Do Seafrogs Underwater Housings ACTUALLY Suck? Long Term Review

This came at the perfect time. Just considering options for upgrading my camera setup! Thanks.

So helpful seth. Thanks for sharing all that insight!

Such a helpful review. Thanks man

Nice video, thanks Seth. I've been avoiding them for 10 years as they originally were prone to a lot of leaks, but they seem to have improved drastically in recent years. Was about to recommend Novus but you swiftly got on to that, but thats the downfall of acrylic domes. Reflections also for shooting into the sun, but I've previously cut a ring of felt to stick on my lens or even sharpied out the letters/numbers on the lens to avoid reflections. But nice review, cheers! p.s. try your tray around the other way and it might be a little more comfy ;)

Great video. Thanks for making this!

thank you so much for this video!!!

Thanks for your info…😊

This was super helpful thanks! I just ordered the scratch polish! I was referred this video because I was having trouble seeing through the viewfinder for split shots and I'm interested in that cold shoe phone holder. I can't see it on the sea frog site though, can you tell me what they call it? But it looks like the screen faces forward in the video so you wouldn't be able to see it - I imagine you can flip it around so you can see it from behind, or am I mistaken? Thanks!

Great video! I use the brand aswell for the last couple of years and it never disappointed me! I saw that your “handlebar” is the wrong way around is that on purpose ? Cheers jan

I bought this housing for my A7III, haven't received it yet, I heard that fisheye lenses are great for underwater photography, but unfortunately are out of my budget , since I want AF, do you know if the Samyang prime lenses will work with this housing? I have the 24mm prime and that and also the Tampon 28-70 F2.8, didn't see those on sea frogs site, but was hoping you may have heard if they will work also

OK I have been using a Seafrog housing on mpy TG6 for around 3 years. I bought it for 140 Euros, so cheap because it was labelled for the TG5. In practice the externals of TG5 and TG6 are identical . Now this case is camera specific. It has all the controls. I tested thoroughly. The zoom lever was inconsistent. I had to cut up a bit of plastic and superglue into place to make me satisfied with the fit. I bought an external wide angle dome converter from Backscatter. It would not fit to the seafrog case, because they had put a raised rim around the thread. I got out the Dremmel sa&nded off the rim and it fits perfectly. Will do Pro level photos. It is not pretty, pro photographers will think it looks amateur BUT it will Blow away your Sony in Macro, you can't even dream about Micro AND will do wide angle on the same dive. Back to the subject. Seafrog. Would I buy it again? YES, but that's me.

Thanks for the info. Every time we buy "cheap" gear we end up regretting it and having to replace it. However, underwater housings are SO expensive, making this purchase a tough choice. I'm worried about the clarity of the Seafrogs dome but otherwise it seems decent for occasional use.

Can you tell me what the coldest water the sea frogs housings can be used in?

Can’t seem to find a clear answer…does the housing only work with the listed compatible lenses? (I have a Nikon z7ii)…trying to understand why other lenses that are the same physical length of the ones listed as compatible, that others won’t work. Thanks in advance !

with small rig cages a7siii cages are compatible with the a7iv. you think your a7siii seafrog is compatible with the a7iv?

I have used a Seafrog case on my T6 for 3 years now. ,It cost me $145 beccause it is logo'ed TG5 then obselete but the TG6 has all the same buttons. I had to check out the case and use before diving. Everything worked, except the Zomm in out was intermittant. I had to supergloo a thin sliver' of plastic onto the pickup. Then it works perfectly. OK there is the cute floodwarning light. I have seen it light up. 0K it does -40m no problem, but the bad boy hitting the water holding camera may make it squeal. You put in two or three of those demoisturising tablets and it fixes that. Overall I love it. Overall I want more of the Seafrog logo, to go on the rig, the strobes. I still dive now with aScubapro BCD bought in 1990 from Jaques, I use seafrog, if in the evening looking at the shots my shots are up in the top Oh there are photographers with $5000° who say nothing.

what lenses can you use? haven’t been able to find anyone who mentions anything about lenses lol

That’s not what the pump does. It creates a vacuum to test the seals before a dive. You don’t dive with the vacuum.

I bought a seafrog housing without buying the pump, is it still safe to shoot at a depth of 5 to 10 meters?

I love Seafrogs and their Salted Line housings and am a user myself. I just want to correct your explanation of using the vacuum system on these housings. Whereas some housings (other brands) advice you to dive with vacuum in the housing and a diode shows you there is still vacuum, the Seafrogs housings only use the vacuum to check the housing prior to diving. The pump comes with a one-way-valve attachment containing a red and a green diode and a sensor. You create low pressure through this attachment until the freen diode lights up. You leave it for a few minutes and make sure the green diode stays on, indicating a good seal. You then release the pressure, remove the attachment and plug the hole with the double o-ring plug. I'd like to mention that one time I couldn't get a vacuum with my 4" mini dome mounted. I contacted Seafrogs and they sent me, free of charge, a new dome. I later realized it was my pump that didn't work properly and fixed that. My comments about your negativs: 1. The housing needs lots of buttons to operate the camera correctly. Making sure the camera is mounted correctly and disks etc. are clean and in position is important. 2. Your dome is extremely cheap due to being a plexiglas dome. Invest in a glass dome if you do a lot of over/under shots. If only doing under and you use a dome to retain the focal length of your lens a cheap soft dome is fine since scratches rarely show under water. 3. If you are unhappy that your cheap housing only fits one camera just consider yourself lucky that you dont have a Nikon 800/800E/810/850 and a US$3k-5k Seacam or other aluminum housing and wants to change camera to any other of the very popular DSLR cams listed because you'd be out a lot more money.