im tempted with ewa-marine

Here are some photos taken by a EWA marine user using an S2pro in shallow water in Belize:

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp...essage=18178188

Not bad at all.

Cheers

James

I'd liken the EWA versus a housing to using seran wrap versus a Trojan to protect your pole from unwanted blisters.

I doubt you will flood it.

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I would still get insurance. I have seen 3 of these on Shear Water - all of them had leaks in less than 20ft of water.

Just a suggestion here: You can get a good 5 or 7 megapixel point and shoot, stuff it in a hard plastic housing and be good to go for easily under $500. My own backup setup of this kind is a Sony DSC W-1 ($250 before discontinued) and a Sony UW case for it ($170). For barely over $400 it does a great job for most macro and mid-range shots with the internal strobe. Forget wide-angle. My point is that you will definitely be able to go deeper and probably get better shots with a setup like this and have less flood risk than putting your $4,000 DSLR in a plastic bag. And it won't cost much more than the bag. If you get serious and want better shots, you'll then appreciate and understand the need for a more substantial housing for your high-end DSLR.

Alex, I guess I will not end up getting it because I am no longer in the US. So online transactions arent as easy as they used to be

I found a member on photograpny-on-the.net who said it was pretty much useless.

Here is his post (mbze)

This is a temporary solutiuon. I have someone that is going to make me a custom housing for the Mk2s that I have. sorry, don't even bother asking. It is a favor to me, limited productions

 

As for this EWA-Marine. Make sure you buy a weights for it. Not the internal one, as it doesn't fit with the mk2s. You have to get the external.

 

My first dive to The Sea Tiger (120ft), the camera locked up, because I didn't have enough air in it. I wasn't about to start blowing air in to it. Since I have $8k just in the bag.

 

My 2nd dive to the pipes at night, it was 45ft, and it was a little bit positive.

 

Than the Corsair, which I got enough air @ depth of 105ft so it was neutral. However during the ascent, it was like a balloon. So unless you are totally comfortable with your bouyancy. I would suggest not using the bag. During descent you have to ride it like a horse, or drag it down like a little b#$#h.

 

Also, pretty much all the controls is USELESS at 60ft+ I couldn't turn the dials. Everything is shot in AV mode, at f/5 I tried turning the knob, but it takes so much effort you start to burn air.\

 

Also, because of the compression from the bag, my 580EX was pushed pretty hard so it was in "Bounce flash" mode. I guess it works out okay. I need to try to see if the 14mm panel help spread the light more.

 

I dove with both the 24-105mm IS and the 16-35mm. at 24 it is bad. Vignetting and soft side (need dome port). I won't even both with 16-24.... Also... because of the pressure, zoom is useless. And you need a lens that has internal focusing.

 

Usage note. For whatever reason... nothing through the viewfinder was in focus.... It might be the plastic + air... but I couldn't tell... however if you are able to get the bag right, you should be able to use the AF system. You'll have to learn how to use both eyes to composition your shot, and trust your AF system.