€800.00
Canon Marine Capsule A .
The canon Marine capsule is designed for using a Canon A-1, AE-1 or AT-1 SLR camera underwater to a depth of about sixty meters. It has external controls for shutter speed, aperture and focusing. Three different housings are available so that this outstandingly versatile , watertight accessory may be used with more than 30 FD lenses. Its special , high – quality features will assure that your camera is safe from the elements , leaving you free to record the underwater vistas.
This underwater housing is a extremely rare Canon item and very hard to find. Only a few made.
Specifications:
Usable Cameras: Canon A-1 , AE-1 , or AT-1 with power-winder A.
Usable lenses : Aperture ring adapters MCA and focus adapter MCA adapt different FD lenses to marine capsule.
Shooting range : To maximum of about 60mm below water surface. The maximum water pressure at which it remains waterproof is 7kg/ cm.
Finder : Detachable Pick-up Finder 0,4x magnification.
Focusing : By external knob coupled to lens’ aperture ring by adapter.
Aperture control : By external lever coupled to lens aperture ring by adapter.
Grip : Adjustable from straight down to 90° upwards. Automatically locks in those 2 positions.
Underwater flash: Usable on the flash attachment adapter. Synchro Socket Contact for Nikon Nikonos II type. Dual flash possible if they have the same polarity.
Waterproofing : Removable parts of housing are tightly sealed shut by O-rings.
Front Housings: Three types available : one for FD 15mm f/2.8 lens, one for specific FD wide-angle and standard lenses and one for specific FD telephoto lenses.
Adjustment lens : Conon close-up lens 240 when using front housing S.
Dimensions: 226mm x 195mm.
Weight : 5 kg.
This set contains the following:
Underwater housing A complete with extra grip for use with Flash.
Front housing MCA-S
Canon AE-1 with 28mm F2.8 lens and Power winder A.
Sea-Flash underwater flash unit with rods, cable and charger.
Set of O-rings.
Manual.
Case.
In stock
The underwater housing is complete and working, all the handles and levers work OK.
The outside edge has some marks from the flash clamp.
We cannot guaranty that its watertight , We have checked all the working parts and when necessary replaced. The seals have to be checked.
The flash unit works ( still) the charger is on 220 volts.
The camera AE-1 and winder are in good working order.
The lens 28mm F2.8 FD is fine.
| Weight | 9 kg |
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| Dimensions | 55 × 35 × 35 cm |
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