Nikon D2x & Subal ND2 Housing

Now you are all going to make me paranoid too

Diving with a setup that cost more than some cars, I expect the setup to propel myself forward underwater as well as taking pictures!

I suppose with flood insurance, I am not as concern about cost of flooding as not having a backup body because I can't afford one if a flood happen, especially on one of the longer expensive trip

Hey Luiz and Alex

Look guys, if the fear thing gets too much, remember your friends are here to help. Just mail the gear to me - and the fear will disappear like so many corroding batteries. Remember a flooded D2X is not worth a sleepless night!

Have a Great Day

That's great, send us a picture sometime (that is, if you are not going to patent your invention ).

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Sure. One photo is of spacer bar. Not much to it. Cut from stock 1/4" aluminum bar, drilled for bolts, and original bolts replaced with slightly longer ones.

Other photo is of shoulder stabiliser, attached to mount plate added to top of the left handle. I've used one for a long time, and think it makes housed systems more manageable, making it easier to use the left hand to stabilize whilst shooting macro. This one uses a buoyancy tube, which I think makes the balance of the system better. With my other system, I just used a section of "U" channel aluminum stock, riveting ball points on the ends. The end piece is the same "U" channel aluminum, with a concave cut in the section against the body, and rubber tape to help keep it from slipping.

I've thought of putting velcro on the end piece, then more on my suit in the shoulder area, to see it that worked better, but haven't gotten around to it yet.

Oh, one of the photos shows the polycarbinate plate I mounted to the bottom of the housing. It's light, won't break, makes the camera a bit more stable when setting it down, and ought to keep it from getting scratched up on rough surfaces. If the stabiliser bar is swung down for extra support, you can pretty much set the system anywhere without fear of it toppling over.

Some of you may think all of this is nuts, but, heck, I'm having fun with it, and that's what counts.

Some of you may think all of this is nuts, but, heck, I'm having fun with it, and that's what counts.

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I've never heard of a shoulder stabilizer like that before, but hey, if it works for you its great! I happened to have gloves on today, and I did felt like the space between the handles and the housing was too small, so I think I will also try to get some of those spacers for when I am diving in cold water (it works perfect with no gloves).

Yep, I have had that scary 1/4 turn Subal port experience too. I now check periodically that the plastic Subal logo on the port is at the 0 degree position.

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I'd do that, except the logo fell off the dome port after two days. I do hope the rest f the system is put together better than that.

Thanks for sharing those modifications, Ken.

One thing I always enjoy about going away is seeing how different photographers modify/setup their kit. Now I don't even have to go away...

Alex