New products

Staff · Issue 12, Apr/May 2003 · pp. 10–13

Products mentioned: Nexus D100 housing, Nexus Wet Lens, UK Coolpix 5000 housing, TREK LED Light, Cannon 100 HID Light, Ocean Brite Quartz Halogen Light

10 New products Nexus housing for Nikon D100 The Nexus housing for the Nikon D100 digital SLR camera is now available and it is extremely compact and lightweight (just 1.8kg). Unlike most European manufacturers who machine housings from a solid block of aluminium, Nexus housings are still cast aluminium. There is no real physical advantage to either method of production but the solid machining method is supposedly faster from drawing board to production as a mould does not have to be made to produce a casting which is then machined to take the controls. The truth, in reality, seems not to be the case because Nexus housings are readily available whereas most other housings are in short supply. The Nexus D100 housing continues the same design philosophy which has attracted many pro underwater photographers. The handles are an intergral part of the design andthey place your hands/fingers ve…