Had a leak on today's dive with a brand spanking new o-ring! Was a tremendous disappointment as I had to cut my dive very short and it was on a site I rarely get to and the viz was great...of course. Water in the housing and some drops on the camera...especially in the memory card slot - but thankfully NOT on the card, just on the seam.
I did save the camera, batteries and memory card so <whew> there! Dried it all out on board, jumped in housing only and tested it to 16m, all seemed fine.
Popped camera back in and did second dive. Didn't leak, but condensation was pretty bad - clearly I didn't get it dry enough. So shortened that dive too and took it all apart again. Everything works fine so far and will let it dry properly and check it again.
Called Canon and told them (I had literally only received the new o-ring yesterday) and they said they would ship a replacement no worries. Again, I love Canon's service.
Still no idea why it leaked - no dust, lint, pulling, bulging etc that I can see. One thing that I did notice was different is that I can see water on the outside edge of the o-ring, a little bubble that moves around when you twist the camera. Not seen that before so have to think maybe the oring just didn't fit right. Will try a different one Friday if I get to dive.
Oh well...it was bound to happen sooner or later and I am relieved that it was an extremely minor incident! Now I gotta go look at the photos!
I did save the camera, batteries and memory card so <whew> there! Dried it all out on board, jumped in housing only and tested it to 16m, all seemed fine.
Popped camera back in and did second dive. Didn't leak, but condensation was pretty bad - clearly I didn't get it dry enough. So shortened that dive too and took it all apart again. Everything works fine so far and will let it dry properly and check it again.
Called Canon and told them (I had literally only received the new o-ring yesterday) and they said they would ship a replacement no worries. Again, I love Canon's service.
Still no idea why it leaked - no dust, lint, pulling, bulging etc that I can see. One thing that I did notice was different is that I can see water on the outside edge of the o-ring, a little bubble that moves around when you twist the camera. Not seen that before so have to think maybe the oring just didn't fit right. Will try a different one Friday if I get to dive.
Oh well...it was bound to happen sooner or later and I am relieved that it was an extremely minor incident! Now I gotta go look at the photos!
Had condensation after I noticed the water droplets and then the small puddle at the bottom of the housing. I kept the housing in the right position on the ascent...25m never seemed so far...and handed it up that way so think that had a lot to do with not getting the water on anything important...
