ScubaMarc
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I was wondering what is the percentage of people flood there cameras and if ikelite case are less prone to flooding.
How many people flooded their cameras?
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I think you'll find that most all well maintained housings will keep water out. I've had a couple of close calls with my Olympus housing, but they were due to my own impatience and stupidity, not a manufacturing defect. Once, I left one housing latch open. A couple of times I've leaked a bit in the wash tank with the camera out and found a hair or lint on the o-ring. Once I closed the little thread that holds the lens cap in the corner of the housing, but I caught it in time.
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ScubaMarc
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if you flooded your case, please tell why?
diver 85
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you forgot Sea & Sea and Nikon....I shot 35mm S&S for 12 years without a flood....
marcienko
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I was told once by old experience diver/photographer. Its not important how it happened but it the matter of when will happen. I got mine flooded last year in Jamaica.Really painful experience
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I flooded my canon in an Ikelite case because I trapped the flash wire in the gasket after copying some images between dives. Had no business opening the housing when there were 200 things going. Dive first pictures second.
Opened the housing and then the DM called a second dive at the same site instead of a move. I had already moved to a full tank and was playing with my camera. closed it up quick, grabbed my gear, the into the water. At 15 ft i noticed bubbles but it was too late.
Opened the housing and then the DM called a second dive at the same site instead of a move. I had already moved to a full tank and was playing with my camera. closed it up quick, grabbed my gear, the into the water. At 15 ft i noticed bubbles but it was too late.
paradicio
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Fear of getting hit by the karma bus prevents me from answering this poll...
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matt215
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yeah me too.
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Does having the cammera dropped in soapy water by the bar back count. Nothing ruins a great vacation and your buzz like a little soapy water in your SeaLife DC600.
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