Nauticam are shipping their NA-a7R V housing for the Sony a7r V camera. It uses the N100 port system and has an M24 port for HDMI 2.0 out if required. Strobe triggering is via fiber optic, with an optional hot shoe mini strobe, or via electronic with an optional nikonos or Ikelite style bulkheads.
Sea&Sea has announced a universal housing for Sony Alpha series cameras. The MDX-au is currently compatible with the a7 Mark IV, a7R Mark IV, a7S Mark III, a9 Mark II, and a1, although there are modifications and limitations with some models (see below). The housing utilizes Sea&Sea’s MDX ports, and ships with a vacuum system, and there are a number of electronic and optical strobe triggering options available.
Ikelite is shipping their housing for the Sony a7 IV mirrorless camera. Compatible with the 200DL port system. Compatible strobes can be electrically triggered with the supplied manual hotshoe or the optional TTL version. It also has an M16 bulkhead and a port for a vacuum leak detection system.
Ikelite is shipping their 200DL housing for the Panasonic LUMIX GH6 camera. Constructed from the company’s signature ABS-PC acrylic, it has the option of an M24 port for HDMI 2.0 out, along with an M16 accessory port. The housing uses Ikelite’s DL port system.
Underwater photographer Vladimir Mladenovic introduces the Marelux brand to the Wetpixel community. He is a brand ambassador and shareholder in the company. Marelux is producing a series of aluminum housings and accessories for mirrorless cameras, including Canon EOS R5/R6, Nikon Z6II/7II, Sony Alpha 7mk3/mk4, Sony Alpha 1 along with Sony FX3 and Arri ALEXA Mini LF video cameras.
AOI has announced their first camera housing. Designed to accommodate the Olympus E-PL9 and E-PL10, it has interchangeable ports, along with the ability to mount M67 wet lenses. It ships with an integrated vacuum system and LED flash trigger along with a detachable LCD monitor hood.
Veteran camera equipment manufacturers Polaroid has launched a range of polycarbonate housings for compact, mirrorless and SLR cameras. Variously reated to between 130 and 160 feet (40 to 50m), the housings have a fixed port, so work with specific lens combinations. The company will offer housings for cameras from Canon, Nikon, Olympus, Panasonic and Sony.
Wetpixel has spent the day at The Photography Show at the NEC, Birmingham, UK. There will be full report to follow, but during the show, we were able to do some testing in terms of housing compatibility with the new models from Nikon and Canon.
Inventor and company owner Andrej Belic introduces his nju system housings. These are entirely electronically controlled via proprietary software, which offers a wide range of compatibility and the two models his company offers can be used with Canon, Nikon, Sony and Panasonic cameras. The housings also support al strobes an use a monitor back to show the camera’s Liveview information to the user, rather than a viewfinder.