DEMA 2006: Nexus USA and Marine Camera Distributors 
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Author: Eric Cheng ( echeng )
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Lee Peterson and Tom Harman of Nexus USA and Marine Camera Distributors
Lee Peterson and Tom Harman of Nexus USA and Marine Camera Distributors showed off a prototype of a Nexus housing for the Nikon D80. Also on display were Nexus housings for the Canon 5D and 1D/1Ds Mk II, and Nikon D70s, D200, and D2X. As most other manufacturers have done, Nexus has also come out with an accessory viewfinder option, incorporating an INON angled viewfinder into its housings. It was mounted on a D200 housing at the show.
The D80 prototype has one fiber optic bulkhead and one wired bulkhead to provide flexible strobe sync options. You can reach both the top and back dial from shooting position (both hands on handles), but you can only reach the focus lock control if you grip the housing itself with your right hand instead of holding onto the handle.
The 5D housing has no convenient access to the rear dial, and the * button is hard to reach when hands are grasping handles. For some reason, there is currently no access to the mode dial, although there seems to be space reserved for one.
I wasn’t able to directly compare this viewfinder/housing/camera combination with any of the other viewfinders on the market, but I did look into it and found the image to be both large and bright. The 45-degree finder can be swiveled for vertical compositions.
For more coverage of DEMA 2006, please see the DEMA coverage index.
Nexus D80 housing for Nikon D80
Nexus D80 housing for Nikon D80
Nexus D80 housing for Nikon D80
Nexis housing for Canon EOS 5D
Nexis housing for Canon EOS 5D
Nexis housing for Canon EOS 5D
Nexus’ new viewfinder (made by INON)
Nexus’ new viewfinder (made by INON)
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Comment(s):Hi Eric,
On the 5D housing, are you sure the little black paddle doesn’t operate the * button? I doubt they’d align it’s lever with the largely useless focus point select button. See my comment on the Sea&Sea;page.
Martyn
Posted by Rattus on 11/15 at 03:33 AMHey, Martyn. It does operate it. It’s hard to reach because it’s so small and so far back.
Posted by Eric Cheng on 11/15 at 04:45 AMSorry Eric, I misread your text. I thought it said “no convenient access to the * button”. Boy do I feel stupid.
Martyn
Posted by Rattus on 11/15 at 04:52 AMThat’s ok. I’m sure to have mistyped something somewhere else. I cranked all of these out so fast that I haven’t had a chance to do a proper proofread! :)
Posted by Eric Cheng on 11/15 at 04:55 AMDoes this mean that i could use the optically fired INON D-2000’s with this housing?
Posted by unknowndiver on 12/24 at 05:34 AMThat’s exactly what the optic fibre ports are for. Nice feature.
Posted by Rattus on 12/25 at 07:58 AM
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