Update on housings for Nikon D4 and D800

by adamhanlon Tuesday, August 14th, 2012

With both Nikon’s new cameras being “in the wild”, housing manufacturers are working around the clock to provide housings for them.

Wetpixel are ready to dive the new Nikon cameras (and the Canon 5D Mark III) as soon as there are housing available for them. Indeed Wetpixel’s Associate Editor Alex Mustard is currently in Iceland with the D4.

Please keep checking back for the latest updates.

Hugyfot has previously announced support for both cameras, with a priority being placed on preparing the D800 version, which they expect to have ready in May. At the recent London Dive Show, they were showing 3D renderings of the new housings.

Hugyfot D800 housing rendering front view.

Hugyfot D800 housing rendering rear view.

Hugyfot D4 housing rendering front view.

Hugyfot D4 housing rendering rear view.

Pictures have been published on Facebook of a working prototype Nauticam’s new housing for the D4. Interestingly, this features fiber optic ports, so it seems likely that the housing will have some built-in device that will allow the D4 to trigger strobes optically.

UPDATE: Images of Nauticam’s D800 housing from Facebook:

UPDATE: Images of Subal’s D4 housing from Reef Photo.

A CAD generated image of the rear of the housing.

Sea & Sea has released released renderings of their MDX-D800 housing. It features fiber optic strobe triggering and is planned to be released this month.

UPDATE: Stephen Frink has posted a series of images of the Seacam D800 housing on the Wetpixel forum:

UPDATE: Seacam D4 housing images.

UPDATE: Aquatica AD800 housing images.

Wetpixel are ready to dive the new Nikon cameras (and the Canon 5D Mark III) as soon as there are housing available for them. Please keep checking back for the latest updates.

Looking at the Seacam D4 housing I am wondering if Seacam did not yet notice that CSM-switch has been replaced by a new AF/Focus Mode Button/selector...
Posted by buddy on 2012-08-16 05:33:56 I'm a bit worried about the leak in the Nauticam ;) ...
Posted by tdpriest on 2012-06-29 14:12:51 I expect to be pick up my D800 Hugyfot housing tomorrow.... fingers crossed
Posted by Udo van Dongen on 2012-06-05 05:16:25 Nauticam housings have four possible mount points, two on the housing and two on the handles. You can select a ball or a T-plate mount for any of these four positions so can mount a focus light in this way. A further possibility, on macro ports, there is a cold shoe mount for focus lights.
Posted by Alex_Tattersall on 2012-04-18 20:37:20 More detailed pics of the Nauticam D800 housing at: http://wetpixel.com/i.php/full/adex-singapore-2012-report/
Posted by drew on 2012-04-18 15:41:10 where is the socket to mount a focuslight for the Nauticamhousing??
Posted by sharky1961 on 2012-04-18 06:35:44 It Nauticam releases some sort of mini flash that plugs on the shoe and is just aimed at controlling fiber optic flashes, that could solve 2 issues I have now: -Slower burst rate due to the camera's built-in flash's capacity. -High housing height, which prevents me from packing my Hugyfot D7000 housing in a carry-on Pelicase 1510 (I have to use my Peli 1620 and check it in). So fingers crossed...
Posted by Nicool on 2012-04-18 05:43:29