beepbird
Contributor
Just got back from Puerto Galera where my friend didn't tighten their Nauticam housing vent cap completely and it fell off. The new vent design is a red push button plus a cap. Luckily my friend saw it when they got back on the boat and protected the red release button, so no flood. We tried to find the cap to no avail. Since I had the old style, I thought I could swap caps, no they are not interchangeable. We tried to purchase extra caps but the vendor in Manila would only sell the entire assembly. My friend did not use her camera after that.
6 days later I met somebody who flooded their camera because they forgot to put the new style cap on. Mid dive they turned the camera to portrait and they flooded the camera. They dried out the housing and all the electronics were fine but the camera and lens was toast.
I thought I liked the new vent design but after seeing all this I'm glad I have the old style vent release. The old vent design was a bear to turn as it has a knurled wheel plus a cap. It hurts my arthritic thumb but at least I won't accidentally release the vacuum and flood.
6 days later I met somebody who flooded their camera because they forgot to put the new style cap on. Mid dive they turned the camera to portrait and they flooded the camera. They dried out the housing and all the electronics were fine but the camera and lens was toast.
I thought I liked the new vent design but after seeing all this I'm glad I have the old style vent release. The old vent design was a bear to turn as it has a knurled wheel plus a cap. It hurts my arthritic thumb but at least I won't accidentally release the vacuum and flood.