Monday Showcase: Nikon AW 1 Photo Examples

Don't have thousands of dollars to spend on an underwater housing for your DSLR?  Want a camera with a little more oomph than the standard underwater point and shoot cameras?  Lighthaus Camera is proud to present the Nikon AW 1.

Nikon's AW 1 is a nod to its past Nikkonos cameras.  This camera is the world's first digital camera with interchangeable lenses that are waterproof to 50 feet and shock proof from about 6 feet.  The AW 1 has three different underwater  options: standard, scuba, and macro.  The easy access menu has a lock function to prevent accidental setting changes when wearing diving gloves and the camera has a built in electronic compass, altimeter, depth gauge, virtual horizon and location data settings to create dive logs.  The AW 1 is a 14.2 MP camera with 1080i video recording at 60 frames per second and has two waterproof lens options.  The Nikkor AW 11-27.5mm f/3.5-5.6 and Nikkor AW 10mm f/2.8.  There is even an exclusive filter (AW 40.5 NC) for the lenses that will help prevent fogging underwater.  The SB-N10 underwater speedlight is scheduled for release in the spring of 2014.

Don Slocum, the person who shot the photographs in this post had this to say about the Nikon AW 1:
"Feels solid like the Nikonos, especialy the lens. Quite durable. Zoom is manual by rotating the lens barrel. Macro is awesome!!!. Has RAW, first UW camera to have it, big plus. Image quality is very very high. The zoom is a little cumbersome, can't wait for the 10mm. Best to use the auto ISO feature U/W, these were on the 100-800 range and there is also 100-1600iso and 100-3200iso."

Lighthaus Camera has four locations to serve your photographic needs.  If we don't have an item you are looking for in stock, we can order from the manufacturer or get items from the other Lighthaus Camera locations.  When items do come from other LHC locations, it usually takes about a day or two depending on when the item is shipped (weekends may take longer).