ShagMan
Contributor
OK, here goes...
If you have had any experience with a Canon housing before, this is the same exact type of casing, there's no surprises here.
It does have the "lever it open" type of latch, where it will pop open the two halves, breaking the seal, if you extend the latch back far enough. Canon only started doing this a few years ago, and I love it.
The housing does have the same type of o-ring setup, where there's a female and male lip, where the O-ring is in a groove on the male side.
All functions are available, and the wheels and buttons all work as they are supposed to. I noticed the wheel for exposure compensation slips a bit, but you should be looking at the screen when you are adjusting, rather than relying on feedback anyway.
As some others have alredy posted, the one control surface that isn't carried through the case is the large wheel around the directional pad. This would seem to be a large error on Canon's part, but somebody at Canon already thought up a solution, which is to press/hold the shortcut/print button on the upper left of the back of the case, and use the left/right on the directional pad. I tried it out, and it works great, and I would say is probably a better setup than losing your composed shot to crank a wheel anyway. The shortcut button still retains it's use if you press/release it quickly... I tested it with the WB custom 1, and it worked as it was supposed to before/after using it for the dial.
The flash is rendered mostly useless, as you guys could imagine... the large lense bulge on the front really blocks a good portion of the flash's output, resulting in the lower right quarter of the picture not exposed. The included diffuser brings back a full flash fill, at the cost of power... the flash is only good for a few feet with the diffuser in place.
I tested the bouyancy, you do need the four weights, as Canon recommends, this case is VERY floaty. One note here, all four weights together are only 8.4oz, so any little thing you add to the housing will help on the bouyancy... I added a small bolt snap to mine, and I found that I only needed three weights instead of four.
OK, on with some pics!
Here's the flash without the diffuser in place. Note the dark lower-righthand portion. ISO-80, F2.8, 1/60 sec.
Here's with the diffuser. ISO-80, F2.8, 1/60 sec.
Here are some pics of the housing itself, excuse the poor focus, I was using my wife's 40D.
If you have had any experience with a Canon housing before, this is the same exact type of casing, there's no surprises here.
It does have the "lever it open" type of latch, where it will pop open the two halves, breaking the seal, if you extend the latch back far enough. Canon only started doing this a few years ago, and I love it.
The housing does have the same type of o-ring setup, where there's a female and male lip, where the O-ring is in a groove on the male side.
All functions are available, and the wheels and buttons all work as they are supposed to. I noticed the wheel for exposure compensation slips a bit, but you should be looking at the screen when you are adjusting, rather than relying on feedback anyway.
As some others have alredy posted, the one control surface that isn't carried through the case is the large wheel around the directional pad. This would seem to be a large error on Canon's part, but somebody at Canon already thought up a solution, which is to press/hold the shortcut/print button on the upper left of the back of the case, and use the left/right on the directional pad. I tried it out, and it works great, and I would say is probably a better setup than losing your composed shot to crank a wheel anyway. The shortcut button still retains it's use if you press/release it quickly... I tested it with the WB custom 1, and it worked as it was supposed to before/after using it for the dial.
The flash is rendered mostly useless, as you guys could imagine... the large lense bulge on the front really blocks a good portion of the flash's output, resulting in the lower right quarter of the picture not exposed. The included diffuser brings back a full flash fill, at the cost of power... the flash is only good for a few feet with the diffuser in place.
I tested the bouyancy, you do need the four weights, as Canon recommends, this case is VERY floaty. One note here, all four weights together are only 8.4oz, so any little thing you add to the housing will help on the bouyancy... I added a small bolt snap to mine, and I found that I only needed three weights instead of four.
OK, on with some pics!
Here's the flash without the diffuser in place. Note the dark lower-righthand portion. ISO-80, F2.8, 1/60 sec.
Here's with the diffuser. ISO-80, F2.8, 1/60 sec.
Here are some pics of the housing itself, excuse the poor focus, I was using my wife's 40D.