Product Description
Excellent underwater solution, won the 2005 Korean consumer award to best new product. Since then Dicapac’s popularity has spread worldwide due to its reliability, simplicity and affordable price. This is your opportunity to get this item at direct distributors price. Comparing against a hard case, this underwater housing will allow similar use of functions on the camera, in many cases can go deeper and can be purchased at a small fraction of the price a hard case w… More >>
I used this product at Discovery Cover in Orlando, FL where I snorkeled for the first time. No water got in the camera and the pictures and videos I took came out great. I was using a Cannon A series. The only problem is that the pictures sometimes have a halo around them due to the camera lens not being flush against the lens opening of the camera pack. In addition, I could not figure out how to attach the zoom ring with the given directions. Despite these two drawbacks, I did like the product. Everyone wanted to know where I got it. I really liked the strap that comes with the product. This allows you to put the camera around your neck and forget about it.
Rating: 4 / 5
When this product first arrived, I thought it appeared to be little more than a glorified ziplock bag. I did the standard test for leaks, then started using it. The first thing I noticed was that my Canon PowerShot A620 barely fit through the opening, making me nervous the plastic would tear. The next dilemma was that the buttons were difficult to push and the zoom virtually unusable. This turned out to not be an issue since when I finally did get the zoom dial to work, the lens hit the front of the bag, and malfunctioned.
Okay, once I finished the learning curve, I finally took it out to the ocean and began using it. It worked fine through the summer, and I have some exciting pictures from it. Eventually though, on the fifth use, I noticed small bubbles coming out near where you fold the opening over a few times. Perhaps I was just unlucky, but the seal where the plastic had been joined had sprung a leak. My camera was exposed to the salt water as I made my way back, and I had to do some corrosion cleaning. Upon closer investigation I was lucky. It seems the hole was a product of how the opening is wrapped around, and how close the seam is to this twisting. I can’t figure any other reason for the hole to be there, and right where two pieces of plastic had been fused together.
So, the bag worked fine for me a total of five trips before it leaked. To the credit of this review, I was being very careful with the bag, and the leak happened in a spot that seemed easy to identify what had happened. I’m giving the product 2 stars given the cheap price, and the possibility I just had some bad luck. However, I still rate it poorly as a last resort type option because had the hole not opened here, there still seems like there are a few other places on this product that may be prone to a similar problem. I hope this helps.
Rating: 2 / 5
When I put my camera inside the case, the extending lens would bind and the camera would not work. I had to remove the batteries, then replace to get the camera to operate. I never got one picture and through the case away.
Rating: 1 / 5
I bought this case before a trip to Glacier Bay, Alaska. My son and I went ocean kayaking for two days, and the case kept my Canon A630 completely dry. I didn’t use it “on the water”, and took the camera out of the case to take shots on land.
In the case, the A630’s lens really didn’t fit well into the opening, and therefore it couldn’t completely open/expand to its full length. And, of course, the screen couldn’t flip open inside the case for viewing.
Nonetheless, I bought it for protection from saltwater in the boat, not for underwater photography, and it functioned very well in that regard. Good value for the price.
Rating: 4 / 5
The case was watertight, but does not in fact fit a Canon A630 functionally. When the lens is zoomed it often hits against the case’s lens tube, causing the camera to malfunction. It’s very touchy, and the lens covering evidently interferes with autofocus, as half the pictures we took were very out of focus. Not at all recommended for this or similar cameras.
Rating: 1 / 5