Abstract: A protective camera housing is designed to protect a high speed film or video camera (16) or other delicate instrumentation whilst it films or operates in close proximity to a blast in an underground mine, or other destructive environment. A faceplate with an obtuse angle of attack to the direction of travel of forces generated during underground blasting, an inbuilt shock absorbing gasket between all body plates and chassis members, rubber mounting pods and a construction material which is "bullet proof" all combine to give a high degree of protection against explosion debris and blast shock waves. An optical prism (15) built into the said faceplate bends the camera field of view through 90 degrees, allowing the camera housing to be placed in a prepared "hole in the mine tunnel wall" where the high speed camera can "look around the corner" but remain protected from the destructive forces of the blast.