jurichar
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Hey all...not sure if anyone here would be intersted in this, but hey...if it helps someone out then why not!
I had a dilema that needed solving. I have an underwater housing for my canon g9 that i never seem to have a good spot to store in my bag for fear of scratching the lens. I'm leaving for a backpacking trip where i'll be carrying it around for about 4 months in a backpack too...this could end badly for my poor lens. So i needed a some sort of cover...preferrably strong and waterresistant. I looked for a commercially available product forever but came up with nothing so i resorted to plan B...time for a trip to home depot!
Here is what i came up with. I'm really happy with it. I definatly reccomend this as not i can throw my camera and housing in my gear bag with my bcd and wetsuit with no worry of trashing the lens. If you try to do this i suggest you do light coats with a few hours of dry time between them. I had an incident that made a huge mess from trying to apply too much. also... i would say you dont need to go as "deep" as i did. I wanted it to stick well and not fall off after production so i went really far up, but trimmed it down after the fact.
One last thing. tape everything!!! i would only use one layer of tape though, that is what i think ensured my "tight" fit!
Please critique!
g9 case
Tape...version 1.0
Tape...version 2.0. i should have taped further up the lens tube all well
here's the stuff i used. its called "plasti-dip"
Had to find something that was about the same size as my lens so i could "dip it" dont tell my girlfriend
After a few rounds of dipping
After some trimming
Finished and trial fit
I had a dilema that needed solving. I have an underwater housing for my canon g9 that i never seem to have a good spot to store in my bag for fear of scratching the lens. I'm leaving for a backpacking trip where i'll be carrying it around for about 4 months in a backpack too...this could end badly for my poor lens. So i needed a some sort of cover...preferrably strong and waterresistant. I looked for a commercially available product forever but came up with nothing so i resorted to plan B...time for a trip to home depot!
Here is what i came up with. I'm really happy with it. I definatly reccomend this as not i can throw my camera and housing in my gear bag with my bcd and wetsuit with no worry of trashing the lens. If you try to do this i suggest you do light coats with a few hours of dry time between them. I had an incident that made a huge mess from trying to apply too much. also... i would say you dont need to go as "deep" as i did. I wanted it to stick well and not fall off after production so i went really far up, but trimmed it down after the fact.
One last thing. tape everything!!! i would only use one layer of tape though, that is what i think ensured my "tight" fit!
Please critique!
g9 case
Tape...version 1.0
Tape...version 2.0. i should have taped further up the lens tube all well
here's the stuff i used. its called "plasti-dip"
Had to find something that was about the same size as my lens so i could "dip it" dont tell my girlfriend
After a few rounds of dipping
After some trimming
Finished and trial fit
