lavachickie
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My husband and I both have Panasonic Lumix cameras (his is an older FX07, mine is an FS15). For our first entry into underwater photography we thought we'd take the easy road, get a case for one of these, and then by the end of the year graduate up to something spiffier, making this our backup camera. Our goals are modest; take some fun shots for our own enjoyment while we're out.
Initially I'm excited that Panasonic seems to make housings specifically for the Lumix models (which is why Ikelite does not make any for Panasonic models). But I cannot find cases actually available -- for any of the models. There is one for his, but every place I can find it says it's not in stock (PriceBreak allowed me to backorder it eventually cancelled the backorder). I don't FIND one made for mine, and we saw a newer model in CostCo this weekend so I thought I'd see if it had an available case... there IS one made but, again, it's not in stock. Not from Panasonic, not from retailers like Amazon, etc. I tried Amazon.jp and they do list the item, but it's not available (and says it can't be shipped outside the US anyway).
So what's the deal? Is there ONE company that makes off of these that is having problems? Is Panasonic discontinuing this accessory line?
I kinda need to know before May if I should continue to wait for this to become available, or if I should just go buy a camera and case.
Thanks!
Initially I'm excited that Panasonic seems to make housings specifically for the Lumix models (which is why Ikelite does not make any for Panasonic models). But I cannot find cases actually available -- for any of the models. There is one for his, but every place I can find it says it's not in stock (PriceBreak allowed me to backorder it eventually cancelled the backorder). I don't FIND one made for mine, and we saw a newer model in CostCo this weekend so I thought I'd see if it had an available case... there IS one made but, again, it's not in stock. Not from Panasonic, not from retailers like Amazon, etc. I tried Amazon.jp and they do list the item, but it's not available (and says it can't be shipped outside the US anyway).
So what's the deal? Is there ONE company that makes off of these that is having problems? Is Panasonic discontinuing this accessory line?
I kinda need to know before May if I should continue to wait for this to become available, or if I should just go buy a camera and case.
Thanks!