Subal ND80 housing for the Nikon D80

Peter Rowlands · Issue 36, May/Jun 2007 · pp. 37–40

Products mentioned: Subal ND80, Nikon D80, Nikon D70, Nikon D200, Subal ND20, Subal ND70, Nikon SB800, GS viewfinder

Subal ND80 housing for the Nikon D80 by Peter Rowlands Having resisted the temptation to upgrade my Nikon D70 when the D200 arrived, I was rewarded, soon after, by the announcement of the Nikon D80 which ‘ticked a lot of boxes’ for me. It was time to consider an upgrade. There were three main features about the Nikon D80 which attracted me. In the order of their priority they were much improved high ISO quality, larger (2.5”) LDC screen and finally increased megapixels. Add the fact that the D80 was half the price of a D200 (at the time) and I could justify a second body as back up. I thought I’d achieved this rather cleverly by buying a second body (camera body, that is) for my long suffering wife, Debbie, as a Christmas present. She saw through me immediately. Just under four months later my Subal housing arrived. How a small company can design and produce a housing from scratch so qui…