Camera Housing
Submitted by carassius on Tue, 2008-08-12 19:59
With the current weather of late, & new arrival to the family, havent been doing much fishin lately. went out last week & purchased a new dig camera (nothin flash, just a Canon Powershot S5IS).
Hopin to get some nice underwater shots, anyone know where I can get some great advise/price on purchasing a waterproof housing, & how to get the best shots?
Complete newbie to photography, gernerally just a point & click type of person....Purchased the camera from Harvey Norman (get cost price) so couldn't get much advice from them
Any help or tips would be appreciated!
Here's a nice panoramic of the swan/canning from Kings Pk during my practicing.
.thumbnail.jpg "One of my GT's")
kaney68
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housings
Locally, try Gerry Gibbs Camera House in Cannington - they have a selection of housings.
Ask to speak to Murray...he's a mad keen fisho !
Otherwise there's always ebay !
cheers,
Paul
Fish today.....work tomorrow !
Faulkner Family
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Underwater cameras housing
Underwater cameras housing is more than than most careras mate . we bought olympus underwater camera 1030 sw for just over $500(cheaper online from us) and takes great shots check out some over our recent forums for pics on this site .
We looked into housings there was two things wrong with them 1 / price could not believe the price 2/ if you do not set it up right or your seals fail then you loose the camera aswell .
Other's on the site have now or are going to get the underwater camera oh yeah you can take normal pics with it and video with sound worth a look Just my opinion
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carassius
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Yeah FF, the housing to suit
Yeah FF, the housing to suit my camera is going to be nearly double the cost of the camera itself. A friend just used one of these camera bags in Bali with terrific results!
Only cost $66, don't know if i'd trust it with my $500 camera, but it's meant to be good to 5M...
Anybody ever tried them?
http://www.digitalcamerawarehouse.com.au/category43_1.htm
kaney68
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aquapacs
The bags a great for rafting, splashing and maybe surface snorkelling..
Personally I wouldn't push them to the rated depth.
I'm looking at a similar bag for a pro SLR setup... but once again only for surface stuff !
Can't justify the $1800 for an Aqua Tech acrylic housing at the moment.
cheers,
Paul
Fish today.....work tomorrow !
D_DOUSH
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Ive got an s3is and was
Ive got an s3is and was looking at a housing cost a few $$$ but my old boss has the original s1is and hes got the proper housing, works an absolute treat worth the $$$. he got his on ebay so they should be avaialable for an s5is.
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