Where to Custom Make Housing for Sony R1?

Hi there everyone,

I bought a Sony DSC-R1 a couple of months back thinking that I will be able to buy an underwater housing for it. Originally Ikellite says they will provide housing, but after I bought the camera, they announce that they will no longer release it.

The camera is great, I really love it, but now I'm stuck with a camera that I cannot take underwater

I've check Ikelite plus a few other dealers, but none will help me, even to custom make one. I hear that some photographers actually custom make their housing, but I've no idea where to find a company that will do that for me. Please help!!

my alternative is to dump this camera (which I really enjoy) and buy myself a new Olympus E-330 + housing +lens port housing... which is kinda pricey (I'm not really that professional).

Before this Sony, I was using Olympus C-8080 which was also great, but I got it flooded.

So, any help/pointer will be appreciated. Thanks a million.

can't say i am familiar with your camera, but.. i think you may find in the long run it would be cheaper and easier to go the route of purchasing a camera with an available housing and selling your sony. In the long run i think a custom job will end up costing you more...

There is a member here who makes his own housings, perhaps be will see this and point you in the right direction.

Hi there everyone,

 

I bought a Sony DSC-R1 a couple of months back thinking that I will be able to buy an underwater housing for it. Originally Ikellite says they will provide housing, but after I bought the camera, they announce that they will no longer release it.

 

The camera is great, I really love it, but now I'm stuck with a camera that I cannot take underwater

 

I've check Ikelite plus a few other dealers, but none will help me, even to custom make one. I hear that some photographers actually custom make their housing, but I've no idea where to find a company that will do that for me. Please help!!

AFAIK, too many functions of R1 are controlled by joystick which is next to impossible to control mechanically from the housing.