This Ikelite 8" Dome Port with Shade is for wide angle lenses when used in Ikelite digital SLR housings. A port body (not included) is required to attach the port to the housing. The 8" dome port reduces edge distortion on photos taken with certain fisheye and super wide-angle lenses. With this port kit over / under photos are now possible.

The Ikelite 8" dome shade is included. The shade helps prevent lens flair when shooting towards the surface. The port cover that goes over the dome with the shade attached is included.

To check required lens body Click here for port chart

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Ikelite 8" Dome Port with Shade and Cover
 
4.5

(based on 15 reviews)

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100%

of respondents would recommend this to a friend.

Pros

  • Easy to use (10)
  • Functional (8)
  • Weather proof (8)
  • Good depth range (7)

Cons

    Best Uses

    • Diving (9)
    • Snorkeling (3)
      • Reviewer Profile:
      • Semi-pro photographer (7), Photo enthusiast (3)
      • Was this a gift?:
      • No (6)

    Most Liked Positive Review

     

    Great wide angle improvment from Ikelite

    Used the new 8" dome for the first time last week taking wide angle shots of sharks at South Africa's Protea Banks. When used with my 10-17mm FE lens I got significantly ...Read complete review

    Used the new 8" dome for the first time last week taking wide angle shots of sharks at South Africa's Protea Banks. When used with my 10-17mm FE lens I got significantly less vignetting than with the old 6" Ike dome. Easy to use and the increased volume of air inside the port gave me an almost completetly neutrally bouyant set up whem combinde with twin stobed. However, although I've had no problems Ikelite's dual port clips do leave one with a slight sense of fragiltiy. On a recent dive a friend of mine did have his dome come loose resulting in a carastrohpic flood. Of course this may have been user error!! personally I'm extremely happy with the port and find mysel moving more from my first love of macro photography to more and more wide angle work.

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    Most Liked Negative Review

     

    Decent Results, but not perfect

    I use this dome with my Nikon 10-24mm and fisheye lens underwater with my Ikelite D300 housing. Thus far, results have been decent-- only the quality of the materials is questionable. Even...Read complete review

    I use this dome with my Nikon 10-24mm and fisheye lens underwater with my Ikelite D300 housing. Thus far, results have been decent-- only the quality of the materials is questionable. Even when attempting to clean the lens with the softest microfiber cloth, I noticed swirl marks appearing on the dome itself. I was not thrilled about this or with the difficulty of cleaning the inside of the dome. All that being said, this product is relatively inexpensive compared to other brands and the dome itself has yielded excellent results thus far. This is also the most critical piece in the modular port system-- it's hard to avoid buying this dome if you're going wide underwater. I'd just like it a lot more if the dome surface was coated with something more resilient.

    No issues whatsoever with leakage, although as you descend, you might hear a few noises as pressure on the housing mounts. These noises made my heart skip a beat the first few times because it almost sounded like something was cracking, but it turned out to be nothing.

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    4.0

    I would buy this product again and again

    By robert

    from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia Canada

    About Me Film Professional

    Verified Buyer

    Pros

    • Compact Design
    • Easy To Use

    Cons

      Best Uses

      • UW photography

      Comments about Ikelite 8" Dome Port with Shade and Cover:

      used with the Ikelite Canon 5D Markll underwater housing

      • Was this a gift?:
      • No

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      5.0

      Perfect with a wide angle lens

      By dcphotog

      from Charleston SC

      About Me Semi-pro Photographer

      Verified Buyer

      Pros

      • Easy To Use
      • Wide angle

      Cons

        Best Uses

        • Action Photos
        • Close Up Filming
        • Shooting Outdoors

        Comments about Ikelite 8" Dome Port with Shade and Cover:

        Great to use with a VERY short lens, 15mm is perfect especially on a Canon 7D. Make sure you blow off the port if you are shooting above water to remove the water droplets.

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        • No

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        4.0

        Great value

        By Seepofant

        from Zurch, Switzerland

        About Me Semi-pro Photographer

        Verified Buyer

        Pros

        • Easy To Use
        • Good Depth Range

        Cons

          Best Uses

          • Diving

          Comments about Ikelite 8" Dome Port with Shade and Cover:

          New 4 port locks makes a great product even better.
          8" port for the third of the next competitors price.
          Take care not to scratch the port inside. Scrachtes on the outer part don't matter much 'cause watter has almost the same index of diffraction so the scratches become invisible.

