Wednesday, March 6th, 2013

Amphibico announces the Genesis FS700 housing

[Amphibico](http://www.amphibico.com/index.html) has announced the imminent release of its Genesis housing for the Sony NEX-FS700 camera. The new housing features the company's customary electronic controls with access to over 25 camera functions from the grips and is machined from marine grade aluminum. Monitoring is available via a top mounted window, and the housing will be compatible with a wide variety of Sony E-mount lenses. Lastly, the housing features a bayonet port lock system that is compatible with Aquatica ports. Read more »

Wednesday, March 6th, 2013

Gates announces new products

[Gates Underwater Products](http://www.gateshousings.com/) has announced a series of new products. These include new housings for the [Sony PMW-F55](/articles/gates-announces-new-products/P1) digital cinema camera and the [Canon VIXIA HF G20]((/articles/gates-announces-new-products/P2)) camera, a new 5" widescreen [HDMI monitor called the EM50](/articles/gates-announces-new-products/P3) and a kit that can be installed into Gates housings that allows the [surface control of focus, iris and zoom](/articles/gates-announces-new-products/P4). Read more »

Tuesday, March 5th, 2013

Nauticam releases digital cinema setup film

Chris Parsons of Nauticam USA has posted a video entitled "[*Nauticam Digital Cinema System Setup and Overview*](http://vimeo.com/60843712)" on Vimeo. The film features the NA-ROSSA housing for the RED EPIC / SCARLET-X digital cinema cameras which was first shown at [DEMA in 2012](http://wetpixel.com/articles/wetpixel-coverage-from-dema-2012/P3/). Read more »

Friday, March 1st, 2013

Backscatter releases the AirLock

Backscatter has released its AirLock vacuum system with. This offers the option of being able to manually verify that a housing is watertight, by creating a vacuum and maintaining a vacuum within the housing. Backscatter acknowledges that "*most camera housing floods are preventable with good assembly technique* but say that the vacuum system will prevent issues when "*even the most experienced shooter can get in a rush and make a fatal error*"

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Wednesday, February 27th, 2013

Product images: Seacam housing for Canon 5D Mk III

Unlike most other housing manufacturers, Seacam choose not to issue press releases of new products. In the case of their new housing for the Canon 5D Mark III, SEACAM owner Marko Dimitrijevic has sent us pictures (via Seacam USA's Stephen Frink) of his newly acquired housing for his Canon 5D Mk III.

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Monday, February 25th, 2013

Aquatica announces the AD4 housing

[Aquatica](http://www.aquatica.ca/) has released the specifications and renderings of their new housing for the Nikon D4 SLR. The new housing, which will be known as the AD4, will have access to both the Fn and Pv buttons that are situated on the front of the camera body, a new smoother operating lens gear, a new camera tray that indexes with a push-tab and a left-hand lever that adjusts the camera's ISO.

Shipping dates for the AD4 are still to be confirmed, and it will have a US retail price of $4,590.
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Saturday, February 23rd, 2013

Review: Easydive Leo II housing

The Italian-made Easydive Leo II housing has attracted a great deal of attention as its USB camera control offers the ability to host a variety of different cameras and also allows the user to upgrade to newer camera bodies without needing to invest in a new housing at the same time. In this article, [Rico Besserdich](http://www.www.maviphoto.com), who is sponsored by Easydive, provides his impressions of the housing's performance. Read more »

Monday, February 18th, 2013

Ikelite housing for Nikon D5200

Ikelite has released its housing for the Nikon D5200 SLR. As is normally the case, the company are the first to announce a housing for the camera, has TTL exposure control as a standard feature (when used with current Ikelite DS Substrobes) and is supplied with lens zoom rings. The housing is made of heavy-duty polycarbonate and has a glass viewfinder.

The Ikelite housing for the Nikon D5200 will be available in Mid March at a US retail price of $1,500.00.

Nauticam announces housing for Canon G15

Nauticam has announced the imminent release of their housing for the Canon PowerShot G15 compact camera. The NA-G15 is made of aluminum and gives access to the programmable front and rear command dials as well as the mode and exposure dials. It also has a 67mm thread for attaching wet lenses and, as their press release points out, this gives the option of attaching Inon’s UWL-S100 ZM80 wide conversion lens and/or its additional dome lens unit. Lastly, the housing has fiber optic ports for strobe triggering.

The NA-G15 will be available from 1 March at a US retail price of $1050.

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