Sea & Sea DX-D80

Hi all! Merry Christmas and a Happy Holidays to everyone. Cheers

From my lovely wife, this year I received a Lowepro Photo Trekker AW II. Thank You very much! What a back pack. Every option one could hope for...except the best way to load underwater gear.

It seems, that to make the most of the limited space, I should probably remove the handles from my S&S DX-D80 housing. Can this be done? Should this be done? I tried the appropriate Alan/hex wrench and the screws didn't budge. I'm afraid to put too much more pressure on them as it is quite the expensive toy, if you know what I mean.

Even with all this space it looks like I'm going to have to load the arms and eventual dome port in checked luggage?

Hi Pat -

I do usually end up putting the ULCS arms in my scuba bag - plenty of space there and they aren't fragile.

Those arms should be removable - warm water may help to dissolve any dried salts between the thread and the screws, and you may have to 'crack' the seal between the two if the handles have never been removed previously.

hey pat

let me know if you get the handles removed... I've never tried it

so where are you going?

I pack the housing, ports, lens, arm, stobes, everything into my storm case, and I check in the storm case..i only carry the camera on board.

I'm insured against theft so I don't worry about it too much. (note - this is pat's thread about arm removal - please don't turn it into a discussion on the merits of checking in vs carry on board

Scott

Hi Scott and Matt. Thanks for the response. That eases my mind about "breaking the seal". I'm not really planning any trips in the near future, but there is always the chance in this hobby you're gonna go some place good!

Of course there will be the 3-4 dayers out of Santa Barbara or other So. Cal locals throughout the year, but I am thinking of Cozumel in October. This corresponds to a business meeting in Cancun around that time, and if I take a few days before-hand on the company card to check out "the island", so be it!

Scott, you planing anything for the 2nd weekend of Jan.? I'm not on call. Let's get wet!