Late Night Thoughts on the Seacam Nikon D200 housing

Staff · Issue 36, May/Jun 2007 · pp. 32–36

Products mentioned: Seacam D200 housing, Seacam Superdome, Seacam S180 viewfinder, Nikon 12-24mm zoom, Nikon 10.5mm fisheye, Sigma 15mm fisheye, Nikon 105mm macro, B&W +3 dioptre, Nexus D2X housing, Subal 180 GS viewfinder, Aquatica housing

I like Toyotas. Reliable and value for money. However, I had admired Seacam housings every time I saw them at the Antibes Festival in France. These were the Rolls-Royce of underwater housings, beautifully engineered, the best materials, a superb finish and attention to every detail. At that time I was using home-made Perspex housings. Later I switched to Subeye cameras. It was the advent of digital that finally persuaded me that building a housing with about 23 controls would be no fun at all. So Seacam seemed the logical choice. I wanted a great housing with the best optics to make the film/digital transition as smooth as possible. There would be enough problems with managing the workflow; I didn’t need additional difficulties from the housing. You can see where this is going... I live in Cairns, Australia. You can buy a new Holden Barina car for less than I paid for a D200 housing, the…