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Nauticam Announces Underwater Housing for Canon EOS 70D
Nauticam announced an underwater housing for the fabulous Canon EOS 70D, the NA-70D. Price will be $3300, estimated shipping: October 1, 2013. Features of the underwater housing:
Feature | Advantage |
---|---|
Rugged housing body milled from solid aluminum | 100m depth rating and built to last |
Patented port locking lever | Easy and safe port mounting, solidly locks port in place |
Knobby command dials | Can be operated even with thick gloves on |
Patented housing locking latches | Secure but easy to use |
Rubberized handle grips | Comfortable and placed for optimum access to controls |
Lens release button | Easy changeout of lenses without removing camera from housing |
Drop in camera tray | No need to preset controls, just drop in and it is ready to go |
Fiber optic ports | Optical TTL with Inon and Sea&Sea strobes |
3 Bulkhead ports | For optional HDMI or sync cable bulkheads |
Viewfinder, 0.66x | Enhanced 180º and 45º viewfinders optional |
Laser cut stainless steel handle brackets | For extra stability when using heavy lighting. Now even lighter weight! |
Light mounting balls | 2 handle mounted balls standard, mounting balls for housing optional |
Tripod mounting points | Important for macro video shooters |
Control labeling | Easy to find and understand control functions |
Integrated Electronic Vacuum/Leak Detection System | Status of the watertight security of the housing at a glance |
NA-70D Controls (advantages/usage underwater):
- Sensitive two stage shutter release (easy to gauge half press; gives fine control over the shutter release)
- AF-ON Lever (strategically placed for easy thumb focus or thumb focus lock)
- Front Command Dial directly under shutter release (change aperture effortlessly)
- Rear Command Dial at left side next to thumb (change shutter speed without removing hand from grips)
- Multi Controller Pad controls the 8 way selector (easily change focus area, even diagonally)
- Manual Zoom/Focus Knob (zoom/focus the lens without a reach)
- ISO Paddle at right thumb (very quick ISO changes; ISO has become a key control, especially for video)
- Info Button brought out to left thumb (calls up the important info screen, in playback mode toggles histogram)
- Playback button paddle at left thumb (makes reviewing images easy)
- Q button paddle at left thumb (zoom, check critical focus, pan without removing hand from grip)
- Mode dial (switch from P to Av to M modes easily)
- AF Mode, Drive Mode and Metering Mode push buttons (easy to change with Canon’s push-turn style)
- Focus Expansion Button (change focus area style quickly)
- *, and Focus Points button accessible with right thumb (change focus points, lock exposure, plus zoom during live view)
- Depth of Field Preview accessible with right thumb (programmable to several different functions)
- Menu button near left thumb (access to all camera options)
- Movie/Still mode lever (effortless switch from still to movie shooting)
- Start/stop video on right thumb paddle (start video without inducing camera shake)
- On/off switch automatically aligns (no need to preset camera)
The following lenses are supported by the housing (not the complete list):
- Tokina AF 10-17mm f/3.5-4.5 AT-X 107 DX
- Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
- Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 AT-X 116 Pro DX
- Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4 DC Macro OS HSM | C
- Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM
- Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM
- Canon EF 180mm f/3.5L Macro USM
- Canon EF 24mm f/1.4L II USM
- Canon EF 8-15mm /4L Fisheye USM
- Canon EF 8-15mm /4L Fisheye USM & Kenko 1.4X Pro DGX
- Canon EF 15mm f/2.8 Fisheye
- Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L USM
- Canon EF 17-40mm /4L USM
- Sigma 15mm f/2.8 EX DG Diagonal Fisheye
- and more….
Read the whole press release after the break.