Nauticam Panasonic GH6 Underwater Housing

The Nauticam NA-GH6 Underwater housing is built from solid aircraft aluminum which ensures its durability and can take a beating. Nauticam is also popular to produce underwater housings that has excellent ergonomics. The sculpted shutter release lever, thumb lever for AE-L / AF-L, and well placed control dials provide the same operational feel as any Nauticam DSLR housing. Buttons, levers and dials are always readily available at your fingertips. Operation is always a breeze even while wearing thick gloves. 

Key Features:

Mission Control

Nauticam has a reputation of providing excellent ergonomics on all of their housings, and the housing for the NA-GH6 lives up to their name. Buttons, levers and dials are easily accessible and very intuitively located. Even while wearing thick gloves the housing controls are very easy to operate. A dual thumb lever near the right handle provides easy access to the 'REC' and 'AF-ON' buttons. A dual-action lever that triggers the 'Fn1' and 'Fn2' buttons is easily reached forward of the right handle as well.

HDMI Video Output

The housing features a M24 bulkhead and m10 mount which is perfect for pairing with external monitor using HDMI 2.0 or 1.4,

Integrated Vacuum Monitoring and Leak Detection

Combined with an optional M14 Vacuum Valve (NAU-25624), this monitoring system provides constant updates on the water tight and safe-to-dive status of the housing via a simple color-coded LED lighting system. Green means go, safe to dive!

Patented Port Locking System

The locking lever has been a signature of Nauticam. No twisting or threading action is required to mount a port, and it locks securely in place with this lever.  

Panasonic GH6 Underwater Review

Check out our review of the Panasonic GH6

Recommended Lenses for using the Panasonic GH5 underwater:

• Fisheye -  Panasonic 8mm fisheye lens (widest option, best price)
  • Best for Close Focus Wide Angle and sweeping reefscapes, mantas, whales, whale sharks
  • Use the Zen Glass 4" dome for best optical quality
  • Olympus 8mm Pro fisheye costs more, but has exceptional image quality
• Rectilinear Wide Angle - Panasonic 7-14mm F4 lens (high quality recilinear wide angle)
  • Best for overall wide angle, sharks, pelagics, large subjects and over / under shots
  • Olympus 7-14mm F2.8 lens costs more, and needs an additional port adapter, but is one stop brighter and has exceptional image quality.
• Great Wide Angle - Olympus 9-18mm lens, behind a small semi-dome port
  • Less expensive than the Panasonic 7-14mm, great for wide angle, large pelagics
• For video - Panasonic 7-14mm, Olympus 7-14mm F2.8 or Panasonic 12-35mm lens
• Mid-range - Olympus 12-40mm or Olympus 12-50mm lenses
  • Use Nauticam's specialized zoom gear with the 12-50mm for a multipurpose zoom + macro lens.
• Macro - Olympus 60mm macro lens, (our choice, best for super macro)
  • Choose the Panasonic 45mm macro lens for larger macro subjects and great fish portraist.

Read about the best micro-four thirds lenses for underwater

Nauticam Ports for the GH6 Lenses:

• Panasonic 8mm Fisheye: 4" Dome, available both in Nauticam Acrylic (less expensive) or Zen Glass (more expensive) - Also available 6" port with focus knob.
  • For the Olympus 8mm Pro, choose the same dome as above and add an extension ring. Nauticam Acrylic + 20mm Extension or Zen Glass + 30mm Extension
• Panasonic 7-14mm Wide Angle: for less expensive, the Nauticam 6" Acrylic Dome, or the more expensive Zen 6" Glass Dome.
  • The Olympus 7-14mm Pro, since it is oh reala larger diameter lens physically, it requires the use of an adapter, and larger N120 Nauticam 7" Glass dome port.
• Olympus 9-18mm Wide Angle Lens: behind the 4" Semi Dome
• Olympus 60mm Macro Lens: with dedicated flat port
  • Add a flip dipopter holder for hands free super macro!
• Panasonic 45mm Macro Lens: dedicated flat port
• Olympus 12-50mm: Uses a specialized zoom gear for full electronic zoom control. Available as a kit with the dedicated flat port.

Don't forget the zoom gear for any zoom lens!

Related Underwater Gear Categories:

• Nauticam Housings, Ports and Optics
• Underwater Strobes and Flash
• Underwater Photo Gear
• Underwater Camera Rental

Panasonic GH6 Underwater Sample Image