G9 sea&sea housing

Hello

i was on uwdigitalcamera last nite and saw this link for a sea&sea housing for the G9

Sea&Sea announced some new housings for 2008

at DEMA show.

The metal housong for Canon G9 MDX-G9

M DX meaning machine product and this housing is made from Alminum block by machine tool.

TTL converter is installed in the body and you can use i-TTL with Sea&Sea YS-110 or else and wet cable connection.

The target release date is Jan.2008. the price has not been announced yet.but it is around 140,000yen

Please look its images.

http://www.uwdigitalcamera.com/

regards

Matt

It looks nice, but I'm not sure how many people will pay $1,300.00 for a P&S housing. You can get an Olympus E410 DSLR with a 14-42 lens and an Olympus housing and port for not much more than just the price of that housing. Of course that is probably list price and it will sell for less, but still.....

The more third party support is given to the G9 (I own one!) the better. With companies like Sea and Sea and Ikelite wading in, it will mean more options in terms of supplimentary lenses, mounts, adaptors, etc.

Interestingly, I think its the first time Sea and Sea have supported a third party compact without 'rebadging' it as they have done with Ricohs. Its a bold move as supplying a housing for the G9 puts this camera in direct competition with the DX-1G (a Ricoh)...

Sea and Sea made a great housing for the Coolpix 5000 and 5400 - back in the good 'ol days :-)

Cheers

James

Thank you correcting this unworthy snapper...