Isotta housing review

Nigel Marsh · Issue 130, Jan/Feb 2023 · pp. 30–32

Products mentioned: Isotta housing, Nikon D500, Tokina 10-17mm lens, Nikkor 60mm lens, Kraken KRA51 vacuum detection system, Ikelite housing

Choosing an underwater housing to protected your expensive and precious camera can be a complex and complicated process, especially for larger DSLR and Mirrorless cameras. There are a number of housings on the market for these cameras, with one of the newest kids on the block being the Italian brand Isotta. The name Isotta maybe new to many Australian divers, but the company has been producing high quality underwater photography gear since the 1980s. They first produced strobes, then by the late 1990s they started to produce camera housings. Both the strobes and the housings featuring a red anodized aluminium body, that has since become the companies signature colour. I had only ever seen images of Isotta housings in European dive magazines and on the internet until a few years ago when I finally saw an Aussie diver with one. That was because in 2016 the housings were now being sold and …