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Hello to all.

I thought you may find my experience with underwater case helpful and informative. I have had two dig. cameras stolen in 4 mos. Ouch! That said, I have just purchased my third , canon A620, and will get the case for my St John visst in late June.

That said, I had a SD400 and the Canon case. the case is first class construction! I used it for snorkeling, great family pics in the pool and simply general protection while hiking in and around the water and rain in hawaii. There is a couple of very important things to remember to make your life easier.

First The O-Ring MUST be kept lubricated with the silicon lube. Do not simply lube it while in the case. Instead, remove it a nd lube it fully. The seal will be better.

second, When closing the case ve very carefull to not crimp the O-Ring. Some times I needed to uase a credit card to push it back on the groove it resides it.

Third, the O-Rings are expensive, but, get a couple of extras to take along. Once the O-Ring becomes stretched or crimped at all the seal will be almost impossible to get again.

Last - amd most important, about the condensation. The real secret here is to put your camera in the housing in an airconditioned car or room. When you open the case in a humid area and then close it again, you will always get the humidity inside the case. This is not a problem until you take it underwater where the temp is much cooler than the outside air. when you go under water, the himid air inside the camera housing (and maybe camera itself) will cool quickly and codensation will form on the inside. This happens - espicially on the housing lense cover. Your pics will all be cloudy!

All this said - Have a great time and remember, fish pics will be interesting probably only to you. Get underwater pics with your family in them. they make much more interesting pics.

link to pics : http://home.comcast.net/~lkniess/underwater/

enjoy!
Larryk