Hi back from Palau. just getting off the Injured reserve, Don't ask! just make sure that if your guide tells you there are "Razor clams" on the site, have them explain why they are named so.
Regarding the Sealife housing as well as any other underwater camera most floods are a result of either user error or inadequate rinsing. I manage a dive shop on Guam ( (when I am not island hopping terrorizing sealife with my camera ) and we sell the sealife products.
many of the flooding problems have been via the buttons on the back of the housing. ( we pressure test every return after a good cleaning to determine if in fact the housing is defective ) in most of these button related floods the actual cause was due to poor rinsing since there was a lot of salt/silt found on the oring/shaft when we removed the suspect button. this was easy to determine even before removing the button as the button did not operate smoothly.
Anyway. here are a couple of tips that may prevent this from happening regardless of the brand of housing you have.
first, do not let the camera dry between dives and before you can give it a good rinse. this can be prevented by simply wrapping the camera in a wet towel ( salt or fresh water ) I avoid community rinse buckets since most of my camera damage has occurred in these.
Second, when you do the rinsing, make sure you work all the buttes while the camera is submerged and/or under a gentle running stream of water. this will flush out the salt water trapped under the buttons which just soaking wont do.
Last but not least, if the button does not operate in a silky smooth manner do not take it diving and refrain from operating the button until you can get it serviced. doing so is asking for trouble, even if it does not leak at first you will be damaging the oring/shaft everytime you operate it.
sorry for the long winded post
