PhilC
Contributor
We recently purchased an L18 kit with the AF35 that had been in stock at our local dive shop for some time. The price was right and since the L18 looks exactly like the current L20 which is a better camera I assumed that I could just go to WallyMart and pick up an L20 for $120 should I want to upgrade or should damage occur. I've recently done the homework I should have done first and notice that Ikelite has a different part number for the current L20 housing.
So my question is does the L20 fit correctly with access to all the controls or should I look for a spare L18 before the last of them are gone? Other options to make an L20 fit, maybe with access to only power zoom and shutter buttons? Dimensionally the L20 appears to be exactly the same as the L18 and without having put the two side by side it appears that the housing is actually the same which means the buttons are in the same place.
So my question is does the L20 fit correctly with access to all the controls or should I look for a spare L18 before the last of them are gone? Other options to make an L20 fit, maybe with access to only power zoom and shutter buttons? Dimensionally the L20 appears to be exactly the same as the L18 and without having put the two side by side it appears that the housing is actually the same which means the buttons are in the same place.