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Hi all!
I recently bought the new L&M housing for the Canon Legria G30 to replace my previous L&M Bluefin housing for the Sony CX550.
The reasons I wanted to change is the better processor in the Canon and his ability to work under low light conditions.
This is my fourth L&M housing.
When I carefully slipped the camera for the first time into the housing I found out that this camera is so big that there is almost no place between the lcd-screen and the innerside of the housing...That is also the place where L&M has put the infrared cables which are passing through the remote signals to the handles. (please forgive me if I do not use the right terms). The cables are not really solid attached, but they just slip in the entrance of a hole leading to the handles themselves. The only way they are attached is by a plastic plug that holds them on place. Because there is so little space in the housing, the lcdscreen touches (pushes against) these cables when you enter the camera. Probably the cables were not well put on place in the workhouse of L&M, as a result the cables came out of there place and the left handle didn't work...
This is not a pleasant experience when you have already a problem like this. After each (depends on the size of the battery)dive you have to repeat this action, I'm worried this is not very reliable. I preferred the connection with the cables like my Sony.
I also regret that the backpanel of the housing is no OLED anymore, I understand the manufacturer doesn't deliver these anymore. It didn't seem a big issue but underwater it's a big difference; the oled screen is 15% bigger! So for me this is a step downwards...
So I tried to put the old oled screen on the new G30 housing and that works fine, although you should not put old parts on a new housing to improve it... The only thing that does't work with this oled-bakpanel is to change from AF to MF with the button on the right handle. Is there a way to fix this? I think it must be possible to change in the menu with the left handle, but I have my doubts and it will not be handy.
Thanks in advance for all comments!
I hope to hear other experiences with this housing!
PS The quality of the video is very good also in low light!
I recently bought the new L&M housing for the Canon Legria G30 to replace my previous L&M Bluefin housing for the Sony CX550.
The reasons I wanted to change is the better processor in the Canon and his ability to work under low light conditions.
This is my fourth L&M housing.
When I carefully slipped the camera for the first time into the housing I found out that this camera is so big that there is almost no place between the lcd-screen and the innerside of the housing...That is also the place where L&M has put the infrared cables which are passing through the remote signals to the handles. (please forgive me if I do not use the right terms). The cables are not really solid attached, but they just slip in the entrance of a hole leading to the handles themselves. The only way they are attached is by a plastic plug that holds them on place. Because there is so little space in the housing, the lcdscreen touches (pushes against) these cables when you enter the camera. Probably the cables were not well put on place in the workhouse of L&M, as a result the cables came out of there place and the left handle didn't work...
This is not a pleasant experience when you have already a problem like this. After each (depends on the size of the battery)dive you have to repeat this action, I'm worried this is not very reliable. I preferred the connection with the cables like my Sony.
I also regret that the backpanel of the housing is no OLED anymore, I understand the manufacturer doesn't deliver these anymore. It didn't seem a big issue but underwater it's a big difference; the oled screen is 15% bigger! So for me this is a step downwards...
So I tried to put the old oled screen on the new G30 housing and that works fine, although you should not put old parts on a new housing to improve it... The only thing that does't work with this oled-bakpanel is to change from AF to MF with the button on the right handle. Is there a way to fix this? I think it must be possible to change in the menu with the left handle, but I have my doubts and it will not be handy.
Thanks in advance for all comments!
I hope to hear other experiences with this housing!
PS The quality of the video is very good also in low light!