New underwater housing for the Panasonic LX5
If you own the Panasonic LX5 you might be interested to take a look at the new Nauticam underwater housing. It has a depth rating of 75 meters and will sell for $950. You can read the full specs here: http://nauticamusa.com/. It’s a lot more expensive than the Ikelite housing (Click here ot see that item on eBay) which costs $545 only. I am not an expert and I don’t know if the price difference is justified because of better specs.
Olympus XZ-1 user do have an even cheaper alternative: The Olympus PT-050 which is available for around $300 (300 Euro) at Amazon, Adorama, B&H, J&R, eBay.
Olympus E-PL1 user can get the Olympus PT-EP01 at Amazon, Adorama, B&H, J&R, eBay.
and the E-PL2 user can get the Olympus PT-EP03 at Amazon, Adorama, B&H, J&R, eBay.
burnardo
3 years ago |should a dyslexic run a rumors site?
Given
3 years ago |Big deal, the Admin misspelled Housing. OMG!!! And the Admin forget a space. Don’t be a Jerk.
admin
3 years ago |Pardon Burnardo! I woke up 30 mintues ago and I am still walking around like a Zombie
Anyway, why should dyslexic people not have the right to run a blog? Read the “About us” presentation. This is a very unperfect and unprofessional website. Yes I am a noob and I work on this website every time I have 5 minutes between one work and another (my real work is photographer and documentarist). That’s why you see such mispellings or other mistakes (oh and I am a native german-italian speaker…not english). But I put a lot of passion and I do have a lot of fun with that website. Somthing maye other websites have lost with their professional approach…
GreyOwl
3 years ago |admin, if you asked your critics to run this website under the same conditions as you run it (not being a native English speaker, battling with stupid pug-ins and so on) would they do a better job? I doubt it. Fair criticism is one thing, being unfair about your use of English grammar and spelling skills after an eleven hour drive is a bit unfair; after all if you didn’t run the site, who would?
toto22
3 years ago |+1 !!!
Tobias W.
3 years ago |Well, you for one shouldn’t be allowed to post comments.
Nick clark
3 years ago |should a dickhead post on a rumours site?
Ron
3 years ago |Should, not should…..
owczi
3 years ago |Burnardo: should an idiot be allowed to read a rumors site?
Bob Bowné
3 years ago |Odranrub og kcuf flesruoy!
Now…about that waterhousing…..
Nick clark
3 years ago |Anyway, back to the actual news… Looks like a fun piece of kit. Also makes the Oly housings seem like a hell of a bargain
sderdiarian
3 years ago |The XZ-1 just keeps looking better and better, $300 to be able to take a camera with its optical quality and low light capabilities along when I go snorkeling is a definite bargain. And how Nauticam can justify a housing ($950) that costs over twice the value of the camera (LX-5 at $399) has me scratching my head.
Kokoro Kimochi
3 years ago |what is it with the clown fish and underwater photography products?
Mr. Reeee
3 years ago |Dreams of Nemo sushi, no doubt.
The Nauticam housing is rated to 75 meters, which is made from aircraft aluminum. The Ikelite to 60 meters, made of plastic. That’s a big difference right there.
The Nauticam appears to be better engineered and has a switch that allows you to change the aspect ratio while it’s in the housing. It’s considerably smaller than the Ikelite, too.
Nauticam: 156mm x 104mm x 105mm
Ikelite: 180mm x 130mm x 140mm
http://nauticamusa.com/
http://ikelite.com/web_two/pan_lx5.html
burnardo
3 years ago |cool down everyone, it was more like a joke…