@@BernardLau1991 unfortunately I don't own it. I have an A7C, Panasonic GH5 and an A7iii that I dropped in the water 😮 I sent it to be repaired today, hence my interest in your video, but I suspect they'll tell me to just buy a new one. Either way I'll be sure to watch your review. Keep up the great work and give us a shout if you ever find yourself in Sabah.
Hey John. No problem. And thanks for watching! I recently reviewed the new seafrogs housing and it has some upgrades. You might want to check it out. It’s for the a7siii 😁
Hi mate great review! Curious to know if you've filmed out of water with the housing on. If so how is the audio and do you find the dome effects any photo/video quality? Thanks
I don't film much with the housing out of the water as it would be a pain to carry around but that said, I think the image quality would still be fine. The audio is going to suffer a lot though. I never use the audio when it is in the housing.
Thank you so much for this review/comparison between these 2 housings. Now, for cold waters like we have in Canada, I wonder if the tiny knobs and buttons on the Ikelite would be easily accessible with big drysuit gloves :)
I was expecting you to watch this video. 😁 thanks for the support as always. Haha! True I think it might be a problem. For the housing knobs, even without gloves it’s tough already 😂
hi, In the past I have used Ikelite and aquatech, but the last three housing have been seafrogs for professional dives. I was tired of buying expensive housings every time I purchased a new camera- which is about every two years. I also wanted to own two housings when I do shoots so if a housing goes down I have redundancy, or when I want two lenses at the same time (very useful). I know what you mean about the lighter, cheaper feel of the seafrogs, but when you look closer- they are really well designed and are better designed than all the housings around that price range (under 2k used) . Far more compact and light - this is really important for heaps of shooting, two back seals, pressure leak check (like expensive housings have) and a leak detector. Until I hear of heaps of leaks of these, then its just an assumption that they are problematic. I don't shoot very deep however - no more than 25m, and most of the time 5-15m- where the light is. Im yet to have a leak with seafrogs, but I have had lost a week old canon 5dsr with an aquatech housing. I did look into nauticam, but they are too heavy and are so expensive they dont make a sensible business decision. The camera's aren't expensive enough to justify a housing worth more than them- and theres always insurance for lost cameras if theres an unfortunate leak IMO.
Great video. However I would definitely recommend having a look at the Salted Line of Seafrogs housings if you’re looking for a more premium version of the Seafrogs brand
The Ikelite DL 200 does come with one handle to the left which was ignored in your review. I added a second one to the right and it's a must if you shoot images and video. I live on VI and dive with drysuit gloves. The controls are tight not because of the housing rather hten how Panasonic Lumix Gh5 II is set up. Before that set I had an AQUATICA housing for a Canon 5D and that was a nightmare. The controls were offset and wiggly and often din't line up with the controls. I recommend to take a plastic stick or golf tee and attach it to a wrist strap. Any other turnable controls on the Ikelite works fine with thick gloves. Also if you deside to keep the costs down, putting an expensive Sony camera in a cheap housing is a bad choice. Also I am really pleased with Ikelite's customer service and with over 100 tutorial videos on YoutTube about dos and donts. Worth the money.
You forgot to mention that with the Seafrogs housing, checking for a perfect seal with a vacuum pump is possible. I don't know if that is possible with the Ikelite housing. I am a happy user of one old Meikon housing for a Sony a6000, a newer Seafrogs Salted Line housing for a Sony a6300 and a Seafrogs housing for an Olympic Tough TG6.
@@fendezzdave8441 personally, I would recommend the sea frogs housings because it won’t really make sense for your housing to cost so much more than the camera itself. However, I’m not sure if seafrogs ports can fit that lens combo you mentioned. You can consider getting some native lenses that are compatible with their ports 😁
Good overall presentation. Missed one important fact though. What about the strobes? Ikelite seems to have ttl support, but is there any option to have extrenal strobe with seafrog? I don't think I can afford Ikelite anyhow, but unless there is possibility for strobe in Seafrog, then there is no point for me to try to take macro pics underwater. I have nex 5 currently, but would like to purchase housing for a7rii.
