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Nikon D850 / D500 Snorkel Housing Options

Started Mar 30, 2021 | Discussions thread
PHXAZCRAIG
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Re: Nikon D850 / D500 Snorkel Housing Options

There is a reason why the housings are so large.  There is an amazing amount of levers and buttons involved, and they take up space.

They only way 'budget' and 'housing' are going to be in the same sentence for a modern Nikon housing is if it includes the word 'used'.

What lens options were you thinking of for snorkeling?  I'm assuming wide and not macro.  You would be well advised to head toward DX there and I hope you like fisheye.

Take a look at lens options for a D500 at Bluewater Photo.  You may or may not be surprised at the lack of lens options.   But you have a lot more options with DX than FX.

If you want wide angle for your D850, I just can't see snorkeling with it.  Here's what you're looking at:

Nauticam D810 housing with 230mm dome port for 16-35 wide angle.  D850 very slightly shorter due to lack of onboard flash.

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