Qs re Ikelite for 5050

[brizzolatti]

Finally my housing has arrived. It is a very solid piece of kit, very sturdy and chunky. Also heavy on land.

Haven't tried it out yet in water but am looking forward to playing in the pool.

Anyway a couple of questions for those of you who have the housing:

- do any of you use it without the tray and handle? If so how is that?

- using the tray and handle, do you also clip the camera via a lanyard? If so, how because I can't see anywhere to attach a cord

- manual says unit is slightly negatively buoyant for control - how does that feel underwater and do you adjust your weights? If so, by how much?

Thanks in advance for any insights.

 

[ssra30]

I use the housing with dual handle tray. I think without the handle, it would not be all that easy to carry the housing because of all the knobs on the side. The dual handle tray is a bit clunky but make it convinient to switch hand to carry the camera.
I use lanyard to attach the camera to my BCD. I just wrap one end of the lanyard on the tray, between the housing and the handle.
Dual handle tray is a bit heavier than the single handle tray. Personally I don't consider the camera weight when I figure the weight I need to control my bouyancy for a couple of reasons. First, if I have to let go off the camera, I don't want to camera to sink while I start to float up immediately. Secondly, I like myself to be a bit heavier than usual when I dive with camera so I can just let the air off the BCD and able to lie completely still on the sandy bottom when I need to anchor myself steadily for some pictures.