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          • No

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          5.0

          Great dome!

          By jcoffey

          from Maui, HI

          About Me Semi-pro Photographer

          Verified Buyer

          Pros

          • Easy To Use
          • Functional
          • Good Depth Range
          • Water-tight Seals

          Cons

            Best Uses

            • Diving
            • Snorkeling
            • Swimming Pool

            Comments about Ikelite 8" Dome Port with Shade and Cover:

            I love how versitile this dome is! I us this formultiple lenses!!!

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            • No

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            4.0

            Don't bump into anything!

            By deborah, the video queen

            from alexandria, va

            About Me Photo Enthusiast

            Verified Buyer

            Pros

            • Easy To Use
            • Functional
            • Water-tight Seals

            Cons

              Best Uses

              • Diving

              Comments about Ikelite 8" Dome Port with Shade and Cover:

              This is a very large dome & if you're unaccustomed to underwater video/photography, you can easily bump into coral or other & scratch the surface as I did. It does provide the widest possible view using a wide angle lens. No leakage during frequent underwater sessions.

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              • No

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              5.0

              perfect for the Tokina 10-17mm

              By Ian

              from Espoo, Finland

              About Me Semi-pro Photographer

              Verified Reviewer

              Pros

              • Easy To Use
              • Functional
              • Good Depth Range
              • Water-tight Seals

              Cons

              • Too Heavy

              Best Uses

              • Diving

              Comments about Ikelite 8" Dome Port with Shade and Cover:

              I use this with the Tokina 10-17mm fisheye lens.
              The image quality in this port is really good.
              The only bad thing is the huge size of a 8" dome, but that can't be helped if you want the IQ :-)

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              (0 of 1 customers found this review helpful)

               
              5.0

              Does what they say it does,

              By Kiwi

              from Cancun, Mexico

              About Me Semi-pro Photographer

              Verified Buyer

              Pros

              • Easy To Use
              • Functional
              • Good Depth Range
              • Water-tight Seals

              Cons

              • Sligthly heavy

              Best Uses

              • Diving

              Comments about Ikelite 8" Dome Port with Shade and Cover:

              Easy to clean, easy to attach, and not that easy to scratch.

              • Was this a gift?:
              • No

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              3.0

              Decent Results, but not perfect

              By Buttermilk

              from Hong Kong

              About Me Semi-pro Photographer

              Verified Buyer

              Pros

              • Critical Piece
              • Functional
              • Relatively Economical
              • Water-tight Seals

              Cons

              • Material Quality
              • Prone to ScratchSwirl

              Best Uses

              • Diving
              • Wide Angle

              Comments about Ikelite 8" Dome Port with Shade and Cover:

              I use this dome with my Nikon 10-24mm and fisheye lens underwater with my Ikelite D300 housing. Thus far, results have been decent-- only the quality of the materials is questionable. Even when attempting to clean the lens with the softest microfiber cloth, I noticed swirl marks appearing on the dome itself. I was not thrilled about this or with the difficulty of cleaning the inside of the dome. All that being said, this product is relatively inexpensive compared to other brands and the dome itself has yielded excellent results thus far. This is also the most critical piece in the modular port system-- it's hard to avoid buying this dome if you're going wide underwater. I'd just like it a lot more if the dome surface was coated with something more resilient.

              No issues whatsoever with leakage, although as you descend, you might hear a few noises as pressure on the housing mounts. These noises made my heart skip a beat the first few times because it almost sounded like something was cracking, but it turned out to be nothing.

              Comment on this review

              (1 of 1 customers found this review helpful)

               
              4.0

              Awesome wide angle!

              By Hankk

              from Mexico City

              About Me Photo Enthusiast

              Pros

              • Easy To Use
              • Functional
              • Good Depth Range
              • Water-tight Seals

              Cons

              • Heavy

              Best Uses

              • Diving
              • Snorkeling

              Comments about Ikelite 8" Dome Port with Shade and Cover:

              I used this recently on a trip to Baja with a Canon 10-22 lens. Given the fact that this is relatively low-production, high-end stuff, no complaints. The optical quality is great compared with previous compact digicam housing I've used. This is the only dSLR dome I've used, so I can't make a comparison there. But there is certainly no obvious vignetting or aberration, all the way to the edges. It's awesome.

