I had a wacky problem and was wondering if anyone else has heard of this. I have a Canon 30d in an Ikelite housing and after about 18 months of using it, one day the buttons stop reacting after going below about 15 meters. I can tell the housing's buttons are hitting the 30d's buttons. When I change the settings on the knobs, I can see changes in the LCD thing at the top. It's only the buttons that stop reacting. And then, get this, at about 5 or 6 meters it starts working again.
I know it's the camera because I bought another 30d and put in the housing and it worked. But has anyone ever even heard of this?
One of the buttons on your camera is probably "sticking", thusly freezing any other input.
One of the buttons on your camera is probably "sticking", thusly freezing any other input.
Hmmmm.... any ideas on how to fix that? I've tried pushing every button in case that was the issue before but to no avail. It's just wacky that it stopped working at the same level every time and then started up again at the same level every time.
Just check too that the camera is properly aligned in the housing. Buttons working in shallow water and then not working at depth is sometimes a sign of misalignment - with one button getting too much pressure and activating the electronics in the camera thus blocking other signals.
Your housing is probably flexing at little at that magic depth & causing a slight misalignment or causing a control to contact a button on the camera. It definitely sounds pressure dependent.
