Jim Breakell 0 Posted August 28, 2008 As the title says, will it fit? Or do I need yet ANOTHER housing? Ta in advance... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
james 0 Posted August 28, 2008 The D80 will fit in the Nexus D70 housing from what I have seen. Don't know about the Sea and Sea. Cheers James Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
timing 0 Posted August 28, 2008 I thought there was a conversion kit needed to put the D80 into the D70 housing? But, if a D80 fits into the D70 housing, will the D90? Hmmmm..... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jim Breakell 0 Posted August 29, 2008 (edited) Well, I emailed Sea & Sea and they tell me that the D80 won't fit in the D70 housing, which is a bit of a bu66er Looks like I am stuck with the D70 until I win the lottery and can change housings Edited August 29, 2008 by Jim Breakell Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rachid 0 Posted August 29, 2008 Well, I emailed Sea & Sea and they tell me that the D80 won't fit in the D70 housing, which is a bit of a bu66er Looks like I am stuck with the D70 until I win the lottery and can change housings you can always compare the picture from dpreview in Gimp DPreview D90 Pictures DPreview D80 Pictures DPreview D70 Pictures There you see, that it will be hard to get a d80 in a d70 housing, because d70 is bigger than d80 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Simon Rogerson 0 Posted August 29, 2008 Well, I emailed Sea & Sea and they tell me that the D80 won't fit in the D70 housing, which is a bit of a bu66er Looks like I am stuck with the D70 until I win the lottery and can change housings Alternatively, you could sell your supercar, Jimbo. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bruceterrill 0 Posted August 29, 2008 The D80 will fit in the Nexus D70 housing from what I have seen. Don't know about the Sea and Sea. Cheers James As James says, The D80 will certainly fit into the Nexus housing, the only difference is slight buttoning difference on the back-plate. Nexus advertises the change-over back-plate in its listings. I am sure however, that you can just bend a couple of the arms and eveything lines up... If you do a search, you will find one of the Wetpixel boys, Sam (schae I think) takes great pleasure out of fitting new cameras into older housings... HTH, Bruce... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jim Breakell 0 Posted September 1, 2008 Alternatively, you could sell your supercar, Jimbo. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jim Breakell 0 Posted September 1, 2008 As James says,The D80 will certainly fit into the Nexus housing, the only difference is slight buttoning difference on the back-plate. Nexus advertises the change-over back-plate in its listings. I am sure however, that you can just bend a couple of the arms and eveything lines up... If you do a search, you will find one of the Wetpixel boys, Sam (schae I think) takes great pleasure out of fitting new cameras into older housings... HTH, Bruce... Yes, but I don't have a Nexus housing.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deep6 7 Posted September 2, 2008 As James says,The D80 will certainly fit into the Nexus housing, the only difference is slight buttoning difference on the back-plate. Nexus advertises the change-over back-plate in its listings. I am sure however, that you can just bend a couple of the arms and eveything lines up... If you do a search, you will find one of the Wetpixel boys, Sam (schae I think) takes great pleasure out of fitting new cameras into older housings... HTH, Bruce... Yo Bruce, I have searched several US Nexus sites for the D90 back without any success. Please supply a link to this back. Regards, Bob Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
morgan_moore 0 Posted September 4, 2008 As the title says, will it fit? Or do I need yet ANOTHER housing? Ta in advance... Theres fit and fit isnt there I have been using a d80 in a sea and sea d100 housing The d80 is smaller than the D100 but I think (and this may be bad news) bigger than the D70 I had to make a new base thicker plate and lost most of the controls and do a bit of vandalism to the controls that were fouling dont give up without trying S Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DuikKees 1 Posted September 4, 2008 Theres fit and fit isnt there I have been using a d80 in a sea and sea d100 housing The d80 is smaller than the D100 but I think (and this may be bad news) bigger than the D70 I had to make a new base thicker plate and lost most of the controls and do a bit of vandalism to the controls that were fouling dont give up without trying S The D80 is a lot smaller than the D70. I use the D80 in a Ike D70 housing, which works fine. I made a fillingplate to compensate the smaller hight of the D80 and I modified (or vandalismed) the controls a bit. You cannot use the controls on the left side of the screen, but the following controls are in line: - shutter - power - aperture - flashcontrol - focusselector The following controls I miss a bit underwater: - ISO - playback In a Ike housing it should be easy to ad extra pushbuttons for these controls, but still haven't found a place or shop where I can get these. Unfortunately the lens is not 100% centered in the dome, but for so far I didn't encounter any problems or distortions with the 8"dome and a flat port. It might be a problem with zoomgears, but I only use primes underwater. Just have fun vandalismize your housing too!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jknights 0 Posted September 8, 2008 (edited) I thought there was a conversion kit needed to put the D80 into the D70 housing? But, if a D80 fits into the D70 housing, will the D90? Hmmmm..... Yes the D90 and the D80 are the same camera bodies. Most controls are in the same place. I'm looking into fitting a D80/90 into my Sea&Sea housing for my D70. There may be a loss of some of the back plane controls but I only use them occasionally. D70 - 140 x 111 x 78 mm (5.5 x 4.4 x 3.1 in) D80 - 132 x 103 x 77 mm (5.2 x 4.1 x 3 in) D90 - 132 x 103 x 77 mm (5.2 x 4.1 x 3 in) These are extreme measurements eg the width includes the strap lugs! Edited September 8, 2008 by jknights Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jknights 0 Posted September 8, 2008 The D80 is a lot smaller than the D70. I use the D80 in a Ike D70 housing, which works fine. I made a fillingplate to compensate the smaller hight of the D80 and I modified (or vandalismed) the controls a bit. You cannot use the controls on the left side of the screen, but the following controls are in line: - shutter - power - aperture - flashcontrol - focusselector The following controls I miss a bit underwater: - ISO - playback In a Ike housing it should be easy to ad extra pushbuttons for these controls, but still haven't found a place or shop where I can get these. Unfortunately the lens is not 100% centered in the dome, but for so far I didn't encounter any problems or distortions with the 8"dome and a flat port. It might be a problem with zoomgears, but I only use primes underwater. Just have fun vandalismize your housing too!! Please could you post a picture of your filling plate. Thanks. BTW CameraUnderwater in UK will be able to get you Ike push control parts for the housing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
