Help with d80 housing

[nestleb]

I have a D80 and need some help choosing a housing for it. I have searched online for the last 2 days and am confused. I have found a bunch from $1350 to $4000. I am a bit hesitant to spend that much since it will only be used a few times a year. I mainly commercially dive and when I sport dive its mostly fishing. I have no problem spending $600 or so for just the housing I just cant find anything in that range. I will have to purchase online since our LDS in Alaska only gets the bag type which I dont want. I mailny dive from surface to 65 feet I would never be wanting to take it deeper than that. Most of the sea life is shallower than that and way deeper than I am going to dive. I know I will need arms and strobes and so on but the housing looks to be the item Im most unsure about. I thank you in advance for your extensive knowledge on the subject.

Justin
Sitka Alaska

 

[scottfiji]

Sitka, If I were you I would post in several places looking for a used Ikelite D80 housing, try to get one for around $900, don't forget you'll need a port or two also

Scott

 

[nestleb]

thanks for the come back. I take it since nobody has given me the answer I was looking for. A moderately priced housing does not exist.

Justin

 

[Katamuki]

The Ikelite housing is very good and will serve you well. Its is robust, easy to use and all button functions are available. The only downside is that it is a little larger than a cast or machined alum housing but underwater thats not such a big deal. The TTL function if you use Ikelite strobes is also a big plus with the addition to stop your light down with an extra rotary knob on the case as well. I no longer use my D80 housing as I bought a D90 kit but shot well over 12000 photos with the D80 Ikelite and won many competitions with it.

D80 Photos shot with Ikelite...