Hi 👋 yeah I know I missed that out :( sorry! Because I’m a videographer so my video was very video centric. I’m pretty sure they have what you asked. But as it wasn’t my area of expertise, I didn’t wanna touch on that topic. I hope you can find that info somewhere else! 😁
@@BernardLau1991 Was checking out froggiepages. Unfortunately they only have adapter for additional flash with fibers, but only for A7sIII. I mean, if someone can afford to buy that Sony, then they wouldn't have issue to buy also some Nauticam :D Well, worth to investigate at least. Thanks for your video and reply!
@@roger7641 no, V2 for A7II for instance, accepts 5 pin nikonos system (which is widely used, like in Nimar housings and Sea And Sea) I use it. My a7M7 housing does not have it, of course, only fiber optics, but the A7II/a7/a7s housing do.
Thank you for comparison video. The previous housings I used were actually expensive. So i’m interested in the seafrog housing. If you do not mind, i wanna listen ur opinion. What do you think? I'm going to take video and pictures for surfing. Is the build quality of the seafrog housing good enough for surfing purposes ? Thank you and Have a nice day
Thank you for the support. :) Well, till now I am using my Seafrogs housing. I think it is perfect for me as I am an occasional user. I am also not very meticulous so servicing my housing often is not something I do. With the price of Seafrogs, I can easily buy a new one to replace the old one. Although that has not happened yet. The build quality is good enough that after using it for quite some time now, it is still fine. But then again, I use it for diving. Not sure how intense surfing can get. Or if someone slams into you. So I can't speak about that. Hope this answer helps you in some way.
Wow you brought up a question I didn't even think of at the end. Do you feel that it would be necessary to even use an α7SIII in deeper, darker waters? I figured that the lights could clear up some of that anyway, but also with how murky the water was that you were filming in, would that change anything going to α7SIII?
But if I had to advice between spending more money on lights or the a7siii, I would say lights for diving as it would bring natural colors back. Even if you could bump your iso in deeper waters, the picture will look very blue.
Ok. Makes perfect sense. Been watching another person who has been posting advice on underwater filming and photography, but she uses completely different cameras.
Very nice video! My case is a bit different becase I use Nikon but I do have a Sony seafrog setup up but is hard to work around with strobes and a lots of limitations on focus and zoom fish eye lenses. The ikelite may be a better option for my Nikon z6
Thank you! It might be but it's going to cost you hahaha
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Thank you very much for your suggestion, the Sony A7III and Sony RIII in the video are our old models, and our new ones have been released. The new Sony A7III and Sony A7RIII can be connected to optical cables and 5-pin sync data cables, and can be connected to electronic handles , Click to view the latest Sony A7III and Sony RIII waterproof camera cases: www.aliexpress.com/item/1005003737761680.html?spm=a2g0o.store_pc_groupList.8148356.9.41a11e89nKLG0u&pdp_npi=2%40dis%21USD%21US%20% 24537.49%21US%20%24435.37%21%21%21%21%21%400bb47a1a16535494083517181e2a9a%21%21sh If you have any questions, please contact us, we will help you
Hey man I love your videos , always goto yours first. I got the Sony A7 iv with a 24-70 Sigma lense for sea frogs. Would you say that was a smart move over ikelite ? I’m looking for mostly videography and some photo
Hey! Thanks for your kind words. Such support really motivates me 😁 Does seafrogs have a lens port that fits the sigma 24-70? Damn now I want to get that lens port as well hahaha. I would say… both does videos and photos equally well. My only consideration factor would be the budget, and the portability. Also, I don’t do underwater stuff as often as I would like which is why I don’t want to invest too much in the system. I went with seafrogs first so like it wouldn’t hurt as much to upgrade to another system in the future. If you get an ikelite, upgrading would be tough imo.
