How Deep have you taken you Canon ?

[Chad_Ordelheide]

I know the rating of Canon housings are to 130ft. I'm just curious if the average canon user pushes those limits or not. Here's a poll to see what you all think :14:

My Personal Deepest Dive with my Camera was 142 ft...it didn't leak

 

[utnapistim]

i took it to 131.

Didn't leak. My guess is they are actually built for a slightly higher pressure, but guaranteed to 130ft/40m.

 

[archman]

My WP-DC300's only rated to 100'. And since camera floods tend to be catastrophic when they occur, better safe than sorry. I don't take mine deeper than 80'.

 

[alcina]

Hmm, I'm not sure that the housings are actually guaranteed.

I've had mine to 40m several times.

I wouldn't expect a problem at depth immediately. What I would expect is that the increased pressure could harm one of the components or weaken the housing in some way which may cause a problem down the line. Dunno...never had a problem.

 

[Spoon]

my girl has a case for her ixus v3 which is rated to 100 but taken 130. my a95 casing is rated to 130 but have taken it down to 162'. i think these cameras are built stronger than you think and that their depth ratings are under rated to give contingencies to guys like us. i even have freinds that have taken their 130 rated cameras regularlt to the 180-190 region regularly over 2 years and they are still working fine.

 

[hvulin]

mine is rated to 30m but I took it to 48m (on saturday) and do it often - no leak or any problems...

 

[Goose75]

They probably settled on 130ft because it is the sport diver limit. It covers their market and it gives them extra conservativism in Design.

 

[Tamas]

I have had mine to 160'+ without issues on the case, but the camera did show signs of pressure. The LCD screen would turn off/grey from the pressure making it un-usable during the dive. I have had an older one that would display an ERR-3 after 120'......remember that they are designed to work in the sub 100 range and there they do it well.

 

[Iruka]

Hi Chad (we talked before...I'm the guy with the dive shop down by GVB)...
Just a short "fear of flooding" story to share.... Diving on my day off, I'd be deeper than the 40m/130' housing rating. Didn't want to damage the camera, but didn't want to leave it behind for the WHOLE dive either, in case I saw something worthwhile. So here was my solution....attached my dive sausage to it once I got around 130'.....and I continued deeper, "flying" my camera above me like a kite for about 10 minutes, until I came back up to "meet" my camera later in the dive. Would have made a funny shot if anyone had been there to see it, ha ha.

 

[alijtaylor]

My WP-DC300's only rated to 100'. And since camera floods tend to be catastrophic when they occur, better safe than sorry. I don't take mine deeper than 80'.

Mine is the same but I have got close to 30m. I just think why push it beyond that?

Alison