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Sounds like Ikelite is the way to go
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I have been talking to my local dive shop and he has told me that if you take continuos pictures that the canon housing will fog up due to the heat from the camera. He suggests going with the Ikelite housing which is bigger and allows for more air movement around the camera.
Has anyone had problems with the Canon DC 34 housing fogging or flooding ?
Is the Ikelite housing less prone to flooding ? I know you can hook up a TTL strobe to the Ikelite which does make it a little more appealing. But I am having a little difficulty with the difference in price. Also any input on a good inexpensive TTL strobe would be appreciated also.
Please , Let me know what ya all think. I dont mind spending the extra money if there are good reasons behind it.
Thanks ya all
Liz
The concept is that with the larger Ikelite case or an aluminum case, large or small, the air in the housing never heats up enough for condensation to form. The fogging is not from a leak, it is from the air in the housing and within the camera. The smaller space of the OEM housings heats up more rapidly, being a more confined space. The larger Ikelite case has more volume and is slower to heat up, aluminum housings are more conductive of heat and transfer it to the water more efficiently. My Canon housing will fog if I do not use the little desiccant packets, my larger Ikelite case does not tend to. My new aluminum housing, don't know yet. N
I haven't seen those . . . do you have a source?
10-packs for ~$3 plus shipping. Get 2 or 3 10-packs for a lifetime supply.
McMaster-Carr
or if you have a more spacious (ikelite) housing, get the next larger size, 3492T12
I shove a couple in my Canon housing, but I am pretty sure one would do.
If I'm staying where there is a kitchen, I just bake them in the oven at ~150-175F for about 20 minutes, until the indicator window shows deep blue, and use them over and over. When I went to Fiji, I took a factory sealed 10 pack as a backup (or I could have asked the cook to bake mine if I had to), along with 10 fresh baked used ones in a ziplock. In a week of diving, I never needed to open the sealed backup or bake the ones I used.