New DSLR housings at Diving Festival 2008 in Tokyo

Diving Festival 2008 was held in Tokyo from 21-23 Mar. Sea&Sea, INON, Seatool(Fish Eye booth) , Patima(Fish Eye booth) , and Zillion displayed their products and prototypes.

YOKO

Sea&Sea

On display were housings for the Canon 1DsMk3, 40D, Nikon D3, D300 and so on.

MDX-PRO Mark3

MDX-PRO D3(Prototype)

Sea&Sea booth

YOKO

Sea&Sea

They displayed YS-17strobes at their booth.

Sea & Sea Nikon D300 housing with 45 degree viewfinder at DEMA.

Sea&Sea 45 degree viewfinder was not available at their booth. Sea&Sea officials said There is little hope that release of Sea&Sea 45 degree viewfinder because they have no competitiveness in costs against INON's viewfinder at present.

Nakamura Ikuo, famous underwater photographer in Japan, talked about his underwater photos with slides at Sea & Sea stage.

YOKO

Hi Yoko,

It's a pity that S&S wont be releasing their 45' viewfinder. I like the smoother/rounded lines

better than the square/blocky shape of the Inon. Shows more care to detail and asthetics...IMHO

It will be interesting to see how the YS17 is received and how it performs...???

The Asian market seems to be flooded with dive shows. There appears to be one every weekend.

Bruce...

Hi Bruce,

Unfortunately, YS-17strobe is not appear in New 2008 Catalog in Japanese.

TTL Coverter for YS-250PRO

For Nikon and Canon(Prototype)

Yoko

Hi Yoko,

It's a pity that S&S wont be releasing their 45' viewfinder. I like the smoother/rounded lines

better than the square/blocky shape of the Inon. Shows more care to detail and asthetics...IMHO

It will be interesting to see how the YS17 is received and how it performs...???

 

The Asian market seems to be flooded with dive shows. There appears to be one every weekend.

 

Bruce...

INON

They displayed Z-240(Type3), D-2000(Type3), S-2000(Prototype) strobes and Float arms.

S-2000 is scheduled to be available for summer of 2008.

http://www.inon.co.jp/cgis/news/img/2008DF/S-2000.pdf

Specs as follows.

・Strobe Control Modes: S-TTL Auto, Manual（There are 12 steps of manual control to add or reduce flash brightness）

・Dimensions (WxHxD): 64x83.2x106.2mm

・Guide Number: Full 20

・Beam Angle: ？

・Connection methods: Fiber optic cable or wireless

・Recycle Time: S-2000 is the same or more faster than D-2000 on the test.

・Weight: ？

・Compatible Batteries:　eneloop

D-2000(Type3) & S-2000(Prototype)

D-2000(Type3) & S-2000(Prototype)

INON staff with S-2000(Prototype)

Yoko

Hi Yoko,

Thanks for all the information mate; your pictures are great!

In the Inon pics, is that their new float arms in the background?

They certainly appear to be a decent diameter...I wonder how much lift, and how much?

I noticed that you snuck a pic of the new converters in there for me...thanks mate.

Bruce...

Hi Bruce,

Price of Float arms are in the air.

INON Float arms were designed for users of heavy cameras and housings. Float arms are made of ABS resin and scheduled to be available for summer of 2008.

http://www.inon.co.jp/cgis/news/wforum.cgi...view&page=0

http://www.inon.co.jp/cgis/news/img/2008DF/FloatArm.pdf

Float arms

Float arms S

Mega float arms

Float arms's Specs as follows.

・Float arms S Buoyancy -80g Length 150mm

・Float arms M Buoyancy -140g Length 200mm

・Float arms ML Buoyancy -230g Length 260mm

・Mega float arms S buoyancy -400g Length 150mm

・Mega float arms M buoyancy -650g Length 200mm

INON's booth

Mr. Hattori, INON Staff with X-2 housing.

BTW, INON officials said they won't produce housings for some time because they have problems on their manufacturing line of housing. Therefore they don't produce housing for Canon 40D.

Yoko

Hi Yoko,

Thanks for all the information mate; your pictures are great!

In the Inon pics, is that their new float arms in the background?

They certainly appear to be a decent diameter...I wonder how much lift, and how much?

I noticed that you snuck a pic of the new converters in there for me...thanks mate.

 

Bruce...

I wish I could have been there...... I love checking out new toys!

Many thanks Yoko,

Just one question though...

