5Dm1 Housing

Lets say a you have a 5D mark 1 and you want to take it out on a collapsed volcano. You lock in a Canon 16-35mm or a Canon 100mm macro. What is the best housing/strobe rig for the mk1?

Need more info. Will it actually be getting wet?

Need more info. Will it actually be getting wet?

Yes it will, pardon me for not saying, but the crater reef is between 40 and 100 ft underwater.

I found the rig online, but I think it will be too costly considering the fact that it is discontinued technology and therefore probably not upgradable in the future.

You're right it is not current tech but it still works... A better investment might be in newer tech

but only for a while. There's always something newer. Perhaps a system where you can continue to use

the ports (from a system for your 5D1) a couple generations into the future (MKII, MKIII - whatever)

would be a better long term benefit. I've found, though it may not always be so, that you lose money

every time you buy a housing and then upgrade to the newest and latest.

There was a used 5DMK 1 housing that was modified to use with a MKII recently for sale here on WP.

It should be better priced than a specific MKII housing (I didn't pay much attention when I glanced at the

classifieds). The issue is some housing manufacturers upgrade their port systems (Subal type 3 - type 4)

to keep up with the increasing girth of some newer wide zoom lenses which could mean you wouldn't

be able to use them on their newer type 4 mount housings. (sometimes there are adapters)

I think Aquatica has the same size port mounts and their housings are relatively affordable (especially used)

so that might be a more cost effective way to house your MKI. Something to consider.... Good luck.