Wednesday, July 23, 2008

quick price check for dSLRs

A quick price check for entry level dSLRs with a housing
(prices are in US dollars, so also in AU dollars..)

  • Olympus E520 in an Olympus PT-E05 housing, with the standard lens port PPOE05 :
    700 + 830 + 300 = $1830
  • Canon 450D in Ikelite with port:
    800 + 1330 + 200 = 2330
  • Canon 1000D has a price tag of 700USD, but not sure about a housing for it.
  • Nikon D60 in fantasea (fantasea housings prices include a port):
    630 + 1000 = 1630
  • Nikon D80 in fantasea:
    950 + 1100 = 2050

I believe that the olympus housing is the only one (from the short list above) that allows the camera's internal strobe to be used (for use with external strobes connected with optic cables).

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Do you know when the PK-E05 housing for the E-520 will be released?

taso viglas said...

i've only seen it listed on videodirect.com, where it says it will be available early september, here is the link: videodirect.com PT-E05 page

Anonymous said...

the case is now avaliable
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110275613731