Underwater housing for a Leica M looks just like…well…a Leica M
Feb 4, 2016
Gannon Burgett
Gannon Burgett is a communications professional with over a decade of experience in content strategy, editing, marketing, multimedia content creation. He’s photographed and written content seen across hundreds of millions of pageviews. In addition to his communications work for various entities and publications, Gannon also runs his multimedia marketing agency, Ekleptik Media, where he brings his expertise as a full-stack creator to help develop and execute data-driven content strategies. His writing, photos, and videos have appeared in USA Today, Car and Driver, Road & Track, Autoweek, Popular Mechanics, TechCrunch, Gizmodo, Digital Trends, DPReview, PetaPixel, Imaging Resource, Lifewire, Yahoo News, Detroit Free Press, Lansing State Journal, and more.
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So, you want to take your Leica on some underwater adventures? Well, now you can, all while keeping the same German aesthetic that likely tempted you to buy your camera in the first place.
What you’re looking at is a new Leica M underwater camera housing from underwater photography specialists Subal.
Details on how exactly the housing works or what it’s compatible with aren’t yet public, but from the looks of it, it would operate as almost any other underwater housing does, with dedicated buttons on the back for controlling settings and the ability to add different ports for various lenses. It also appears there’s a little LED alarm light for when a leak is detected.
Considering the housing is shaped like a Leica M camera and even features Leica’s signature script on the top, it’s hard to imagine there isn’t some sort of licensing deal going on between the two companies.
The Subal Leica M underwater housing sells for €5,500 (roughly $6,200) and can be ordered via Subal’s online store.
[via Leica Rumors]
Gannon Burgett
Gannon Burgett is a communications professional with over a decade of experience in content strategy, editing, marketing, multimedia content creation. He’s photographed and written content seen across hundreds of millions of pageviews. In addition to his communications work for various entities and publications, Gannon also runs his multimedia marketing agency, Ekleptik Media, where he brings his expertise as a full-stack creator to help develop and execute data-driven content strategies. His writing, photos, and videos have appeared in USA Today, Car and Driver, Road & Track, Autoweek, Popular Mechanics, TechCrunch, Gizmodo, Digital Trends, DPReview, PetaPixel, Imaging Resource, Lifewire, Yahoo News, Detroit Free Press, Lansing State Journal, and more.
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