Isotta Nikon D500 Underwater Housing
The Ferrari of the Sea
Isotta is known to produce high quality aluminum housings, and their Isotta Nikon D500 Underwater Housing lives up to their reputation. The housing is small & compact, lightweight and has excellent ergonomics. It has a unique, yet very easy, way to open the housing with their single-hand locking system. In addition, the housing has a double o-ring seal design which ensures that your camera is safe and drastically decreases the chances of flooding.
Isotta housings do not come pre-installed with a vacuum system. However, using the bulkheads provided you can easily connect a third-party vacuum system such as the Vivid Leak Sentinel V5. Vacuum systems are highly recommended for all underwater housings, as they provide peace-of-mind that your housing will not leak during the dive.
The housing does not include ball mounts for strobes or video lights, so be sure to add them to your order.
Isotta D500 Housing Features:
Single-Handed Locking System
The housings can be easily opened and closed using Isotta's innovative single-hand locking system. The single latch closing mechanism is a unique design and is effortless to operate while maintains a secure seal with its double steel pins design at the bottom of the housing.
Double O-Ring Seal
The Isotta Nikon D500 Underwater Housing utilizes the double o-ring seal design to ensure that the camera is always safe and dry inside the housing. It is always best to have a redundant o-ring on your seal to ensure that the housing is water-tight.
Comfortable Handles
The included adjustable dual handle of the housing provides comfort when shooting. The ergonomically designed handles makes operating the camera easy and comfortable even when wearing gloves.
Ergonomic Button & Lever Placement
The location of the function buttons and control levers have been well planned and everything is readily available at your fingertips, which makes operation of the camera smooth and straight-forward. In addition, the function buttons have been laser-engraved so that the button labels are easily visible in darker conditions.
Other Features:
- Camera Installation - The Isotta D500 housing comes with a camera tray with locking mechanism. This makes it very straight-forward to install the camera in the housing and secures the camera perfectly in place.
- Construction - Isotta housings is made from high quality thermo-coated & anticorodal aluminum. This ensures that the housings are durable and allows maintenance of the housing to be simple and effortless.
Isotta D500 - Recommended Lenses:
Macro
- Nikon 60mm AF-S Macro
- Nikon 105mm AF-S VR
Wide-Angle
- Tokina 10-17mm fisheye for most wide-angle needs
- Nikon 10-24mm, Sigma 8-16mm or Tamron 10-24mm for sharks, sea lions, sailfish and large subjects
- Nikon 18-55mm for a basic fish lens
Recommended Accessories:
Viewfinders
Strobes
- Sea & Sea YS-D2J
- Ikelite DS-161 Strobe
- iTorch Symbiosis Pro Strobe with Video Light SS-2(4,000 Lumens Video Light)
For other options, see our other recommended strobes see our Buyer's Guide for Best Underwater Strobes
Video Lights
- Light & Motion Sola 2500F Video Light - Bluewater Exclusive!
- Kraken Sports 3500S+ Video Light
- Kraken Sports 5000S+ Video Light
- Kraken Sports Solar Flare Mini 8000 Lumen Video Light
- Light & Motion Sola Pro 12000 Video Light
- Light & Motion Sola Pro 15000 Video Light
For more options, read our best underwater video lights recommendations.
Ball Mount
Related Underwater Gear Categories:
- Nikon D500 Housings
- Isotta Housings
- Underwater Video Lights Guide
- Underwater Strobes Guide
- Underwater Photo Gear
- Underwater Camera Rental
D500 Camera Review
Learn more about the cameras features and why we love the Nikon D500 for underwater photography in our full Nikon D500 review.
Email us at sales@bluewaterphotostore.com or call (310) 633-5052 with any questions.
- Material: Red anodized aluminum body
- M16 hole for installation of accessories (1)
- Double o-ring seal
- Moisture alarm with LED monitoring light and audible warning signal
- Removable 120mm port bayonet
- M8 located on top of the housing for accessories
- Depth Rating: 100m
- Weight: 2.74kg
- Dimension: 235 x 145 x 205 cm (L W H)
- Isotta Nikon D500 Underwater Housing
- Standard Handles
- Replacement O-Ring Kit
- Front Port Cap
- Silicon Grease
- 2 Years Manufacturers Warranty