UWP News from DEMA: Acquapazza
The first thing you notice about the Acquapazza range is the fantastic range of colours these housings come in. You want pink – no problem; perhaps green to match your fins – consider it done! They are a lot of fun.
We chatted to Toshiki Yamamoto, via his translator, about what else these housings have to offer. He told us that from the design stage, his main priority is to protect against leaking, so all the housings have double o-rings on the back, ports and buttons. The buttons are polished, to prevent any snagging against the o-ring, again for better leak protection.
We looked at the housing for the Sony RX100 MKIV and this offers access to all the main controls with the use of just one hand. The design is kept simple and unfussy, with the buttons well-spaced for easy use with gloves (or fat fingers). You can attach a viewfinder to the housing over the screen, which is a great feature for those that prefer to look down a viewfinder rather than at the screen whilst taking photographs. The housing has a 67mm thread for attaching wet lenses. The housing opening mechanism is made out of metal (rather than plastic, as many of its rivals). Acquapazza also make a flip dioptre to go on the front of the housing that works sideways so that the wet lens will not slip down when you are not using it. They also make a unique diffuser that pokes out in front of the main housing so that the light spreads directly in front of the lens, avoiding any nasty shadows when you are shooting macro.
We also looked at the housing for the Sony A6300. The port opening has a massive diameter, allowing the 90mm lens to be used without having to take apart the camera and housing to fit it in. It has the ability to use both a zoom gear and manual focus at the same time, as the gears are mounted on both the housing and the port. It has the ability to tilt the monitor in the housing, and the ports have a “lens receiver” that means each one fits in snuggly and cannot move off centre. A lot of thought has gone into this housing.
We were intrigued by the housing for the Sigma DP1 Quattro. The camera is a compact camera with a 39 Megapixel sensor! The camera comes with a 19mm lens (28mm equivalent). It is unusual and if you want something a little different, with huge resolution, this is worth a look.
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