use optical zoom should allow for better zoom on large distant objects.