New Aquatica housing for the Nikon CP-995
I Just got some info on Aquaticas new housing for the CP-995. It is an aluminum housing and is supposed to be cheaper than the Tetra and Ikelite housings. The info came to me in a flyer sent by Mauricio Handler. He is a photographer and Aquatica dealer in the BVI. The flyer is in Spanish, and even though my Spanish is quite rusty, I was able to decipher most of the limited info. The housing takes advantage of the 995's swivel body and positions the lens 45 deg. off axis from the view screen. This should make for easy UW viewing, kind of like the much-touted Seacam 45 deg. viewfinder. It will have the normal Nikon synch connectors. The flyer mentions two UW detachable external lenses, a wide angle and a macro lens. Mauricio said he is going to be testing this housing this week, so more info is to come. If anyone is interested in seeing the flyer let me know and I'll e-mail it to you. It's a fairly large Jpeg file. Mauricio also said that Aquatica is working on a housing for the new CP-500. Looks like things may be looking up for Aquatica. If anyone wants to contact Mauricio for info:
Mauricio Handler/commercial marine photographer, ASMP-UW, VIPPA, BVIHA
PO Box 11156 St.Thomas, USVI 00801 (postal only)
Tortola, British Virgin Islands (office/residence)
Tel/Fax: (284) 494-0340
mauricio@handlerphoto.com www.handlerphoto.com
Dive Safe,
Rooster
I Just got some info on Aquaticas new housing for the CP-995. It is an aluminum housing and is supposed to be cheaper than the Tetra and Ikelite housings. The info came to me in a flyer sent by Mauricio Handler. He is a photographer and Aquatica dealer in the BVI. The flyer is in Spanish, and even though my Spanish is quite rusty, I was able to decipher most of the limited info. The housing takes advantage of the 995's swivel body and positions the lens 45 deg. off axis from the view screen. This should make for easy UW viewing, kind of like the much-touted Seacam 45 deg. viewfinder. It will have the normal Nikon synch connectors. The flyer mentions two UW detachable external lenses, a wide angle and a macro lens. Mauricio said he is going to be testing this housing this week, so more info is to come. If anyone is interested in seeing the flyer let me know and I'll e-mail it to you. It's a fairly large Jpeg file. Mauricio also said that Aquatica is working on a housing for the new CP-500. Looks like things may be looking up for Aquatica. If anyone wants to contact Mauricio for info:
Mauricio Handler/commercial marine photographer, ASMP-UW, VIPPA, BVIHA
PO Box 11156 St.Thomas, USVI 00801 (postal only)
Tortola, British Virgin Islands (office/residence)
Tel/Fax: (284) 494-0340
mauricio@handlerphoto.com www.handlerphoto.com
Dive Safe,
Rooster