milisen Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 My roommate has a Kodak CX 7525 point and shoot and has recently taken an interest in freediving with me and my buddies. To my amazement, he approached me today asking about an underwater housing for his camera, to which my reply was google. About all we could find were Ewa Marine housings, a brand I have personally seen destroy two cameras in the past. Ikelite had nothing, as did Sea and Sea. Does anyone know of any housing for this model? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henry_s3 Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 How deep does he want to go? Saw an ad for one which was guaranteed up to 5m - trouble is I've forgotten where I saw the ad! If this is not deep enough, I won't bother wasting my time looking! Cheers Henry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milisen Posted March 12, 2007 Author Share Posted March 12, 2007 Since he's just starting out freediving, 5 meters might just do it. I'll try searching later today for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henry_s3 Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 Have remembered where I saw the ad! Google DiCaPac and you will find their website. In Europe they cost about 40 EUR regardless of size (check www.fotowelt.elv.de) and fit approximately 400 different cameras. Hope this is of help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcuknz Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 Check out the Pentax W and WP range which maybe similar price to a doubtful housing for the Kodak? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briany Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 I've gone down to about 40' with a D70 in a Ewa Marine bag. If you tighten the clamp down and make sure there's no debris/sand/hair in the seal, they seem to work as advertised. Insurance helps with the confidence, too. As they say, there two kinds of UW photographers: those who have flooded a camera, and those who will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davek57 Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 A used (or new old stock) Canon Powershot A-1 35mm camera is far less expensive than risking a digital camera in a non-specific underwater housing. Film is more sensitive than most P/S digital cameras' sensors. It's also less cumbersome. I'd encourage using a film camera in this endeavor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briany Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 While I agree that film is in general more sensitive than P&S digicams for a given noise level, you do get the benefit of additional depth of field with a P&S. The general slowness of P&S focusing is a drawback though, and something certainly worth considering. Overall I would disagree with the suggestion to use film, just given the fact that you can only take 36 shots before reloading. The ability to shoot tons of shots and discard later is hugely helpful. Check out wetpixel.com for more info as well as plenty of advice from UW shooters. Btw, I can't imagine an A-1 is more costly than insurance for a digital P&S... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milisen Posted March 14, 2007 Author Share Posted March 14, 2007 All great responses and sound advice. Thanks a bunch. As far as the Ewa Marine housings go, I have found that its not the seal at the opening that is a problem, it is a flawed vent. Both occassions of flooding housings I have seen involved that very mechanism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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