I am looking for a housing for Nikon D70 for depth of 120M, also which strobe can I take to this depth, I am looking at the Aquatica housing does any one have experience with this housing at this kind of depth.

This depth exceeds all the manufacturer's depth rating. However.....

From talking to UK techines and others I have gleaned the following. Some Aquatica and Subals are used to at least 100m, the Sea & Sea alloy housings have been used to similar depths (haven't heard about the newer digital versions yet), and Seacam housings have been operated to 130m (Seacam will build a modified Superdome rated to 120m). Seacam's versions of Subtronic strobes are run to around 100m and believe that both Subtronic and Inon (?) strobes are rated at 100m. You may find that some ports have 60m depth limits marked on them (older Subal domes certainly did). I know someone who imploded a Sea & Sea YS120 at ~90m. This list is by no means definitive, and I would be interested to know at what depths housings are being used to myself.

Bear in mind that you are likely to experience two problems. First is that some controls can cease to operate as they should and at the least often tighten up (so I'm told), and second is that you will void any warranty by exceeding the manufacturer's depth rating.

Lastly, I know one techie who advises against having a flood detector fitted on the grounds that given the amount of deco required, even a weep will probably have destroyed the camera by the time he is able to surface!

You might want to send a PM to Curt Bowen over at Scubaboard or visit his website at http://www.advanceddivermagazine.com and send an email

I know he regularly goes to those sorts of depths and uses an Aquatica housing....

Drop a E-mail to Blake at info@aquatica.ca he does modification on the controls to make them usable at these depth. your control buttons are likely to be stiffer in shallower depth due to the modification, but "c"est la vie", BTW the shelf rating is 100 meter tested and proven. I know one went down to the Olympia or Brittanica (the hospital sister ship of Titanic) in something like 450 feets.

Cheers

Another person worth checking out is Leigh Bishop.

http://www.deepimage.co.uk/home_pages/classic_images.htm

He does a lot of deep photograhy although since I can't remember what housing he uses. I think I remember him saying in one talk that Aquatica housings were popular amongst deep wreck photographers, but I may be wrong.

Anyway his pictures are nice - so his website is well worth a look.

Alex

Just checked his website and he does use an Aquatica.
http://www.deepimage.co.uk/photography/dan...g_withlight.htm

Alex

The Hugyfot D70 housing is rated and apparently tested to 100 meters.

I was supposed to get mine wet yesterday for the first time, but the conditions both topsides and underwater were, eh, a bit marginal so I decided to leave the camera in the boat. I'll post a full review with pictures as soon as I get a couple of dives on the housing.

As an initial gut feeling, the build and ergonomics look good, but the old focus gears from my film housing seem to cause some problems in terms of fitting the new style of housing. I have reported this to Hugy and I am waiting for a response this week.

timo

Both Curt Bowen and Leigh Bishop are user of Aquatica.

Cheers

And Aquatica is a sponsor of this site.

All Aquatica Housings are tested to 300 feet with most gears double o-ringed. With some modification as Jean mentioned taking them to 450-500 should work....whether I would go that deep is another story!.

Mauricio

Chicken!

Kongsberg makes deepwater housings for mounting cameras and housings on ROV's with working depths to almost 300 meters. Do a websearch.

Otherwise, I recommend Aquatica as they are incredibly beefy and they can make modified housings (smaller window, etc) which well exceed your requirements. I think the same goes for Seacam.

Cheers
James