We have just finished summer down here in Oz,

When is it summer up there where you and Inon are...

Bruce...

Hi Bruce,

I have went on a dive to GBR for taking picture of minke whale in June

Seatool

Seatool products on display at Fisheye booth.　On display were housings for the Nikon D300,Canon 40D, and EOS 400D / Rebel XTi.

Seatool ND300(Prototype)

Yoko

According to a information of Fisheye, With optional "M67 Crescent diffuser adapter" attached to port front, use as a simple, compact and highly maneuverable macro imaging system, without external strobes.

The major differences between ND300 and the D200 housing are as follows.

・Flash pop-up area is widened because D300 needs its flash fully popped in order to fire.

・Location of Sub Command Dial is moved because it is not smoothly to hundle a Sub Command Dial(red one) of the D200 housing.

・Multi selector button is changed because it occurs malfunction occasionally at multi selector button on the D200 housing.

ND300 and the D200 housing

Yoko

Four viewfinder options to suit your shooting style and preferences. Normal Finder (standard equipment) to see full sized center portion of viewfinder, Pick-up Finder to see full viewfinder image by de-magnifying it, 45 Degree Viewfinder, with angled, large view, useful for macro imaging, and Straight Viewfinder with large view in same axis as camera's finder.

ND300 housing with INON 45-degree viewfinder

ND300 housing with INON Straight Viewfinder

Fisheye staff with ND300 housing

Yoko

Seatool C40D housing is most compact housing for Canon 40D. Lightweight design that fits in the palm of my hand.

C40D housing at umino-siyashinyasan

C40D housing with INON Straight Viewfinder　at umino-siyashinyasan

400 XTi Housing and C40D housing at umino-siyashinyasan

C40D housing at PIE

Yoko

Zillion

Zillion is well-known housing manufacturer in Japan. Zillion housing is made of ABS resin and light weight.

You can select your favorite color(click here) of housing. but I don't like the design of the grips ....

ZAP D300 housing(for Nikon D300)

http://www11.ocn.ne.jp/~zillion/D300/index-e.html

ZAP D300 housing

Yoko

Hi Yoko,

tnx for all the great images! Are you going to the "Marine diving fair 2008" in Tokyo on april 4,5 and 6 to?

If you do, I would like to now more about "Athena" ports for the 14-24mm for the Sea&Sea MDX-D3 Pro housing or if Sea&Sea has any plans for a new port for that lens?

Kind regards // Alex

Hi Alex,

I will attend "Marine diving fair 2008" at the end of this week. Unfortunately, Sea&Sea officials said they have no planned release for a new port for that lens.

If you have questions about exhibits, please post in wetpixel or contact me by tomorrow.

Majore xhibitors（manufacturers）at Marine diving fair 2008 as follows.

・Athena

・Aquacolor

・Dive shop Tail(Nautilus)

・Fisheye(including Seatool)

・Olympus

Yoko

Hi Yoko,

tnx for all the great images! Are you going to the "Marine diving fair 2008" in Tokyo on april 4,5 and 6 to?

If you do, I would like to now more about "Athena" ports for the 14-24mm for the Sea&Sea MDX-D3 Pro housing or if Sea&Sea has any plans for a new port for that lens?

 

Kind regards // Alex

ZAP 40D housing(for Canon 40D)

http://www11.ocn.ne.jp/~zillion/EOS40D/index-e.html

On Zillion housings, you can choose favorite optional grips as follows.

・Type1　

http://www11.ocn.ne.jp/~zillion/EOS40D/EOS40D-G1-e.html

・Type2　

http://www11.ocn.ne.jp/~zillion/EOS40D/EOS40D-G2-e.html

・Type3　

http://www11.ocn.ne.jp/~zillion/EOS40D/EOS40D-G3-e.html

・Type4　

http://www11.ocn.ne.jp/~zillion/EOS40D/EOS40D-G4-e.html

ZAP 40D housing

Yoko

Patima

Patima products on display at Fisheye booth. Patima, South Korean housing manufacturer displayed their housings. Patima housings are made of alminium and reasonable price.

PDCH400D housing for Canon 400 XTi

PDCH-D80 housing for Nikon D80

Patima housings

Yoko

Hi,

INON has announced the INON Float arms is scheduled to go on sale 4 Dec.

http://www.inon.co.jp/cgis/news/wforum.cgi...view&page=0

Price：JPY5,500～

Yoko