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Keep your Outex underwater housing performing at its best with these simple maintenance steps. Learn how to properly clean, dry, store, and protect your Outex system to ensure years of reliable use in any environment — from oceans and rivers to deserts and snow. Discover pro tips for preventing wear, avoiding damage, and maintaining smooth, waterproof performance.

10 Reasons Photographers and Cinematographers Worldwide Trust Outex Built to combine the best aspects of all underwater housing systems, Outex combines the best optical performance, complete functional control, universal compatibility for all cameras and lenses, modular support for all accessories such as tripod mounts, lights, strobes, triggers, domes, tethering, etc, and an unparalleled transportability that adds no weight or bulk to your camera gear. The patented Outex system has been trusted by award-winning content creators, production professionals, the armed forces, and outdoor enthusiasts alike since 2010. And its passionate worldwide community shares tips, tricks, user cases, and inspiration on a regular basis to go with its 4.7/5 satisfaction rating. Here’s why Outex outshines the competition across most critical criterion.

Compare Outex underwater housing glass domes: 180mm, 120mm, 100mm. Learn which dome fits your lenses, improves underwater & split-level shots, and protects your investment.

Discovering the best underwater housing system for cameras for professional underwater use. Plastic bags are cheap and unprofessional. Hard camera housings are bulky, heavy, expensive, and camera specific. The Outex waterproof housing system combines the best of both worlds, offering an universal waterproof flexible case that fits any camera make and model, as well any any type of lens, from wide-angle to telezoom. The case's patented seal works with optical glass ports, including domes for professional optical results that are second to none, in a lightweight, compact, travel friendly, and affordable design that grows with one's needs over time, and is compatible with lighting, flash, triggers, strobes, cables, tethering, tripods, mounts, pistol grips, etc. It's the best camera waterproofing solution for all environmental conditions.

What Outex Cover Sizes are Available? Which One is Best for my Gear? There are currently three Outex underwater housing cover sizes available: 100, 110, 130. Larger covers can be used for smaller cameras, but not the other way around.  Small (Entry Kit)  This kit is designed for compact and mirrorless cameras, but works with DSLR. The Entry Kit ships with Cover 100X (Small). "X" denotes no opening for the glass Medium (Pro Kit Regular) This is the most common and fits most cameras (other than full-body). The Pro Kit ships in regular or large sizes (110, and/or 130), depending on your camera or specific choice.   Large (Pro Kit Large) Our largest kit works with full body cameras or cameras using a battery grip.  All Pro covers work with all/any rear and or front glass options. 

The Outex front glass ports match your lens filter thread diameter size. The front lens filter thread size is not your focal length or zoom range. The Outex front glass will thread onto your lens just like an UV filter or polarizer would, and it becomes one with the lens, moving with it and producing the best optical results.

Why use Dome ports for Underwater Photography?  Domes make it better - Domes help correct aberrations that occur when light travels thru water as opposed to air. Domes can deliver better results compared to flat ports, and also make it easier or possible some results that flat ports would not capture.  Size matters - Bigger domes are better than smaller domes, for a number of reasons. The tradeoffs are; heavier, bulkier, pricier than smaller domes.  Glass is optically superior - Glass domes are optically superior to plastic or acrylic, and they do not scratch as easily. All of the Outex ports, including its domes, are American-made glass ports.  Universal fit protects your investment - Both Outex glass domes are designed to fit any/all lenses thru adaptors and brackets. This design protects your investment and optimizes your usability and upgradeability over time. Our Waterproof Camera Housing Dome Kit supports both threaded, unthreaded, hooded, curved, and fisheye lenses.  Domes are ideal for split-level and underwater use - While dome ports will not take anything away from your work above water, their impact or difference above the surface is irrelevant. Domes are ideal for split-level and underwater work. For additional information, explore our underwater camera housings and photography FAQ's to learn more about domes and this subject. 

Entry Kit - good option, however, limited use of viewfinderPro Kit - best option, unlimited access and use of all camera functions 

Operating Lighting, Flash, Triggers, Repeaters, And Other Lighting Options With Outex The Outex system is compatible ...

  Outex Ambassadors and Collaborations Thank you for your interest in joining our outdoor photography community. Our brand wouldn’t be what it is today without the support from our worldwide community of photographers. We don’t buy influence or placement by giving away product in exchange for posts or reviews. We instead foster engaging, relevant, educational, entertaining content thru genuine relationships with folks that want to be contributors and make the community better in some way.  In other words, every single one of our ambassadors and collaborations started with Outex customers. There’s no application process, or specific rules. Once you purchase and use the Outex gear, you can start participating and creating content as you see fit and relevant for your own audience. We encourage you to tag/notify us so we can track, react, answer questions, contribute, and assist in promoting your work and your story accordingly. For consideration, please tag #Outex @realOutex on social media (Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, etc.) and contact us at info@outex.com with our video, review, or other contribution examples along with your reason for the interest in the collaboration. We can’t wait to hear from you!

The Outex underwater housing system that makes camera gear waterproof also allows it to float—even with your heavy camera and lens inside. This works by utilizing the trapped air inside the Outex camera housing as a float, which allows you to control buoyancy by how much air you allow inside the cover. Simply squeeze out the air before you seal it to reduce flotation. 

Beat the Fog: Master Temperature Shifts with Outex and Dan M Lee. Fogging isn’t just a nuisance—it’s a physics problem that can shut down a high-stakes shoot in seconds. Whether you’re moving from a sweltering car to a frigid mountain stream or taking your gear into the humid tropics, the "dew point" is your constant shadow. In this comprehensive guide, we bridge the gap between technical theory and field-tested reality. Featuring pro tips from adventure photographers , we explore how to pre-cool your kit with freezer packs, the "burping" technique to minimize internal air volume, and why Outex’s modular, flexible design acts as a superior thermal regulator compared to traditional "fog factory" hard cases. Learn the essential habits—from battery management to the strategic use of silica-gel—that keep your professional glass clear in the world's most demanding environments.