Examining Living Spaces: Nauticam's NA-D7100 Housing Solution
The Nauticam NA-D7100 underwater housing is a high-quality, professional-grade solution designed specifically for Nikon D7100 and D7200 DSLR cameras. This housing offers a range of features that make it an ideal choice for underwater photographers seeking to maximize their camera's capabilities.
Key Features
- Precise Fit and Control: The housing is tailored exclusively for the Nikon D7100 and D7200, ensuring perfect alignment with camera buttons, dials, and controls for full functionality underwater.
- Durable Construction: Manufactured from robust, corrosion-resistant aluminum alloy, the housing provides excellent strength and longevity in harsh underwater environments.
- Ergonomic Design: The housing is ergonomically designed, with handles and controls that enable comfortable and intuitive handling during dives, even with thick gloves.
- Optical Fiber and Bulkhead Connectivity: The housing supports external strobe connections through optical fiber ports and bulkhead connectors, allowing for versatile lighting setups.
- Enhanced Depth Rating: Rated for depths up to 100 meters (330 feet), the housing is suitable for a wide range of diving conditions from recreational to technical diving.
- Vacuum Check System Compatibility: Compatible with Nauticam's vacuum leak detection system, the housing allows users to pre-check housing seals before dives, significantly reducing the risk of flooding.
- Large Viewport and Port System: The housing supports a wide range of interchangeable ports, including macro and wide-angle conversion ports, to accommodate various lenses and shooting styles.
- Balanced Weight Distribution: Designed to provide balanced weight and neutral buoyancy, the housing makes it easier to handle underwater.
- Clear Numbering and Color-Coded Controls: Controls have clear, color-coded markings for ease of use and quick identification underwater.
Benefits
- Full Camera Functionality Underwater: The housing maintains access to all essential camera controls, including shutter release, exposure modes, ISO settings, autofocus, and menu navigation.
- Reliable Protection: The housing protects your camera from water ingress, pressure, and physical damage, allowing use in challenging underwater environments.
- Professional Imaging: The housing enables high-quality underwater photography and videography by allowing use of various lenses and external lighting options.
- Safety and Peace of Mind: The vacuum check system compatibility helps prevent flooding accidents, protecting expensive camera gear.
- Comfort and Usability: The intuitive design and ergonomics reduce fatigue, making long dives and complicated shoots more manageable.
In summary, the Nauticam NA-D7100 housing provides a rugged, reliable, and user-friendly platform for underwater photographers seeking to maximize the capabilities of the Nikon D7100 or D7200 on dives.
The housing features a sensitive two-stage shutter release, a simple and secure port locking latch system, and a front command dial for easy aperture changes. It is easy to set up and operate underwater for both photo and video, offering many accessories for custom configurations.
The housing was light in the water and required 4x large Stix floats to balance the rig, which is less than the usual 6x floats for macro photography. However, the red buttons securing the housing back levers tend to get stuck and need extra work to move smoothly.
The NA-D7100 housing is another great addition to Nauticam's underwater housing lineup for the Nikon D7100 and Nikon D7200. It is available for purchase through Bluewater Photo & Video.
Brent Durand, the author of this review, is an avid California beach diver, photographer, and writer dedicated to capturing unique underwater, ocean lifestyle, and adventure images.
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