Product Description
Waterproof housing / Fits Canon PowerShot SD-500 / Use at up to 130 feet underwater / Also use in the rain, at the beach or on ski-slopes / 1-year warranty
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Tags: Camera, Canon, Case, Digital, SD500, Waterproof, WPDC70
4.0 out of 5 stars
takes the worry away
i bought this originally for a caribean trip but i have found so many uses for it since. i snowboard and sail and do lots of outdoors stuff, all of which involve moisture.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent product. Highly recommend
Like any dive equipment, if you take care of it and use it properly, it will last you a long time and work great. That is particularly true of this item.
I read the reviews and I was a little nervous about putting my camera in a case that some people claimed leaked. I took my camera to Jamaica loaded it into the case (carefully reading and following instructions) and it work out great. The pics turned out awesome, the camera was safe from water. I recommend this to anyone who has an interest in taking their camera in or near the water.
If you want your underwater pictures to come out well, you definitely need to put the camera on the underwater setting. Because of the neutralization of the blue hues you cannot take pictures of things that are more than 20 feet away without there being blurred or hard to see items. If you switch the camera setting the pictures come out overly blue or blurred.
Another thing, it is easy to switch in between camera modes. Just be aware of what mode you’re in.
Another thing to watch out for is if you are using the camera around water, but not necessarily in water, sometimes water spots get on the lens and leave a good picture with some blurry marks. It’s easily taken care of by dipping the camera in the water and letting the water naturally run off or by using a clean cloth to wipe away water.
Avoid touching the inside of the case, finger prints are very annoying to try and look through while underwater or with some type of sun glaze.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Airtight and functional!
With this product, I took amazing photographs with my SD500 camera while diving in Fiji. The flash diffuser worked very well, and the camera remained airtight, with my camera…
5.0 out of 5 stars
AWESOME
I just used this thing in Hawaii and took some amazing underwater photos. It also helps to set your camera to “underwater” mode because it compensates for all of the blue colors…
5.0 out of 5 stars
Consider this insurance for your camera
I love this case! I bought it 2 years ago (summer 05) for shooting underwater, which it works great for, but I had no idea how much I would use it above water too.
This case was bought for a Canon Ixus 700 which is the European version of the SD500. The case worked well even though I only took it to 14 metres depth. Only two complaints being that in shallow water in bright sun light, trying to frame the subject was not easy due the sun light falling on the LCD screen. The other problem was that if held in the right hand during snorkling, diving down my thumb tended to move the function switch from underwater scene to movie mode. I now have a number of rather abstract movie clips caused by taking what I think is a picture only to start recording only stopping it when I think I have taken another shot.
5.0 out of 5 stars
big step up for underwater photography
just got back from st martin and a week of daily snorkeling. the case worked flawlessly. put on the silicon the first day, just touch-ups on the days that followed and waalaa…
5.0 out of 5 stars
Snorkeling Star!
Loved this case!!!!! Perfect for our trip to Kauai and was great capturing underwater colors. Easy to use and worth every penny!
Yes its what it says it is, it works just fine, all controls are available and easy to manipulate.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great case for diving and cruise travel
We bought this case to take on our cruise and I have to say it worked great! We took it diving to 80′ several times and we went cave tubing in a lazy river and zip line through…
5.0 out of 5 stars
vacation warrior
My husband and I bought this case for a cruise we took over the holidays. We absolutely are SO GLAD we did!
5.0 out of 5 stars
Bought this for a trip to Hawaii
while the manual is a little vague about how to remove the “o” ring that is used to seal the camera housing, I figured it out. Not really that hard. I applied the gel.