Hey guys,
So I've just grabbed a sony 6500 and I'm looking to get either the fantasea to save some money or fork out for the Nauticam.
I'm pretty impressed with the Fantasea housing writeups so far as it has the 67mm port compatibility as well as has great reviews for incorporating the UWL 09 wide angle lens and a macro wet lens with the 16-50 kit lens. So I'm hoping to start off using the UWL 09 and the UCL 06 with the short port and then slowly upgrade to the 10-18 lens with the dome port and so on and so on. I've already got two YS-01s waiting for the new housings.
So I'm wondering how reliable the fantasea line is for quality because the Nauticam housing and ports equate to about 2-3 grand more for sourcing the gear including ports and tray ++ in Aus.
I cant find one neg review for fantasea housings online, and although anyone will say if you can afford the money, then go nauticam, I cant really yet so I'm hoping there is no horror stories to clear me away from the fantasea line. If the housing holds up for me to play around with the wet lenses and slowly upgrade lenses and ports ( say 5 years) then I will be happy.
Also wanting some user experience for the leak detection in the fantasea line as I know how well the vacuum seal works for nauticam via mates experiences. I've never experienced a catastrophic leak in my previous housings, let alone having a leak detection sensor before.
I also read that nauticam were incorporating insurance for camera bodies with their housings which sounds really good.
Cheers in advance
So I've just grabbed a sony 6500 and I'm looking to get either the fantasea to save some money or fork out for the Nauticam.
I'm pretty impressed with the Fantasea housing writeups so far as it has the 67mm port compatibility as well as has great reviews for incorporating the UWL 09 wide angle lens and a macro wet lens with the 16-50 kit lens. So I'm hoping to start off using the UWL 09 and the UCL 06 with the short port and then slowly upgrade to the 10-18 lens with the dome port and so on and so on. I've already got two YS-01s waiting for the new housings.
So I'm wondering how reliable the fantasea line is for quality because the Nauticam housing and ports equate to about 2-3 grand more for sourcing the gear including ports and tray ++ in Aus.
I cant find one neg review for fantasea housings online, and although anyone will say if you can afford the money, then go nauticam, I cant really yet so I'm hoping there is no horror stories to clear me away from the fantasea line. If the housing holds up for me to play around with the wet lenses and slowly upgrade lenses and ports ( say 5 years) then I will be happy.
Also wanting some user experience for the leak detection in the fantasea line as I know how well the vacuum seal works for nauticam via mates experiences. I've never experienced a catastrophic leak in my previous housings, let alone having a leak detection sensor before.
I also read that nauticam were incorporating insurance for camera bodies with their housings which sounds really good.
Cheers in advance