Also, the a7iv is notorious for overheating so in a case underwater might be worse. Might want to test it out before a big trip or have a backup plan. Hope this helps!
i am also looking at getting sea frog for A7IV, but the turned off point is, it is unable to select the shooting mode, i cant go to photo mode to video mode. i am still seating on the fence for this, currently i own a G7X for my diving trip. thinking if i should get a housing for A7IV, would love the macro possibility with 90mm lens and the faster focusing as compared to my old G7X. but getting the Nauticam or other brands, it is like a super big investment!!! lol... if seafrog is able to give me the option to change the mode when i am diving, i would get seafrog without a question
Man.... I have been shooting video and photos underwater for 11 years now and I have to say that Meikon/Seafrogs are GREAT. The salted line is WONDERFUL. I have seen LOTS (and I mean LOTS) of friends flooding Subal, Nauticam houses and of course that piece of "shitty plastic" you test here called Ikelite (that tends to fog a lot on colder waters because of the polycarbonate is thinner than usual) and my seafrogs housings... NEVER leaked. I have an old (2008) NIMAR houing, very cumbersome, for EOS 350D that was upfgraded to use the 550D (t2i?) and it had a crack on the surface, I filled it in with some silicone and it's working... The Seafrogs ones NEVER cracked. Maybe because I am afraid to crack it, I terat them with more care, maybe is that, but the thing is I have 4 or 5 sets of seafrogs and mate, I don't want any others: Oh, and by the way... I use A7II with MC11 adapter for some canon lenses and I can use, with seafrogs extensions (there are several) and rings, LOTS of lenses: Wide angle: For Canon, with MC11 - Laowa 15mm f/4 Macro 1:1 - Sigma 10-15 - Canon 10-18 - Opteka 15mm f/4 Macro 1:1 For Sony: - Sony EF28-70 - Rokinon/Samyang 14mm f/2.8 (Great lens :) ) Macro: For Canon with MC-11: - Canon 100mm IS L - Canon 100mm Standard - Canon 60mm Macro - Canon MP-E65 (up to 2:1) - Sigma 50Mm f2.8-45 For Sony: - Laowa 100mm f/2.8 2:1 Cdreamer I used ALL these Lenses with the seafrogs housing and controlled the focus or the zoom rings. Oh, and also the CAnon 70-200 f/4 L with MC-11 as well. With two extension tubes from seafrogs for surf photography. Man... Seafrogs rock, really. One may have to adjust the rings with some sponges inside and double side tape for them to work with the lenses rings but that is so simple to do... and it works!
@@BernardLau1991 damn... :( that is so sad... Do you know why? Where was the fault? Thing is that in the end o the day all housings eventually leak. But I don't think that seafrogs quality is bad. Maybe it can't handle waves so well for surf photography, let's say that, but for scuba??? I don't know... But having a 400 dollars set and a 1000 dollars cam+lens damaged is different than having a 3000 dollars set and the same camera+lenses damaged... My ikelite setup for Canon 5D is trash, I will never use it. My Nimar is still fine... And my Seafrogs are in and out of the water almost every weeks :) Wish you the best. Try to see where it leaked from....
@@Histogramas Yeah> I agree with you. I think seafrogs is not bad for it's price. yeah I emailed the company and they gave me some instructions to try figure it out. Will try it soon!
@@BernardLau1991 a suggestion: Fill the housing with coloured toillet paper. Put it under some pressure inside the housing. Then close it, being carefull not to have paper over and between o-rings, and put it underwater, preferrably to a deep dive the time needed to have a small beggining of a flood. Then carefully open the housing and remove the block of paper, looking for the wet portion, that should be easy to see because of the darker colour of the paper. There should be the position of the leak.
Personally I don't like Ikelite housings. They have good products, yes, but not widely compatible and at least the housing I had the chance to have, for Canon cameras, were too thin... therefore allowing A LOT of fog inside or forcing the use of a lot of dissecant. I live at Portugal and in the summer air os about 30 to 35 degrees centigrade and water still 20. This difference is enough for fogging. Also, being so thin and bulky (the one for canon t5 at least was) a lot more air was inside, comparing to the seafrogs one, making the set a lot positive underwater, so I had to add weight. While in water that wasn't an issue, when you take ot out of the water... Also, thin equals fragile when swimming in wrecks or by rocks.. so... Yeah, they have good equipment and nice optics, but for me, if I have to spend and guarantee LOTS of security and quality, I would go for Subal or Nauticam. If not, if it for a controlled environment with some bimps maybe.. then seafrogs, for sure.
I recommend to use Silicagel bags that you may dry in your microwave before a dive or use (seriously) female tampons in the housing shortly before you close the housing. Cheap but affective.
