"I have looked at his setup, but think I want something a little more sophisticated with a remote control and better image quality. Its so hard to have your cake and eat it too!" Its a nice setup and the image quality is actually very good for stills, but the Canon solution has some small problems. The transparent housing is not good for extended time in the sunshine. The greenhouse effect is evident. The housing is for watercooled diving. It's also vulnerable to condensation. The automatic shutdown to conserve battery lifetime helps but the use of the screen display limits the operating time. And be aware that the canon S50/S60 does not share the housing with the S70. The lense has another size. Jens Viggo Moesmand *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
[Moderator's Note: Content unaltered. Excessive quoting (including headers/footers/sig lines/extraneous text from previous posts, etc.) have been removed. Please edit quoted material in addition to removing header/trailers when replying to posts.] Jens: Very good point about the greenhouse effect. I had not considered this. As I am intending to use the set-up for video, I am probably looking for a video DV camcorder. I am thinking that condensation will be a problem for all these housings. Maybe if I pack dome dessicant in the housing with the camera. It seems that high quality video and stills are not really offered in the same device. I am wondering if anyone has tried dessicant to eliminate condensation. I am imagining some kind of cover to shield the case from the sun. -----Original Message----- From: Jens Viggo Moesmand Its a nice setup and the image quality is actually very good for stills, but the Canon solution has some small problems. The transparent housing is not good for extended time in the sunshine. The greenhouse effect is evident. The housing is for watercooled diving. It's also vulnerable to condensation. Jens Viggo Moesmand *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Bart Boelryk said: > I am thinking that condensation will be a problem for all these > housings. Maybe if I pack dome desiccant in the housing with > the camera. It seems that high quality video and stills are > not really offered in the same device. I am wondering if > anyone has tried desiccant to eliminate condensation. I am > imagining some kind of cover to shield the case from the sun. Bart, My underwater still digital camera has built in holders for desiccant. Underwater, it will fog without the desiccant. In my kayak, I've never had a problem. Steve Holtzman *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
In addition to using dessicant, I would look at adding a couple of purge ports and flooding the system with dry nitrogen. Not practical for everyone but it would work. --allan On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 17:52:32 -0500, Bart Boelryk wrote: I am thinking that condensation will be a problem for all these housings. Maybe if I pack dome dessicant in the housing with the camera. It seems that high quality video and stills are not really offered in the same device. I am wondering if anyone has tried dessicant to eliminate condensation. I am imagining some kind of cover to shield the case from the sun. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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