Ikelite housing For Canon EOS Rebel SL3

Phil Rudin & Roman Stockhousen · Issue 116, Sep/Oct 2020 · pp. 24–29

Products mentioned: Ikelite Canon SL3 housing, Canon EOS Rebel SL3 (250D/KissX10), Canon EOS Rebel T7i/800D, Canon EOS 100D SL1, Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 STM lens, Canon EF-S 10-18mm f/4.5-5.6 IS STM lens, Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM Macro lens, Canon EF-S 60mm Macro lens, Tokina 10-17mm Fisheye zoom lens, Ikelite DS-160 strobes

Ikelite’s housing for the Canon EOS 100D SL1 made its debut at DEMA in November 2013 and was one of the smallest DSLR housing package I have ever seen. I reviewed the system in UWP issue #79 and now I am pleased to have the opportunity to review the current successor the EOS Rebel SL3 also known as EOS 250D and EOS KissX10 depending on your location in the world. The new Ikelite SL3 housing has the same small profile as the original SL1 housing which make for a system smaller than many of the mirrorless camera systems I have reviewed. This system ticks all the boxes for cost v performance, lens selection, ease of use, image quality and more. The system is small, light weight and easy to pack in just about any airline carry-on bag. I had a chance to test drive this new system in my home state of Florida, USA and I believe this is an excellent little housing system for travel, those enteri…