AQUATICA manufactures an extensive line of underwater housings for today’s finest digital cameras. The company also manufactures the world renowned Technical Lighting Control (TLC) strobe arms, trays and accessories. AQUATICA and TLC are the brands preferred by some of the top professional underwater photographers and are well known for their optical quality and superior level of craftsmanship.

Located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, AQUATICA was founded in 1982, and with expertise acquired over more than 25 years in the industry, has gained a worldwide reputation as a leader and innovator in the field of underwater photography.

Aquatica is the official supplier for the two largest fleets of liveaboards in the world. More Info

July 2010
Return from the Digital Shootout 2010

Aquatica attended this year’s edition of the shootout at the Little Cayman beach resort, one thing that is not little about this island is the diving, surrounded by some of the best and healthiest wall diving in this hemisphere, as a major sponsor of the event we made sure to bring ample products for attendees to try out, apart from our really popular Canon 7D housing a big hit was our newly introduced Aquatica housing for the T2i / 550D, which like the island itself is quite small but really big on features, our trusted ally, Jim Decker from Backscatter took some breathtaking video footage that can be seen on Backscatter’s website (another major sponsor of the event). Pretty popular also where the TLC new underwater tripods that we brought along, these are specialized tripod with a pan and tilt head making them ideal for video aficionados as well as for macro shooter.

June 2010
Aquatica housing for the Canon 550 / T2i Rebel housing - Big features in a small packages!

The Arrival of the Canon T2i / 550 announced a new era in entry level DSLR, loaded with features usually found on much higher end cameras, this new Canon offers a compact and light design that is ideally suited for housing manufacturers. READ MORE

May 2010

AQUATICA announces the introduction of its totally redesigned TLC underwater tripod. The inclusion of HD quality video features in the current crop of DSLR as well as the recent advent of HD compact camcorder has increased the acquisition of HD video to unprecedented new levels. A tripod has always been a useful yet optional tool in low light / long exposure situations using a still camera. In the case of close up video work using a HDSLR or a dedicated video camera, a tripod now becomes a must have tool allowing for rock steady shots. READ MORE  |  TRIPOD PRODUCT PAGE

With the well-received introduction to the first HD video housing for Aquatica, the HD WAVE continues surf to another level, will now support the newSony HDR-XR550/CX550 & Pro HXR-MC50 camcorders.


Weighing in at only 6.5lbs it's our smallest and lightest aluminum housing ever, great for easy travel. Mid-June Release. Read More.

JOIN US AT THE 9th ANNUAL DIGITAL SHOOTOUT
June 19-26, 2010 on Little Cayman

Aquatica will be present with Jean Bruneau on location along with the latest offering from our company for you to try out. It’s a week long, go at your own pace, underwater and video workshop, daily seminars and hands on help from pros will teach you everything you need to know to take your underwater photography to the next level. Learn info.

March 2010
Aquatica is proud to introduce the BK-7 coated glass Mini Dome 100.

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This new addition to our already fine line of ports is ideally suited for fisheye lenses such as the Nikon 10.5mm, Tokina 10-17mm and Sigma 10mm. Because of its small diameter of only 100mm (4 inches), its reduced frontal signature means you can really sneak up on a subject and have the extra room to properly position your strobes in ultra close-up wide angle situation. Its miniature size and lighter weight are welcome features by travelling underwater photographer in these days of increased travel restrictions. Made from grounded BK-7 mineral glass and polished to perfection the Mini Dome 100 is competitively priced without compromising on quality. 

Discriminating photographers will appreciate the integration of optical anti reflection and scratch resistant coatings provided at no extra cost. The Mini Dome 100 will shortly be made available for other housing brands.

Depth rated @ 90m / 300ft
Suggested retail price: 699 usd
Available spring 2010 

For more information please contact: info@aquatica.ca

News flash from the Aquatica design team

Canon's new Flagship camera the Canon 1D MK IV is a perfect fit for Aquatica's current housing for the Canon 1DS MKIII. No modifications are required and no function or access buttons are sacrificed when using the newer Canon body. Access to the video mode of the Mk IV model is not a problem.

From the beginning Aquatica’s design team wanted to give photographers complete access to as many controls as possible. Because of this foresight, easy access to the FEL button used to activate video capture was already in place as well as other important buttons such as exposure compensation, ISO and the illuminator button.

Reassignment of these functions through the DSLR's custom  menu setting is not necessary.

February 2010

The best kept secret is now out - we started shipping our Aquatica 7D housing a few weeks ago! This housing brings the best of proven technologies to underwater photography; every effort went into making a mechanically rugged and easy to uses camera housing for the Canon 7D while making it small and light, this state of the art housing still retains the 90m/300ft depth rating (upgradable to 130m/425ft) that has made us a household name in the technical diving circle. With this Aquatica housing we expanded connectivity to underwater strobes with the addition of optical fiber ports and 6 pins connectors for full TTL compatibility with current TTL converter. Go to our Aquatica A7D section for more info.

September 2009

Aquatica has received its Nikon D300s camera a few weeks ago and is hard at work designing the new version housing for this exciting camera, the next generation will offer optical fiber connector and/or traditional wired strobe connector such as Nikonos or Ikelite type mounted on a machined from solid aluminum housing that will be lighter and more compact than it predecessor, the Nikon D300. On this new housing the full access to the video features has been implemented, a port lock is standard feature and our usual 300ft / 90 meters (upgradeable to 425ft / 130 meters) depth rating has been maintained., meaning that whatever your working depth, you will be in a  position to pull the maximum quality out of this high level camera. 

May 2009

We are in full production for the New WAVE HD Video housing and on schedule for mid June delivery. It will ship fully loaded with standard wide angle lens, UR PRO color correction flip filter, wet alarm and hydrophone for the low price of $2395USD.

Please contact your local Aquatica dealer for all other inquires or to place your order for the new WAVE HD Video housing. We are receiving many inquires on this unit and our first production will be limited as we did not anticipate such a demand.

April 2009

THE HD WAVE: Aquatica Digital has been providing for both the recreational and professional diver high quality underwater photographic systems for over 25 years. Given their tremendous expertise in designing & manufacturing underwater photographic equipment, they are proud to introduce the new “HD WAVE”, their first High Definition Video Housing for the NEW Sony HDR-XR500V/520V HD camcorders. More info.

Aquatica is happy to announce that Jean Bruneau, our resident technical adviser and well known Wetpixel member (Vi’zart) will be heading south to the Digital Shootout in Bonaire happening from the 6th to 13th of June. Along with is underwater photographic knowledge Jean will be bringing along some of the latest housings and accessories made from Aquatica for participants of the workshop to take underwater on photo shoot.

Jean will add to the already deep pool of professional individual on site that will work with participant to raise their level of underwater photography to new heights. He got into photography in 1971 and has been involved in underwater photography since 1989, Aquatica has, since the early 90’s, had Jean Bruneau as part of their team of technical advisors.

For more information on the Digital Shootout contact info@thedigitalshootout.com or visit their website: http://www.thedigitalshootout.com/

March 30, 2009
Aquatica a leader in underwater digital photography systems, announced the recent addition of Joe Bendahan as Marketing Director to their team.
 
Joe Bendahan draws many years of experience from an eclectic background of corporate and brand identity development, marketing and creative direction within many facets of the underwater imaging industry. 
 
"We are extremely pleased to be able to bring such a highly capable individual into our team," said Aquatica president, Norma Alonzo. Joe will not only expand Aquatica's current capabilities, but also enable us to develop more creative and effective ways to expand the companies profile in the industry.