In your experience with this configuration, how many ounces of weight did you attach to their housing in achieving neutral buoyancy? I have the means to craft a single plate, custom fit to their base so I'm not interested in Canon's WWDC1 Weight Set (4 pack).
Neutral Bouyancy for G12 in WPDC34 Housing?
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ronski101
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I just taped some auto tire wheel weights to the housing with camera in it until i got it to float to where i wanted it and then melted the weights into a rectancular shape over my gas stove without breathing the lead fumes. Drilled a chamfered hole and screwed it into the bottom of the housing.
ronski101,
Great Idea! I smelted fishing weights into 2 - 2.5 ounce and 1 - 3.5 ounce base plates that conform to the Canon Underwater Case and hopefully, allow me to release the camera/case in seawater and they remain suspended.
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Interseptor101,
Thanks, in addition to multiple castings in increments less than the 8.5 ounces Canon suggests, I made a plate that weighed in at 10 ounces. I will plane this down to the suggested weight for neutral.
Great Idea! I smelted fishing weights into 2 - 2.5 ounce and 1 - 3.5 ounce base plates that conform to the Canon Underwater Case and hopefully, allow me to release the camera/case in seawater and they remain suspended.
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Interseptor101,
Thanks, in addition to multiple castings in increments less than the 8.5 ounces Canon suggests, I made a plate that weighed in at 10 ounces. I will plane this down to the suggested weight for neutral.
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Jeff
I would put your plate on the housing and weight how negative it is before trusting canon...
If you can have one bespoke should make it very slightly negative, canon serves many cameras with that set of weights and it won't be as precise as your 'cut'
I would put your plate on the housing and weight how negative it is before trusting canon...
If you can have one bespoke should make it very slightly negative, canon serves many cameras with that set of weights and it won't be as precise as your 'cut'
I just bought 2 fishing weights, each weight around 130g. Plus I reused my camera weights on my Fuji. Total weight now is 300g.
Will be heading to the ocean this weekend. Will update you guys.
It looks quite funny. 2 lead balls at the bottom of the camera housing!!! haha
Will be heading to the ocean this weekend. Will update you guys.
It looks quite funny. 2 lead balls at the bottom of the camera housing!!! haha
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