Canon eos R10 in Ikelite housing

Hi,

Reading the article: https://www.uwphotographyguide.com/canon-r10-review

I wonder if anyone of you has any experience or opinion.

Clearly we are talking about compact setup (competing with m43 AOI setup)

Thanks

45 minutes ago, caolino said:

 

Hi,

Reading the article: https://www.uwphotographyguide.com/canon-r10-review

 

I wonder if anyone of you has any experience or opinion.

Clearly we are talking about compact setup (competing with m43 AOI setup)

Thanks

 

Read the fine print, mostly the port chart.  The only dome port available is a 6" semi dome and the number of supported lenses is small, with no rectilinear wider than 25mm equivalent

Yeah, I don't see the value proposition. You can get a SeaFrogs housing for Sony A6400 or A6600 for half the cost of this Ikelite housing, and enjoy a much wider port and lens selection.

I actually think this is a very compelling entry level system. The EOS R-10 is basically a replacement for the now discontinued after almost thirty years DSLR Kiss/Rebel (originally a film camera)  with a like APS-C sensor. The Rebel system has been one of Ikelites most popular and like the R-10 is sold as a "kit" for $2000.00 with camera, lens, gear, housing and the zoom port. The new R-10 is sold the same way for $2400.00 with the R-10 body, RF 18-45mm kit zoom, zoom gear, zoom port (6 inch) and housing. You can add the Canon EF to RF lens adapter and use the Tokina 10-17mm in the supplied port along with the 18-45, You can also add the EF 60 macro or other macros, 8-15mm fisheye and a number of rectilinear lenses. The dry-lock system also has an eight inch port with removable shade for wider lenses.

Be aware that the Tokina 10-17mm zoom will vignette a bit in the 10-12 range in the kit port.

If you wish to read a review of the Rebel SL-3 which is almost identical in regard to housing and ports you can download my review in the back issues at UWPMAG.com issue #116. I would expect overall image quality between the R-10 and Rebel SL-3 to be very close.

Another compelling enter level camera sold as a kit by Backscatter is the Olympus EPL-10 with the 14-42 kit lens, AOI housing, port and gear. Olympus/OM Systems has an excellent line of lenses.

Regarding SeaFrogs, I would have a hard time recommending is housing based on personal experience and experience of friends who have owned the housings and who have worked repairing them.  

The downside, in my opinion, with the ikelite + R10 system is you are forced to use sync cords.  There is no optical cable option.

On 2/20/2023 at 5:20 AM, Phil Rudin said:

 The dry-lock system also has an eight inch port with removable shade for wider lenses.

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The R10 housing uses the DLM system, not the DL port system, you can get an adapter between the two but they are not interchangeable directly.    Yes you can use an 8" port but because there is no zoom control on the housing you can't use zoom with the 8" port.   The zoom knob is on the 6" lens port lens port, the 8" dome does not have anyway to add a zoom knob.  With Ikelite you need to read the fine print in the port charts.