Seacam is now shipping its housing for the Canon EOS R1. Canon’s flagship full-frame camera, unveiled in July 2024, features a back-illuminated stacked 24.2-megapixel sensor promising essentially no rolling shutter and delivering 40fps continuous shooting using the electronic shutter (full-resolution RAW images with full AF). The EOS R1 can also record 6K/60p RAW, 4K/120p (pixel binned), and 4K/60p (oversampled) video using the full sensor width.
As you’d expect, Seacam’s Silver housing offers the Austrian company’s well-known combination of ergonomic precision and premium engineering. Depth-rated to 260 feet (80 meters), the housing is milled from a saltwater-proof light metal alloy that is twice hardened and anodized, and the two housing shells are secured with Seacam’s titanium Safety Lock fastening system. The highest quality materials are used throughout, including stainless steel and anodized aluminum buttons and dials.
The housing features removeable integrated handles, a window for viewing the camera’s LCD, and a second small window to view the essential camera information displayed on the R1’s top plate LCD. Users have the option of using legacy EF-mount lenses via a Canon adapter as well as native RF-mount lenses. The housing ships with S6 or N5 bulkheads for rock-solid electrical strobe triggering, but you have the option of fitting fiber-optic bulkheads and/or an HDMI bulkhead. Seacam’s optical-acoustic leak detector comes as standard, with the vacuum valve and pump purchased separately.
The Seacam housing for the Canon EOS R1 is available from retailers such as Backscatter, where it is priced at $7,200.
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PRODUCT INFORMATION
The EOS 1 series has been the one and only choice for Canon pro shooters for years – now also available in mirrorless. The perfectly adapted SEACAM housing now opens up all the possibilities of this high-end camera under water, too: Fast action, high precision and ergonomic shapes make the Canon R1 system the perfect professional partner for missions below the surface.
Discover the SEACAM silver Canon R1 in detail here.
Knobs and control levers
Power switch, shutter release, main- and quick control dial, manual focus, zoom, lens release button, M-Fn 2, MENU, AE-lock/AF-point, AF-ON/Movie start, Film/Photo, AF Drive, LCD, +/– Correction.
Push buttons
M-Fn 3, INFO/LCD, MODE, Multicontroller, delete, play, SET, INFO, Q – quick control, +/– magnifier, rate, movie start, WB.
Data
2 flash arm T-pieces 25mm, M8 thread on both sides underneath the T-pieces
Tripod thread 3/8″ M8 thread on the housing top and 2 removable handles
Optical-acoustic leak detector
Optional
Vacuum system incl. socket and pump
Socket for Remote, Fiber Optic or Power
Included in delivery
Spare O-ring set, grease and maintenance oil, allen key set and wrist strap in neoprene bag, protective caps and manual
Dimensions: 260 x 215 x 140mm (without port, viewfinder and handles)
Weight: 2900g (without port, viewfinder and handles, neutral under water depending on port and viewfinder)
Operation Depth: –80m (deeper operation depth upon request)
Price: from EUR 6550 (excl. shipping, taxes and custom duties)
