Several weeks ago I have stupidly lost my SeaLife DC1000 on the south coast of Crete in Greece. Identifying features are a black rubber band attaching the lens cap to the housing, and another rubber band connecting to a strip of plastic. I lost it around July 20. I can provide the serials when requested.
For those interested in the circumstances, what had happened was the following: my DC1000 suffered from the infamous "stuck shutter" problem. But I discovered that you can unjam it by applying a sideways force to the metal button underneath the shutter button, via a simple plastic strip cut from a water bottle. However, it takes a bit of fiddling around to accomplish that. During the fateful dive, I was unjamming it once again, but it wouldn't cooperate so well this time, so I had to remove the lanyard to get a better grip. Unfortunately, I was then briefly distracted by the divemaster and forgot to reattach the lanyard... I quicky realized my mistake and looked around for it, but it had already floated away. This behaviour is contrary to the user manual, which states that the camera and housing will sink if dropped in water! SeaLife DC1000 owners take note: if you want the camera to sink to aid recovery if you lost it, you must weigh it down yourself! Well, live and learn I suppose...
For those interested in the circumstances, what had happened was the following: my DC1000 suffered from the infamous "stuck shutter" problem. But I discovered that you can unjam it by applying a sideways force to the metal button underneath the shutter button, via a simple plastic strip cut from a water bottle. However, it takes a bit of fiddling around to accomplish that. During the fateful dive, I was unjamming it once again, but it wouldn't cooperate so well this time, so I had to remove the lanyard to get a better grip. Unfortunately, I was then briefly distracted by the divemaster and forgot to reattach the lanyard... I quicky realized my mistake and looked around for it, but it had already floated away. This behaviour is contrary to the user manual, which states that the camera and housing will sink if dropped in water! SeaLife DC1000 owners take note: if you want the camera to sink to aid recovery if you lost it, you must weigh it down yourself! Well, live and learn I suppose...