@@BernardLau1991 nauticam hoising also flood... honestly, I have seen lots of friends with housings from nauticam, subal, etc, floding their gears and me with seafrogs... always great, never flooded. So... na... I will keep my seafrogs.
Makes no sense at all to upgrade. Spending 2000$ for extra security / to potentially not drown a 2000$ camera... LOL! And going through all the hassle of the moving parts / removing everything even to change a battery (which you do 3-4 times a day on a liveaboard!).
Hi Bernard. I'm up the coast from you in Sabah. I have to say this was an excellent review, really useful. Thank you for putting it together.
Hi! Thanks for the kind comments and support! If you're interested, I will be reviewing the seafrogs housing for the A7S3 very soon. :)
@@BernardLau1991 unfortunately I don't own it. I have an A7C, Panasonic GH5 and an A7iii that I dropped in the water 😮 I sent it to be repaired today, hence my interest in your video, but I suspect they'll tell me to just buy a new one. Either way I'll be sure to watch your review. Keep up the great work and give us a shout if you ever find yourself in Sabah.
Great video thanks Bernard. I have been looking for a video that explains the difference between the housings and access to the controls.
Hey John. No problem. And thanks for watching! I recently reviewed the new seafrogs housing and it has some upgrades. You might want to check it out. It’s for the a7siii 😁
THIS IS AN AMAZING VIDEO! YOU DESERVE MORE VIEWS! KEEP IT UP!
Hey man! Thanks for your kind words. Every single view and comment is much appreciated. I’ll continue to work hard to grow my channel 😁
Awesome video. Very informative and way more useful than a lot of other videos online.
Thank you! I put quite a lot of effort into this one and I’m glad you found it useful 😁
He started the video with Sample Footage, automatic Like. Thank you.
Thank you! I aim to make videos that are honest and straightforward so it doesn’t waste everybody’s time hahaha.
Hi mate great review! Curious to know if you've filmed out of water with the housing on. If so how is the audio and do you find the dome effects any photo/video quality? Thanks
I don't film much with the housing out of the water as it would be a pain to carry around but that said, I think the image quality would still be fine. The audio is going to suffer a lot though. I never use the audio when it is in the housing.
Thank you so much for this review/comparison between these 2 housings. Now, for cold waters like we have in Canada, I wonder if the tiny knobs and buttons on the Ikelite would be easily accessible with big drysuit gloves :)
I was expecting you to watch this video. 😁 thanks for the support as always. Haha! True I think it might be a problem. For the housing knobs, even without gloves it’s tough already 😂
hi, In the past I have used Ikelite and aquatech, but the last three housing have been seafrogs for professional dives. I was tired of buying expensive housings every time I purchased a new camera- which is about every two years. I also wanted to own two housings when I do shoots so if a housing goes down I have redundancy, or when I want two lenses at the same time (very useful). I know what you mean about the lighter, cheaper feel of the seafrogs, but when you look closer- they are really well designed and are better designed than all the housings around that price range (under 2k used) . Far more compact and light - this is really important for heaps of shooting, two back seals, pressure leak check (like expensive housings have) and a leak detector. Until I hear of heaps of leaks of these, then its just an assumption that they are problematic. I don't shoot very deep however - no more than 25m, and most of the time 5-15m- where the light is. Im yet to have a leak with seafrogs, but I have had lost a week old canon 5dsr with an aquatech housing. I did look into nauticam, but they are too heavy and are so expensive they dont make a sensible business decision. The camera's aren't expensive enough to justify a housing worth more than them- and theres always insurance for lost cameras if theres an unfortunate leak IMO.
I too am using the seafrogs myself haha. It’s a value for money for someone in my circumstances that dives only occasionally and leisurely. 😁
Great video. However I would definitely recommend having a look at the Salted Line of Seafrogs housings if you’re looking for a more premium version of the Seafrogs brand
Thanks mate! I actually have it and done a video about it as well hahaha. Love it!
