Ikelite’s booth, with a fresh new look

A few Wetpixel members (John Bantin, Drew Wong, Shawn Heinrichs, Dave Haas, me) had a little reunion at Ikelite‘s booth while Dave Haas took us on a tour of this year’s DEMA goodies.  Aside from its line of popular dive lights, Ikelite’s booth featured underwater housings for the Nikon D80, Canon Rebel XTi/400D, Nikon D200, and Canon G7 (with ETTL circuitry). 

A new underwater flash/handle system with a built-in slave sensor was also on display and will likely be called the “i35 AutoFlash” when it ships.  Although the compact i35 uses optical sync, it provides control for flash exposure control.

All of Ike’s SLR housings come with TTL circuitry, with support for iTTL on the Nikon side and E-TTL on the Canon side.  Conveniently, strobe power control is all on the housing body itself, saving what is often two long reaches to dual arm-mounted strobes.

For coverage of Ikelite video products, check out the DEMA Video Products Roundup article.

For more coverage of DEMA 2006, please see the DEMA coverage index.

Ikelite products at the booth

Ikelite housings for Nikon D80 and Canon Rebel XTi 400D

Ikelite housings for D80, D200 and Rebel XTi/400D

Ikelite underwater housing for Nikon D80

Dave Haas with Ikelite housing for Nikon L3 and i35 AutoFlash

New Ikelite i35 AutoFlash

New Ikelite i35 AutoFlash

New Ikelite i35 AutoFlash with built-in slave sensor on handle top

New Ikelite i35 AutoFlash with built-in slave sensor on handle top