For our 2026 Liveaboards issue, ScubaLab reviewed travel-friendly dive gear. This roundup highlights several categories of travel-ready gear, including bags, BCs, fins and more.
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Scuba Diving’s photo pros and ScubaLab test divers join forces to check out eight oh-so-sweet photo rigs.
This camera system would be considered a digital SLR. Its major features include a DX sensor at a size of 23.6x15.8 mm, ISO range of 100-6,400 and shoots video at 720p and 24 fps.
The Nauticam NA-7D complements the powerful Canon 7D with ergonomic button placement and features that underwater photographers will benefit from, like the rope handle for ease of passing the syste
The E-PL1 PEN is the first in Olympus’ line of micro four-thirds cameras to have an underwater housing.
This system’s major features include a large CCD sensor and ISO range. It is perfect for the intermediate-level photographer looking to step up from an entry-level system.
A point-and-shoot, the D10 is ideal for the advanced snorkeler or Junior Open Water PADI diver. There are no strobes to mess with and it really is plug-and-play.
Bonica has developed a compact housing for the thin and streamlined Sony T90, a camera that you could easily pop out of the housing and into your shirt pocket for a night on the town after a day of