Looks like Nauticam came up with 90 degree turning device for camera/strobes. Interesting concept.

Not sure will it catch on, but nice to see new things being innovated.

https://www.facebook.com/reel/1448516350568679

Video from Taiwanese Nauticam supplier Meta.

Ps. Nauticam is really bad on their own social media. Are they more active on Chinese one?

Edited October 20Oct 20 by Sokrates
Obviously 90 degree not 45.

Is 45 degrees really that useful? 90 degrees would certainly be useful, but not sure that all the faff vs benefit is warranted just for 45 degrees?

It is 90 degrees.

Interesting gizmo perhaps designed for those who are unwilling to reposition their strobes? It's not that big of a deal, but it does take a few seconds. But so would unlocking and rotating the housing in this contraption. I like cool innovations in the UW photography space, but this does not unlock or enable anything new.

I could see this being useful for someone with low mobility on hands/arms but it's a very very niche use case

$950 for this is absolutely wild.

Kudos to Nauticam for resurrecting an idea from the mid-1990's (to my knowledge) introduced by Ultralight Control Systems.

ULCS's first "flip tray" was designed for the Nikonos RS and simply bolted onto the flip tray using the tripod thread on the bottom of the camera. It had a push button on the rear which allowed you to flip from landscape to portrait orientation very quickly. I used the flip tray all the time with my well used RS. It also had an accessory padded grip for the right hand which could hold or slip your hand between the camera and grip for wrist support and one handed shooting. It also allowed you to attach a light meter on top, quite handy.

ULCS later gave me a prototype to test out for camera housing use which looked a bit like the NA release. At the time the tray needed some work and I don't recall if it was ever released.

The photo is my Nikonos RS setup with the flip tray before I moved to Inon Z220 strobes.

Inon have a tray which can do either orientation using ARCA clamps. Not quite as slick but also a lot cheaper and less bulky.

15 hours ago, Dave_Hicks said:

It is 90 degrees.

I might need to watch the video again😄

14 hours ago, Lewis88 said:

$950 for this is absolutely wild.

Are you serious? It doesn't look gold plated?

4 hours ago, Grantmac said:

Inon have a tray which can do either orientation using ARCA clamps. Not quite as slick but also a lot cheaper and less bulky.

After reading you post I just found it on the Inon website - must admit that I have never seen it advertised anywhere before. It does look interesting.

5 hours ago, CCRphoto said:

After reading you post I just found it on the Inon website - must admit that I have never seen it advertised anywhere before. It does look interesting.

I guess it wouldn't be too hard to create something similar to the Inon system by removing the handles off a Nauticam housing and then mating the housing to an aluminium L bracket and using an Arca Swiss system to connect it to a generic tray/handle system.

On 10/20/2026 at 12:15 PM, Lewis88 said:

$950 for this is absolutely wild.

Being it is sold by Nauticam, I can see that (high) price being charged - I don't personally see a need for this extra weight on my rig

For 800 euros I can keep on positioning my strobes manually. Am I the only one thinking that Nauticam is losing the north with the prices ?

2 hours ago, atus said:

For 800 euros I can keep on positioning my strobes manually. Am I the only one thinking that Nauticam is losing the north with the prices ?

You are not alone 😅

8 hours ago, atus said:

For 800 euros I can keep on positioning my strobes manually. Am I the only one thinking that Nauticam is losing the north with the prices ?

They've already lost the south - becoming damn near unnafordable here in Australia