              As a potential purchaser, there are a few things to keep in mind:

              1. The dome is *plastic*. You gotta be careful to not scratch it.

              2. It's uncoated. If you shoot over-unders with the sun in the frame, you can get a reflection of the lens itself in your images, if you're not careful.

              3. It's very large. The dome and port body are together about as big as the dSLR housing they're attached to.

              4. As with wide-angle photography, the large depth-of-field means that bubbles, dirt, etc. on the dome are going to show up very easily.

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              5.0

              Much better than 6" dome

              By Riker

              from Budapest

              Verified Buyer

              Comments about Ikelite 8" Dome Port with Shade and Cover:

              I purchased this the 8" dome to replace my 6" dome becuse it showed bad distortion on the sides of all images at very wide angles (10-15mm on 40D). The 8" dome shows much better results.

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              5.0

              Very nice dome port

              By mgokalp

              from Bodrum, Turkey

              Verified Buyer

              Comments about Ikelite 8" Dome Port with Shade and Cover:

              I like the fact that the parts attach each other quite nicely and provides a good sealing and conforting you that it will prevent the water inside the system.

              Its a very good port for wide angle lenses works good when you are out of the water as well

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              5.0

              Very cool!

              By DK

              from Vancouver Canada

              About Me Semi-pro Photographer

              Verified Buyer

              Pros

              • Reliable Operation
              • Strong Construction

              Cons

                Best Uses

                • Underwater scenery shots

                Comments about Ikelite 8" Dome Port with Shade and Cover:

                Little chance to use it much yet but a great new tool in my underwater kit! I really look forward to seeing what I can do with this baby!

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                5.0

                the product I needed

                By sub.toni

                from sant feliu barcelona, Spain

                About Me Photo Enthusiast

                Verified Buyer

                Pros

                • Comfortable Design

                Cons

                  Best Uses

                  • Sports Photography

                  Comments about Ikelite 8" Dome Port with Shade and Cover:

                  It's very easy to use it with the housing, very dificult to make a mistake, the best way to forget the water inside your housing

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                  4.0

                  Great wide angle improvment from Ikelite

                  By Tim

                  from South Africa

                  About Me Hobbyist/Enthusiast

                  Verified Buyer

                  Pros

                  • Easy To Use
                  • Functional
                  • Good Depth Range
                  • Water-tight Seals

                  Cons

                  • Only 2 port clips

                  Best Uses

                  • Diving
                  • Under over shots

                  Comments about Ikelite 8" Dome Port with Shade and Cover:

                  Used the new 8" dome for the first time last week taking wide angle shots of sharks at South Africa's Protea Banks. When used with my 10-17mm FE lens I got significantly less vignetting than with the old 6" Ike dome. Easy to use and the increased volume of air inside the port gave me an almost completetly neutrally bouyant set up whem combinde with twin stobed. However, although I've had no problems Ikelite's dual port clips do leave one with a slight sense of fragiltiy. On a recent dive a friend of mine did have his dome come loose resulting in a carastrohpic flood. Of course this may have been user error!! personally I'm extremely happy with the port and find mysel moving more from my first love of macro photography to more and more wide angle work.

                  Comment on this review

                  (0 of 1 customers found this review helpful)

                   
                  5.0

                  Excellent Product, Excellent Company

                  By HolotaNitrox

                  from Virginia Beach, VA

                  About Me Hobbyist/Enthusiast

                  Verified Buyer

                  Pros

                  • Easy To Use
                  • Functional
                  • Good Depth Range
                  • Water-tight Seals

                  Cons

                    Best Uses

                    • Diving
                    • Lake
                    • Snorkeling
                    • Swimming Pool

                    Comments about Ikelite 8" Dome Port with Shade and Cover:

                    This is a must have for shooting wideangle. Ikelite products are excellent [...].

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                    Auxiliary Lenses & Adapters

                    Ikelite -  Port Body for 8" Dome Port for Canon 16-35 mm / Nikon 18-55 mm Lenses
                    • Price: $124.95
                    • GBP 78.98
                     

                    Maintenance & Spare Parts

                    Ikelite -  Port O-Ring
                    • Price: $5.50
                    • GBP 3.48
                     

                    What's in the Box

                    Ikelite 8" Dome Port with Shade and Cover (Port Body Not Included)
                    • Dome assembly (5510.40)
                    • Port Shade
                    • Port Cover
                    • 1 Year warranty
                     
                     
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