The Ikelite DL 200 does come with one handle to the left which was ignored in your review. I added a second one to the right and it's a must if you shoot images and video. I live on VI and dive with drysuit gloves. The controls are tight not because of the housing rather hten how Panasonic Lumix Gh5 II is set up. Before that set I had an AQUATICA housing for a Canon 5D and that was a nightmare. The controls were offset and wiggly and often din't line up with the controls. I recommend to take a plastic stick or golf tee and attach it to a wrist strap. Any other turnable controls on the Ikelite works fine with thick gloves. Also if you deside to keep the costs down, putting an expensive Sony camera in a cheap housing is a bad choice. Also I am really pleased with Ikelite's customer service and with over 100 tutorial videos on YoutTube about dos and donts. Worth the money.
Ah, it wasn't provided to me during my testing so I was not aware of it haha
what's a good shutter upped for under water ?
for video? I always follow the 180 degree shutter rule
Hey, love the review!
What lights do you use for underwater video? Those at 7:55
I use big blue dive lights. Mine is the 3200 Lumens one. It's not the best but it's decent and affordable haha
Hope this helps. And thanks for the support!
Yes, thanks alot!
You forgot to mention that with the Seafrogs housing, checking for a perfect seal with a vacuum pump is possible. I don't know if that is possible with the Ikelite housing. I am a happy user of one old Meikon housing for a Sony a6000, a newer Seafrogs Salted Line housing for a Sony a6300 and a Seafrogs housing for an Olympic Tough TG6.
Yes you can use a vacuum pump but honestly, I dislike it.
@@BernardLau1991 Why do you dislike checking the housing with a pump before diving?
Hi Bernard thanks for sharing your video. What is your recommendation With Sony A6400 with mc-11 sigma 18-35mm f1.8. If i would get Seafrogs.
Hi: can I better understand the question? Are you looking for lens port recommendation or housing?
@@BernardLau1991 hi : Yes I m looking for underwater housing that can fit for Sony A6400 with mc-11 sigma 18-35mm f1.8.
@@fendezzdave8441 personally, I would recommend the sea frogs housings because it won’t really make sense for your housing to cost so much more than the camera itself. However, I’m not sure if seafrogs ports can fit that lens combo you mentioned. You can consider getting some native lenses that are compatible with their ports 😁
@@BernardLau1991 thanks Bernard
Good overall presentation. Missed one important fact though. What about the strobes? Ikelite seems to have ttl support, but is there any option to have extrenal strobe with seafrog?
I don't think I can afford Ikelite anyhow, but unless there is possibility for strobe in Seafrog, then there is no point for me to try to take macro pics underwater. I have nex 5 currently, but would like to purchase housing for a7rii.
Hi 👋 yeah I know I missed that out :( sorry! Because I’m a videographer so my video was very video centric. I’m pretty sure they have what you asked. But as it wasn’t my area of expertise, I didn’t wanna touch on that topic. I hope you can find that info somewhere else! 😁
@@BernardLau1991 Was checking out froggiepages. Unfortunately they only have adapter for additional flash with fibers, but only for A7sIII. I mean, if someone can afford to buy that Sony, then they wouldn't have issue to buy also some Nauticam :D
Well, worth to investigate at least. Thanks for your video and reply!
@@roger7641 well I own the S3 and I have no intentions to get the nauticam. Gonna continue diving with the A73 hahaha
@@roger7641 no, V2 for A7II for instance, accepts 5 pin nikonos system (which is widely used, like in Nimar housings and Sea And Sea)
I use it.
My a7M7 housing does not have it, of course, only fiber optics, but the A7II/a7/a7s housing do.
Note that the Ikelite TTL only works in combination with their own strobes. If you have Inon strobes for example, it does not work
Thank you for comparison video. The previous housings I used were actually expensive. So i’m interested in the seafrog housing. If you do not mind, i wanna listen ur opinion. What do you think? I'm going to take video and pictures for surfing. Is the build quality of the seafrog housing good enough for surfing purposes ? Thank you and Have a nice day
Thank you for the support. :) Well, till now I am using my Seafrogs housing. I think it is perfect for me as I am an occasional user. I am also not very meticulous so servicing my housing often is not something I do. With the price of Seafrogs, I can easily buy a new one to replace the old one. Although that has not happened yet. The build quality is good enough that after using it for quite some time now, it is still fine. But then again, I use it for diving. Not sure how intense surfing can get. Or if someone slams into you. So I can't speak about that. Hope this answer helps you in some way.
