Canon WP-DC11 WaterProof Case for Canon G7 Digital Camera
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Customer Review: Good, but clearly not great
Summary: 3 Stars
Canon WP-DC11 Waterproof Case for Canon PowerShot G7 + Accessory Kit
I purchased this underwater case in February. We headed down to the Caribbean diving April 1. I put this case through 131 dives, down to 130' and have taken over 2,500 pictures and 25 videos using this case and the G7.
Initially the case seems a bit cumbersome with the necessity to have the flash diffuser dangling from the case, as well as selection of 4 attachable weights to take the case from positive to negative buoyancy. Functionally it worked...with and *. The "*" is below 90' on down to a maximum of 130'the buttons were problematic, specifically the ability to use the telephoto option...the lever wouldn't move the lever on the camera, and the shutter release button was very slow in recovering. Above 90' all worked well.
You can't take flash pictures without the diffuser in place, doing so results in the bottom third of your image being dark, due to the location of the flash, and the housing tube which encloses the lens on the G7. In place however the diffuser works well.
And the case ultimately failed. The buttons stuck. Started subtly, but they eventually stuck. I always rinsed the housing in fresh water upon leaving the water between dives, and once done diving placed the housing in a sink full of fresh water for over an hour (often overnight) yet the buttons couldn't take the continual diving. I suspect that if you are not as active a diver the case may work well over the long haul. Canon DID stand behind their product. When I sent it back to them for repair, they simply replaced the case. It should work good for a long time now, as we've returned to Colorado and won't be diving until April!
Interestingly a diving buddy purchased this camera and housing prior to my purchase. His had the same problems and ultimate failure within about 50 dives of ours. At this writing his is back at Canon.
This is our 4th underwater housing, and seems to be the worst design among the other Nikon, Olympus and Canon housings we've used.
Customer Review: Finally used it
Summary: 3 Stars
I bought this and let it sit for several months, then I finally went on vacation. First off let me say that overall use was easy and that my camera did not get a single drop of water on it throughout a weeks worth of use. I used it on simple snorkel pics and not any serious diving. Overall I like the case and many of the cons below may simply be a learning curve since this was my first time every doing any underwater shoots with any camera.
Pros: My camera never got wet. It was nice being able to take underwater pics. Photos came out nice for me, but I am not a pro. I could change a lot of settings, but not all of them.
Cons: I could not rotate the back dial so I could not change the scene mode. I did not realize this so on the first use I was stuck with the auto settings. The workaround is to set the scene to underwater before the camera goes into the case. The viewfinder was unusable and you have to rely upon the display. That was hard to do and raising the brightness to max but that hampers battery life some. This case is big, I could not use my normal camera bag with this case. Since I was worried about scratching the underwater case cover I was forced to be overly careful when walking around. The case makes the camera float a lot. I did not but the weight kit and wish I had. This made it a little bit harder to take pics. I had the mindset that if I dropped the camera I would rather see it float then sink so did not want the weights ... maybe I should have got them anyway.
Customer Review: Not the best but does the job
Summary: 3 Stars
I am a diver that's currently living in the Cayman Islands. I bought this case with my new Canon G7 just a few weeks ago. I've had a similar case for my older point and shoot. Basically, they work well but don't expect your photos to appear in national geographic any time soon... even with a good camera like the G7. To take good pictures underwater, you're going to need a proper strobe light otherwise your pictures will be washed out.
So i would recomend this case for snorkling, protecting your camera in rain, beach, snow etc.... but it's not a serious underwater case. There are professional ones that are compatible with the G7 but they cost more than the camera without the storbes...
One more thing to keep in mind that was disapointing about this case was that it did not control the scroll wheel which allows you to manipulate manual focus and lots of other useful controls.
Hope this helps.
Customer Review: canon G7 housing
Summary: 3 Stars
The housing appears flimsy but allows access to all functions. However the housing partially blocks the internal flash which must be seen in order to fire any slave strobes as there is no way to sync with a cord.The photos appear soft for some reason which I suspect has to do with the housing. There is no wide angle attachment and the highest F stop for the camera is F8. I do not recommend this set up for scuba divers but it is OK for snorkeling photographers who are not serious photographers.Customer Review: disappointing
Summary: 1 Stars
The case seemed secure and watertight although I didn't ttake it in the water. When I tested the camera usinf the flash. there was a dark banner along the bottom of the picture.