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MEIKON SONY A7 II Underwater housing test in Mexico!!!

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Aquadrone
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MEIKON SONY A7 II Underwater housing test in Mexico!!!
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As you know Meikon has released it's newest underwater housing for Sony A7 II camera in the mid December last year. So far there have been a few tests of this housing that we know of. One was by meikon.com.hkteam and another one is by a Russian underwater photographer, who has been doing underwater photography since 1985, simply put - he is an expert at what he does . In this topic you will see a few photos made by him using Sony A7R II camera in Meikon underwater housing with few modifications of his own.

Where to purchase:

Meikon HK

Amazon

Location:

The Marine Minesweeper (C 53 "General Felipe Santiago xicoténcatl" )
Length 53.6 m.
The Width of 10 meters.
Built in 1944 in the USA.
In 1962, was sold to the Mexican Navy. Has served up to the year 1999, participated in the maritime operations against the drug mafias at sea. Was removed from the fleet of Mexico. For the year was prepared to inundation of how an artificial reef. In 2000, Flooded, the waters of the island of Cozumel. The Yucatan Peninsula. Lies at a depth of 26 meters on an even keel.

Set up:

Sony A7R II camera

Lens: Sony FE 28mm F2 + Fisheye lens (0.57 16mm )

Meikon underwater housing for Sony A7 II

Inon Dome Lens Unit II for UWL- H100 (Olympus bayonet mount )

Please note that Meikon has it's own bayonet mount, so the housing is connected through an adapter which is currently is being developed by CamDive® Ltd.

Meikon A7 II underwater housing + CamDive® adapter + Inon Wide angle lens

So here are the results of this rig.

Great thanks to Mikhail Semenov for providing these beautiful images.

 Aquadrone's gear list:Aquadrone's gear list
Sony RX100 III Sony RX100 IV Olympus TG-5 Sony RX100 VI Sony RX100 VA +15 more
Sony a7 II Sony a7R II Sony FE 24-70mm F4 OSS Sony FE 28-70mm F3.5-5.6 OSS Sony FE 28mm F2
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