@@BernardLau1991 Thank you so much for your information😊.
Wow you brought up a question I didn't even think of at the end. Do you feel that it would be necessary to even use an α7SIII in deeper, darker waters? I figured that the lights could clear up some of that anyway, but also with how murky the water was that you were filming in, would that change anything going to α7SIII?
If you’re talking about murky waters, the no amount of light or low light performance of the camera would help. Hahaha.
But if I had to advice between spending more money on lights or the a7siii, I would say lights for diving as it would bring natural colors back.
Even if you could bump your iso in deeper waters, the picture will look very blue.
Ok. Makes perfect sense. Been watching another person who has been posting advice on underwater filming and photography, but she uses completely different cameras.
@@Zedonus0 talking about behind the mask, vanessa kara kerr?
She does. And she is great
Very nice video! My case is a bit different becase I use Nikon but I do have a Sony seafrog setup up but is hard to work around with strobes and a lots of limitations on focus and zoom fish eye lenses.
The ikelite may be a better option for my Nikon z6
Thank you! It might be but it's going to cost you hahaha
Thank you very much for your suggestion, the Sony A7III and Sony RIII in the video are our old models, and our new ones have been released. The new Sony A7III and Sony A7RIII can be connected to optical cables and 5-pin sync data cables, and can be connected to electronic handles ,
Click to view the latest Sony A7III and Sony RIII waterproof camera cases: www.aliexpress.com/item/1005003737761680.html?spm=a2g0o.store_pc_groupList.8148356.9.41a11e89nKLG0u&pdp_npi=2%40dis%21USD%21US%20% 24537.49%21US%20%24435.37%21%21%21%21%21%400bb47a1a16535494083517181e2a9a%21%21sh
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Hey man I love your videos , always goto yours first. I got the Sony A7 iv with a 24-70 Sigma lense for sea frogs. Would you say that was a smart move over ikelite ? I’m looking for mostly videography and some photo
Hey! Thanks for your kind words. Such support really motivates me 😁
Does seafrogs have a lens port that fits the sigma 24-70? Damn now I want to get that lens port as well hahaha.
I would say… both does videos and photos equally well. My only consideration factor would be the budget, and the portability.
Also, I don’t do underwater stuff as often as I would like which is why I don’t want to invest too much in the system. I went with seafrogs first so like it wouldn’t hurt as much to upgrade to another system in the future. If you get an ikelite, upgrading would be tough imo.
Also, the a7iv is notorious for overheating so in a case underwater might be worse. Might want to test it out before a big trip or have a backup plan. Hope this helps!
i am also looking at getting sea frog for A7IV, but the turned off point is, it is unable to select the shooting mode, i cant go to photo mode to video mode. i am still seating on the fence for this, currently i own a G7X for my diving trip. thinking if i should get a housing for A7IV, would love the macro possibility with 90mm lens and the faster focusing as compared to my old G7X. but getting the Nauticam or other brands, it is like a super big investment!!! lol... if seafrog is able to give me the option to change the mode when i am diving, i would get seafrog without a question
thank you
You're welcome! thanks for watching my videos :)
Thank you sir,
Thank you for watching!
Man....
I have been shooting video and photos underwater for 11 years now and I have to say that Meikon/Seafrogs are GREAT. The salted line is WONDERFUL.
I have seen LOTS (and I mean LOTS) of friends flooding Subal, Nauticam houses and of course that piece of "shitty plastic" you test here called Ikelite (that tends to fog a lot on colder waters because of the polycarbonate is thinner than usual) and my seafrogs housings... NEVER leaked.
I have an old (2008) NIMAR houing, very cumbersome, for EOS 350D that was upfgraded to use the 550D (t2i?) and it had a crack on the surface, I filled it in with some silicone and it's working...
The Seafrogs ones NEVER cracked.
Maybe because I am afraid to crack it, I terat them with more care, maybe is that, but the thing is I have 4 or 5 sets of seafrogs and mate, I don't want any others:
Oh, and by the way...
