Smartphone housings round up

Peter Rowlands · Issue 112, Jan/Feb 2020 · pp. 39–40

Products mentioned: LenzO 6s, Pulux X, Diveroid, Diveroid Mini dive computer, Kraken Universal, Dive+ app, Seafrogs 6/7/8/X & Xr, DiveVolk

Back in Issue UwP103 Jul/Aug 2018 I wrote a Parting Shot about the amazing capability of the iPhone Pano function and I illustrated it with a straight out of the camera, far from perfect, image of a diver in British waters. The housing I used was a LenzO from Canada for my iPhone 6s which, at the time, was a great improvement camera-wise over the 5. Fast forward and the 6 became 7 then 8, they missed out 9 followed by X and now 11. In addition each model had at least two screen sizes to suit all requirements. I jumped from 6 to X but decided that Apple’s miserly part ex offer wasn’t worth it as the old 6 would be ideal as a housed ‘camera’. And I think that is one of the main reasons we haven’t seen many serious shooters using their iPhones; they don’t want to risk their current iPhone because, if there was a flood, they’d lose all of their data etc etc. True we should all have back ups …