I'm a very happy owner of both the Canon G16 and the Ikelite (TTL) housing for it. I've been a Canon fan since the mid 1970s, and an Ikelite fan since the mid 2000's. My prior underwater set-up was an Ikelite A570IS with the appropriate Ikelite housing. It never failed me once in my weekly dives. It was just time for a newer camera (esp. for HD video).
The only thing I don't like on the Ikelite housing for the Canon G16 is the port cover. Like the housing for my older 570, the point-and-shoot housings come with a plastic port cover that is not convenient to take underwater. It's too stiff to stuff into a drysuit pocket, and isn't really amenable to punching a hole and tying a cord, etc.
I was also jealous of my DLSR housing friends, who all had nice neoprene covers for the ports/lenses.
Talking with Ikelite, I found they do make a neoprene cover that will work:
We do offer a neoprene port cover that is actually used on our DSLR flat ports and this should fit your G16 housing. The cover is #0200.5 which sells for $15.00 plus shipping.
I ordered one, and it's absolutely perfect. It's a great fit, and being neoprene carries well underwater. I attached a small brass clip to the cord on the cover, and that allows me to clip it either inside my drysuit pocket, or just clip it to my harness or the camera handles. Now I can put a protective cover on the camera before exiting the water - something very nice to have when shore diving in variable conditions.
The only thing I don't like on the Ikelite housing for the Canon G16 is the port cover. Like the housing for my older 570, the point-and-shoot housings come with a plastic port cover that is not convenient to take underwater. It's too stiff to stuff into a drysuit pocket, and isn't really amenable to punching a hole and tying a cord, etc.
I was also jealous of my DLSR housing friends, who all had nice neoprene covers for the ports/lenses.
Talking with Ikelite, I found they do make a neoprene cover that will work:
We do offer a neoprene port cover that is actually used on our DSLR flat ports and this should fit your G16 housing. The cover is #0200.5 which sells for $15.00 plus shipping.
I ordered one, and it's absolutely perfect. It's a great fit, and being neoprene carries well underwater. I attached a small brass clip to the cord on the cover, and that allows me to clip it either inside my drysuit pocket, or just clip it to my harness or the camera handles. Now I can put a protective cover on the camera before exiting the water - something very nice to have when shore diving in variable conditions.
