SharonRainis
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Hi all,
After reading this thread, I would like to respond to a few points raised by the different underwater photographers.
First, I would like to point out that Fantasea has recently released a new generation of both compact and DSLR Housings in the past year. This new generation features a compact design and improved construction, which ensures easy handling through critical placement of push-button controls. These housings are all sturdy, made of durable injection molded Polycarbonate, and consist of double O-ring seals on all controls, as well as an improved main O-ring seal.
As for the flood concern, please note that Fantasea is the only company that offers a free one-year flood insurance policy with all housings. Therefore, on the very unlikely event of flooding the housing, the camera inside is insured. In addition, all Fantasea housings are intensively tested by our test divers prior to being released to the market, and each housing released to the market is also tested in a pressure chamber prior to leaving the factory. These massive tests our housings go through ensure a perfect watertight seal of the housing, as well as comfortable handling, accurate positioning of control buttons and durability. For this reason, when a housing floods it is usually due to human error than due to product failure, and this can only be determined by sending to a service center for testing in a pressure chamber.
Since Fantasea housing are fully functional, providing the photographer with access to all camera controls, some photographers might find that there are some "unnecessary" controls on the housing, as mentioned above. We take into consideration that different photographers make use of different camera controls, and therefore choose to offer the widest access possible to all camera controls, which is usually considered as an advantage, since absence of important controls is never encountered. During our many test dives with each housing model, we carefully examine all housing's functions, controls, seals and construction. Our engineers, together with our R&D team, invest much time and energies to ensure that not only the housing is durable and sealed, but also that it is designed in the most comfortable way possible, providing the photographer with an opportunity to easily handle the housing in all conditions.
Fantasea DSLR Housings feature an interchangeable port system which allows for a wide variety of lenses to be accommodated in the housing. Although the housing includes a standard lens port, which is specially designed for the kit lens usually sold with the camera, there is a selection of additional lens ports which allow accommodating almost all macro, zoom, wide angle and fisheye lenses offered in the market today.
Fantasea also offers Flash Housings for Nikon, Canon and Olympus flash systems. These Flash Housings enable the use of the original Nikon, Canon or Olympus TTL systems, which are the most accurate automatic sync systems in the market.
I personally make use of a Nikon D80 camera and a Fantasea FD80 Housing, along with different Fantasea accessories. I've been using this housing for almost a year now, and although I've been diving with it pretty intensively, including test dives, diving safaris, underwater photography contests and more, I have never encountered a leak in my housing. Further more, I find that all controls are wisely designed to enable the most comfortable access to the camera, and owning a housing that is relatively small and light-weighted enables me to easily handle it in uncomfortable conditions like during diving safaris, boat diving, and long distance swims. You are more than welcome to visit my website and look at photos taken with a Fantasea FD80 Housing- imperfections.biz
Gordon, we would be very happy to receive such a report regarding your housing. We believe that there is always a place for improvement, and therefore we would greatly appreciate your input.
You are all invited to contact us at info@fantasea.com with questions regarding our products, compatibility issues and suggestions.
Thank you and have a nice week,
Sharon Rainis
Fantasea Line Technical Support Manager
After reading this thread, I would like to respond to a few points raised by the different underwater photographers.
First, I would like to point out that Fantasea has recently released a new generation of both compact and DSLR Housings in the past year. This new generation features a compact design and improved construction, which ensures easy handling through critical placement of push-button controls. These housings are all sturdy, made of durable injection molded Polycarbonate, and consist of double O-ring seals on all controls, as well as an improved main O-ring seal.
As for the flood concern, please note that Fantasea is the only company that offers a free one-year flood insurance policy with all housings. Therefore, on the very unlikely event of flooding the housing, the camera inside is insured. In addition, all Fantasea housings are intensively tested by our test divers prior to being released to the market, and each housing released to the market is also tested in a pressure chamber prior to leaving the factory. These massive tests our housings go through ensure a perfect watertight seal of the housing, as well as comfortable handling, accurate positioning of control buttons and durability. For this reason, when a housing floods it is usually due to human error than due to product failure, and this can only be determined by sending to a service center for testing in a pressure chamber.
Since Fantasea housing are fully functional, providing the photographer with access to all camera controls, some photographers might find that there are some "unnecessary" controls on the housing, as mentioned above. We take into consideration that different photographers make use of different camera controls, and therefore choose to offer the widest access possible to all camera controls, which is usually considered as an advantage, since absence of important controls is never encountered. During our many test dives with each housing model, we carefully examine all housing's functions, controls, seals and construction. Our engineers, together with our R&D team, invest much time and energies to ensure that not only the housing is durable and sealed, but also that it is designed in the most comfortable way possible, providing the photographer with an opportunity to easily handle the housing in all conditions.
Fantasea DSLR Housings feature an interchangeable port system which allows for a wide variety of lenses to be accommodated in the housing. Although the housing includes a standard lens port, which is specially designed for the kit lens usually sold with the camera, there is a selection of additional lens ports which allow accommodating almost all macro, zoom, wide angle and fisheye lenses offered in the market today.
Fantasea also offers Flash Housings for Nikon, Canon and Olympus flash systems. These Flash Housings enable the use of the original Nikon, Canon or Olympus TTL systems, which are the most accurate automatic sync systems in the market.
I personally make use of a Nikon D80 camera and a Fantasea FD80 Housing, along with different Fantasea accessories. I've been using this housing for almost a year now, and although I've been diving with it pretty intensively, including test dives, diving safaris, underwater photography contests and more, I have never encountered a leak in my housing. Further more, I find that all controls are wisely designed to enable the most comfortable access to the camera, and owning a housing that is relatively small and light-weighted enables me to easily handle it in uncomfortable conditions like during diving safaris, boat diving, and long distance swims. You are more than welcome to visit my website and look at photos taken with a Fantasea FD80 Housing- imperfections.biz
Gordon, we would be very happy to receive such a report regarding your housing. We believe that there is always a place for improvement, and therefore we would greatly appreciate your input.
You are all invited to contact us at info@fantasea.com with questions regarding our products, compatibility issues and suggestions.
Thank you and have a nice week,
Sharon Rainis
Fantasea Line Technical Support Manager