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what kind of camera are you using?
Dive Video 12/12/10
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Sealife DC 800
I wouldn't recommend it.
The shutter button sticks if pressed all the way down.
This is because of the way it's made.
Their housing's button presses a plastic lever which presses the camera's shutter button. The plastic lever flexes and gets weaker w/ use.
Tension is created as it flexes which prevents the shutter button from returning up.
You can use a light trigger finger but the point where the button sticks to the point where it doesn't is a matter of millimeters.
I'd like to mention that I used the camera only on 2 dives, roughly 80 pictures before the button began to stick.
And I soaked the camera within seconds in fresh water before and after each dive.
It's easy to get sand under the shutter button which exacerbates this.
The external flash arm (if you choose to use it for photos)
has a soft un-removable covering which spills it's water at inappropriate times, plus I doubt it ever dries under the cover.
I can work with it and I like it, but for the amount of money I would expect something that didn't have major flaws (ie. shutter button)
I wouldn't recommend it.
The shutter button sticks if pressed all the way down.
This is because of the way it's made.
Their housing's button presses a plastic lever which presses the camera's shutter button. The plastic lever flexes and gets weaker w/ use.
Tension is created as it flexes which prevents the shutter button from returning up.
You can use a light trigger finger but the point where the button sticks to the point where it doesn't is a matter of millimeters.
I'd like to mention that I used the camera only on 2 dives, roughly 80 pictures before the button began to stick.
And I soaked the camera within seconds in fresh water before and after each dive.
It's easy to get sand under the shutter button which exacerbates this.
The external flash arm (if you choose to use it for photos)
has a soft un-removable covering which spills it's water at inappropriate times, plus I doubt it ever dries under the cover.
I can work with it and I like it, but for the amount of money I would expect something that didn't have major flaws (ie. shutter button)
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