Canon G16 Housing - Ikelite vs. Fantasea

[jbilicska]

Thanks
I kinda like the ikelite housings.
Seeing that o-ring makes me feel better.
If I'm out snorkeling and that leak alarm goes off its not a very good thing. Goodbye camera

 

[grouchyturtle]

I've used Ikelite with 3 other cameras, and never had a problem.

 

[sunnyboy]

I've been diving Ikelite housings with Canon cameras for a few years now, no issues until recently. I did have the on/off button stick on a recent wreck dive at 120fsw. I wanted to take a natural light shot and turned the strobe off. To turn the TTL strobe back on, you turn the camera off, strobe on, then camera on. Except the camera would not turn off/on. I managed to unstick the button enough to allow the camera to stay on, but I could not turn it off. I ended up taking video the rest of the dive so it was OK, if annoying.

... and this housing is brand new and always well rinsed (buttons as well). I'll check the on/off switch to see if it needs a bit of lube.

 

[grouchyturtle]

Same here. Yesterday all of a sudden my camera was malfunctioning on a wreck. Turns out a few of the buttons are sticking. I rinse my really good too, although it is a little over a year old and lives on a boat full time.