AquaTech (info here) released a new underwater housing for both the A7/A7r/A7s and the newer A7II/A7rII/A7sII cameras. The housing will ship on December 1.
And here are some new A7rII and A7sII tests:
A quick overview of the A7II and a Leica 50mm Summilux (Jorge Torralba).
A7rII review By Adrian C. Murray.
Japanese A7rII review at Procameraman.
Sony A7s Mk II review at ThePhoBlographer.
Some helpful tips for new owners of the A7RII who have just switched over from the old style DSLR’s (Jorge Torralba).
Daniel: “My a7SII + Loxia 35 arrived. Decided to make a short about my coffee brewing process to test drive along with some new grading software. I’m a former a7S user and really appreciate the enhancements in the mark II as well as the addition of the Loxia. Its a nearly flawless combo. https://vimeo.com/144077089”
Joel: “I recently wrote an article about the A7R II/A7 system that I think both you and your readers will enjoy. From my perspective as a working pro, it’s about a rare “Wow!” moment when first looking at images out of the A7RII from an aerial shoot in Kauai. It sealed the deal for me and after almost 30 years of SLR/DSLRs as my main system, now it’s Sony mirrorless. Even if you don’t have time to read the article- take a look at the images! They’re all captioned.”
Arty: “We have shot a short halloween theme film – in case you may be interested, here is a link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krYnpBKZnJk Shot on A7RII, Ronin m, Canon glass“
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Honestly I don’t see the point of that housing – it has a depth rating that’s only just adequate for snorkelers (33 ft? Seriously?), an accident-prone 4 latch system. Get a Meikon at ~220 bucks if you’re cheap (40M depth rating, single latch) or do it properly and get a Nauticam housing for 900 dollars more…
In a few weeks time the surfing world title will be decided at Pipeline in Hawaii, one of the most dangerous and photogenic waves in the world. The worlds surfing media will be there and many of the photographers will have Aquatech housings. These housings are designerd to withstand one of the most extreme working environments imaginable. There will be no Nauticam housings present as it is not a scuba competition and the reef is only about a metre deep and there certainly wont be any Meikon housings either. Seriously!
I didn’t know that company for underwater housings yet.
Lookes fine.
If you don’t need certified capability to go deeper than 10m, this is seemingly a better option than the quite heavy Nauticam housing.
Yep. This is a surf housing. Not a dive housing.
This is one of the premier brands for surf photographers and the like and very good news. Aquatech didn’t ever make dedicated housings for A mount cameras; another indication of the a7 series cameras popularity. Now if we can have an a9 with 10 frames per second, further improved auto-focus tracking and longer battery life with dual card slots we could have an amazing pro standard water sports machine.
What’s so “elite” about these?
I guess compared to cheap housings. 🙂
better than using a ziploc bag… maybe
Elite is the name of the housing model
Meikon? Rly? Do you know the limitations of underwater photography? Does it take a dome port of 8″ ? 🙂
Aquatech is one best housings on the market. Period! Not everyone is going deeper than 10m. Not everyone needs the bulk of a dive housing… Especialy for split level photography.
You can’t operate a dive housing with one hand…aquatech offers a pistol grip solution.
Who was the guy that complained about A7Rii beeing too small?
And who had complaints about weather-sealing?
This “underwather” I guess is a combination of under-water and weather, so basically it provides weather and water proofing ;p
It’s underwater…if you go 10m below…
A lot of you are confusing the purpose of this housing. It is a surf housing, not a dive housing. Surf as in sitting in the break or peak of the wave. Hence the shallow depth rating. Look up any surf photographer in the lineup and you’ll see them with these types of housings. Look up Clark Little or Ray Collins and you’ll see what I mean. I’m super happy that a manufacturer is finally providing housings for the Sony system. I have the Meikon for my a6000 but it won’t stand the beating that the aquatech housings can take.
It’s not a dive housing. Please look up any wave or surf sport photographers. They take a beating in the break of some of the Earth’s biggest and dangerous waves and housings like these survive that beating. Clark Little, Ray Collins, Zak Noyle…