SUB13 (website) announced the development of a new Leica M6 film camera underwater housing. Following one year of design, SUB13 will release a single production run of 13 Leica M6 housings and 13 Leica M6 TTL housings. Each unit will feature a fully functional film advance lever machined from titanium. The detailed internal actuator is set behind a curved viewing window sculpted from sapphire glass, allowing owners to observe the complete motion of their film advance. The housing’s lever precisely mirrors the radius of the viewing window below, seamlessly blending form and function. Additional information:
- Rated to 313ft
- Fully functional, including frame counter viewing window, manual aperture control, aperture viewing window with 2 x magnification sapphire glass cyclops, and manual focus control.
- One port allows for 7 different Leica M lenses
- Machined out one solid piece of 6061 aluminum
- All hardware is solid titanium, sandblasted, polished by hand, and then PVD coated
- Only One Production Run
- 13 M6 Classic and 13 M6 TTL
- Hack – M7 will fit the M6 TTL housing
- Prototype One is now in testing. Expected October 2024
- Additional pictures:
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Previous coverage of underwater housings for Leica cameras:
SUB13 underwater housing for Leica Q2/Q3/M cameras now available for sale at Tamarkin Camera
Updates on the SUB13 underwater housings for Leica Q2/Q3/M cameras
Seacam to announce underwater housing for the Leica SL cameras
Bringing the Leica M Typ 240 camera underwater with the Subal underwater housing
Yes, there was a underwater housing for the Leica Digilux 2 camera