JeffTyre
New
My wife and I have just returned from a wonderful 2 weeks of diving in Indonesia . The most unfortunate incident which happened was that our Olympus PT-050 UW Case flooded on the next to last dive day and our XZ-1 camera is now unusable. So we are in middle of trying to determine if we should continue with this product line or begin to look for another camera / UW case combo.
Inspecting the PT-050 latch mechanism in close detail after the dive is raising some doubt in the product design, and I have found at least one other posting on SB questioning the latching mechanism design. So looking for any others who could add comment on their experience with the PT-050 / XZ-1 combo or other camera / UW cases in terms of the UW case latch mechanism wear over time.
We purchased both 3 years ago and have logged about 50 dives with them. Wonderful photos each trip for a camera / UW case combo that was a nice step up from our previous setup. For the amount of dives that we get to do each this seemed like a good choice and overall we have been happy. We are very careful in setting up the camera / case for each dive and have never had any issue or hint of moisture getting inside the case up to this point.
I have closely inspected our PT-050 UW case and there is a small amount of play in the latching mechanism that makes me suspect that was the issue that led to the flooding, so am having doubts in reinvesting in Olympus products. What I have found is the a fingernail width of a gap remains on some closures of the UW case but not every time. So my theory is that there must be some small wear of the latch mechanism that causes this and the flooding incident last week. The O ring appears perfectly fine and there is no indication of any issue with it.
After so few dives and overall low amount of usage my feeling at this point that a product such as the PT-050 should not have started to have worn like this. Does anyone on the Olympus forum have any feedback, comments or specific experience similar to what we have with our PT-050 ?
Inspecting the PT-050 latch mechanism in close detail after the dive is raising some doubt in the product design, and I have found at least one other posting on SB questioning the latching mechanism design. So looking for any others who could add comment on their experience with the PT-050 / XZ-1 combo or other camera / UW cases in terms of the UW case latch mechanism wear over time.
We purchased both 3 years ago and have logged about 50 dives with them. Wonderful photos each trip for a camera / UW case combo that was a nice step up from our previous setup. For the amount of dives that we get to do each this seemed like a good choice and overall we have been happy. We are very careful in setting up the camera / case for each dive and have never had any issue or hint of moisture getting inside the case up to this point.
I have closely inspected our PT-050 UW case and there is a small amount of play in the latching mechanism that makes me suspect that was the issue that led to the flooding, so am having doubts in reinvesting in Olympus products. What I have found is the a fingernail width of a gap remains on some closures of the UW case but not every time. So my theory is that there must be some small wear of the latch mechanism that causes this and the flooding incident last week. The O ring appears perfectly fine and there is no indication of any issue with it.
After so few dives and overall low amount of usage my feeling at this point that a product such as the PT-050 should not have started to have worn like this. Does anyone on the Olympus forum have any feedback, comments or specific experience similar to what we have with our PT-050 ?
