dkCambridgeshire Posted February 16, 2019 Share #101 Posted February 16, 2019 Advertisement (gone after registration) Gary, it's a learning process … and I learnt much last week about buying s/h UW cameras! All good experience and the dealer was very fair in refunding the purchase price and shipping. dunk Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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pgk Posted February 16, 2019 Share #102 Posted February 16, 2019 (edited) 10 hours ago, dkCambridgeshire said: After researching a shallow underwater solution for my Leica X1 will likely buy a EWA Marine 3D-L underwater housing. Be aware that Ewa plastic bag housings are usually buoyant and offer little access to controls. I neither like nor will I recommend them. I would suggest that a digital camera with its purpose built, transparent plastic underwater housing would be far better option. A used camera and housing would be a far more effective option as a 'buy to use and resell' possibility. The problem with cameras which are supposedly 'waterproof' by design is the test parameters and their seals, as I have said before. Seals need to be kept scrupulously clean and replaced if there is any wear in them - not so easy. The transparent plastic purpose built housings offer full control access and use 'O' rings which are easy to maintain and damage and water ingress are easier to spot. If you want any more info pm me. Edited February 16, 2019 by pgk Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynp Posted February 16, 2019 Share #103 Posted February 16, 2019 I have been using the X-U for more than a year, my friend bought two of them for a charter boat they operate in the Med and around the Red Sea. No problems with the cameras. They are watertight and work well for what they were designed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkCambridgeshire Posted February 16, 2019 Share #104 Posted February 16, 2019 23 minutes ago, ynp said: I have been using the X-U for more than a year, my friend bought two of them for a charter boat they operate in the Med and around the Red Sea. No problems with the cameras. They are watertight and work well for what they were designed. Leica XU reviews are generally positive … but the s/h example I purchased was definitely not watertight … and furthermore it had an 'odd fragrance' about it which is maybe indicative of dampness under the rubber armour. dunk 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkCambridgeshire Posted February 16, 2019 Share #105 Posted February 16, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, pgk said: Be aware that Ewa plastic bag housings are usually buoyant and offer little access to controls. I neither like nor will I recommend them. I would suggest that a digital camera with its purpose built, transparent plastic underwater housing would be far better option. A used camera and housing would be a far more effective option as a 'buy to use and resell' possibility. The problem with cameras which are supposedly 'waterproof' by design is the test parameters and their seals, as I have said before. Seals need to be kept scrupulously clean and replaced if there is any wear in them - not so easy. The transparent plastic purpose built housings offer full control access and use 'O' rings which are easy to maintain and damage and water ingress are easier to spot. If you want any more info pm me. Thank you Paul; your advice ref EWA noted. The reason I am /was considering EWA is that their products would enable use of a Leica APS-C camera and thus images would be OK for Leica Society 'Circles' and TLS Exhibition submissions … and Leica Forum use. Main application would be for use in nature reserve shallow ponds of which there are many in former brick pits in and around Peterborough … where amphibians (newts, frogs, toads) breed … and where it's possible to hold a half-submerged / submerged camera to record e.g. toads mating. Imaging can be achieved by laying / crouching at the pond edge … there can be hundreds of toads squabbling for mates in any one pond. No plans for wading … too dangerous as shallow disused brick pit ponds also have deep holes. The Leica X1 has minimal controls and if 'waterproofed' can likely be used with an Elpro c/u lens at a prefocused subject distance. Panasonic offer two waterproof cameras but neither has a Leica lens and both have small sensors … and small sensors = limited dynamic range compared to APS-C Regards dunk Edited February 16, 2019 by dkCambridgeshire typo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkCambridgeshire Posted March 9, 2019 Share #106 Posted March 9, 2019 I've now bought a EWA marine underwater housing for use with the X1 dunk Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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