I use A7II with MC11 adapter for some canon lenses and I can use, with seafrogs extensions (there are several) and rings, LOTS of lenses:
Wide angle:
For Canon, with MC11
- Laowa 15mm f/4 Macro 1:1
- Sigma 10-15
- Canon 10-18
- Opteka 15mm f/4 Macro 1:1
For Sony:
- Sony EF28-70
- Rokinon/Samyang 14mm f/2.8 (Great lens :) )
Macro:
For Canon with MC-11:
- Canon 100mm IS L
- Canon 100mm Standard
- Canon 60mm Macro
- Canon MP-E65 (up to 2:1)
- Sigma 50Mm f2.8-45
For Sony:
- Laowa 100mm f/2.8 2:1 Cdreamer
I used ALL these Lenses with the seafrogs housing and controlled the focus or the zoom rings.
Oh, and also the CAnon 70-200 f/4 L with MC-11 as well. With two extension tubes from seafrogs for surf photography.
Man... Seafrogs rock, really.
One may have to adjust the rings with some sponges inside and double side tape for them to work with the lenses rings but that is so simple to do... and it works!
I didn’t know you could use so many different lenses with the seafrogs! Thanks for sharing that info.. and my seafrogs just leaked sadly. :(
@@BernardLau1991 damn... :( that is so sad...
Do you know why? Where was the fault?
Thing is that in the end o the day all housings eventually leak. But I don't think that seafrogs quality is bad. Maybe it can't handle waves so well for surf photography, let's say that, but for scuba??? I don't know...
But having a 400 dollars set and a 1000 dollars cam+lens damaged is different than having a 3000 dollars set and the same camera+lenses damaged...
My ikelite setup for Canon 5D is trash, I will never use it.
My Nimar is still fine...
And my Seafrogs are in and out of the water almost every weeks :)
Wish you the best.
Try to see where it leaked from....
@@Histogramas Yeah> I agree with you. I think seafrogs is not bad for it's price. yeah I emailed the company and they gave me some instructions to try figure it out. Will try it soon!
@@BernardLau1991 a suggestion:
Fill the housing with coloured toillet paper. Put it under some pressure inside the housing. Then close it, being carefull not to have paper over and between o-rings, and put it underwater, preferrably to a deep dive the time needed to have a small beggining of a flood.
Then carefully open the housing and remove the block of paper, looking for the wet portion, that should be easy to see because of the darker colour of the paper. There should be the position of the leak.
Personally I don't like Ikelite housings. They have good products, yes, but not widely compatible and at least the housing I had the chance to have, for Canon cameras, were too thin... therefore allowing A LOT of fog inside or forcing the use of a lot of dissecant. I live at Portugal and in the summer air os about 30 to 35 degrees centigrade and water still 20. This difference is enough for fogging.
Also, being so thin and bulky (the one for canon t5 at least was) a lot more air was inside, comparing to the seafrogs one, making the set a lot positive underwater, so I had to add weight. While in water that wasn't an issue, when you take ot out of the water...
Also, thin equals fragile when swimming in wrecks or by rocks.. so...
Yeah, they have good equipment and nice optics, but for me, if I have to spend and guarantee LOTS of security and quality, I would go for Subal or Nauticam. If not, if it for a controlled environment with some bimps maybe.. then seafrogs, for sure.
I hope to try Nauticam one day. Their housing looks really good hahaha
I recommend to use Silicagel bags that you may dry in your microwave before a dive or use (seriously) female tampons in the housing shortly before you close the housing. Cheap but affective.
@@anook1984 yeap, I used those as well. :)
Just hate the fibers all over the place once they get a bit used but hey... they work.
@@BernardLau1991 nauticam hoising also flood... honestly, I have seen lots of friends with housings from nauticam, subal, etc, floding their gears and me with seafrogs... always great, never flooded. So... na... I will keep my seafrogs.
Makes no sense at all to upgrade. Spending 2000$ for extra security / to potentially not drown a 2000$ camera... LOL! And going through all the hassle of the moving parts / removing everything even to change a battery (which you do 3-4 times a day on a liveaboard!).
haha. I agree. But some people really want the security. 😀
Seen GoPro footage better than this lol..
Maybe I should buy a GoPro 😁