Ewa-Marine Underwater Housing for Canon Digital SLR Cameras, Fits EOS-10D, 1D, 1DS, D30 & D60, Digital Rebel, (150' Depth)
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List Price: $374.00
Features
• for dive depths of up to 50 m / 155 ft
• Dimensions: (9.4 x 6 x 6.7" HxLxD) |
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Ewa-Marine Underwater Housing for Canon Digital SLR Cameras, Fits EOS-10D, 1D, 1DS, D30 & D60, Digital Rebel, (150' Depth) Customer Reviews
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Definitely Worth the Money, If You Use It.
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The first time I used this housing, it took about 30 minutes for me to set up. I'm sure it will take less for most people, but I had a little trouble, detailed below. The next couple of times I set it up, it was done quickly -- a couple of minutes at the most.
The housing has a solid feeling that inspires confidence in its ability to keep water out. The plastic is thick, so you don't get the feeling that it would be particularly easy to puncture by accident. It's large, though. It needs to be, since it'll hold a large camera and attached flash unit. Once I had it in my hands, though, part of me wished I had bought the housing for use without the flash, due to its much smaller size. Then again, I bought it for snorkeling purposes, not SCUBA diving. A flash is less necessary at the shallow depths I'm using it for.
The camera I have would not fit into the bag all at once -- I had to remove the flash unit, squeeze the camera into the bag, and then put the flash unit in there and attach it from inside. Not a big deal.
The biggest problem that I had when using this housing for the first time was attaching the ring that surrounds the end of the lens barrel, keeping the lens in one place and close to the glass element of the housing. This ring is attached to the camera by a series of interchangeable metal pieces that extend from the ring at the front of your lens to the tripod mount. These metal extensions are attached to each other, and then to the tripod mount, with a square metal piece in between. This square piece has a lip on one side. That lip does not fit correctly on my camera, a Canon EOS Digital Rebel with the vertical grip. Additionally, no combination of these metal extensions seemed to successfully extend to the end of the lens barrel at the correct height for attaching the ring. The only solution was to remove the vertical grip every time I want to use this housing. It's not a deal breaker, but I'm not too happy about that.
Otherwise, the housing works like a charm. I'd recommend getting a weight attachment for it. Even for snorkeling purposes, it floats a little TOO well to be comfortable. If you are staying really close to the surface, you can use the nozzle to suck most of the air out of it, making it a little bit less buoyant. |
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Ewa-Marine Underwater Housing for Canon Digital SLR Cameras, Fits EOS-10D, 1D, 1DS, D30 ultimate electronics.