Fantasea is coming out any day but looks to be $2k for housing, port, zoom gear, port extension. Too much for me. Nauticam is also coming out any week but same problem.
SeaFrogs is the obvious value play but I'm a little gun shy after a failure at depth that cost me my 6300 and 1018 a couple months back. Customer service was excellent. They refunded my money almost a year later even though they pressure tested it and couldn't find anything wrong. Possibly it was user error but I have no idea why it failed after 20 dives with no issues. Half of me says get the vacuum and try them again with the dome. Can't beat the price at $500 so long as it doesn't cost you $1800 in camera equipment. The extra money would go a long way towards lighting, etc.
Ikelite doesn't have the reputation or ergonomics of the Nauticam or other top tier brands but I feel more comfortable regarding failure if simply because it's widely sold and accepted as a good working unit. Maybe it's the Honda Accord to Nauticam's S Class Merc to SeaFrogs' Kia Forte?
Any thoughts on other options? In any case I'll be pulling the trigger on something in the next week. Maybe just an RX0 and housing (much smaller) and just keep my camera on dry land?
Thank you!
SeaFrogs is the obvious value play but I'm a little gun shy after a failure at depth that cost me my 6300 and 1018 a couple months back. Customer service was excellent. They refunded my money almost a year later even though they pressure tested it and couldn't find anything wrong. Possibly it was user error but I have no idea why it failed after 20 dives with no issues. Half of me says get the vacuum and try them again with the dome. Can't beat the price at $500 so long as it doesn't cost you $1800 in camera equipment. The extra money would go a long way towards lighting, etc.
Ikelite doesn't have the reputation or ergonomics of the Nauticam or other top tier brands but I feel more comfortable regarding failure if simply because it's widely sold and accepted as a good working unit. Maybe it's the Honda Accord to Nauticam's S Class Merc to SeaFrogs' Kia Forte?
Any thoughts on other options? In any case I'll be pulling the trigger on something in the next week. Maybe just an RX0 and housing (much smaller) and just keep my camera on dry land?
Thank you!