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I submerged into water, open case, dry and no leaks. Great Camcorder Housing case. I have tried it right out of Box, without camcorder because I did not believe it would work. Can't wait to try at the beach with Grandkids. Here is another satisfied customer at item and delivery.
I found this underwater box to be excellent, although the volume when using the box seems magnified loader than using the camera alone. I took this on Splash Mountain at Disneyland and got a great video of my daughters getting splashed.
I could only aim my shots by sighting along the barrel of the camera and avoiding fancy zooming.The rear of the housing has more than ample room to accommodate an oversize battery. On the boat or in Hanauma bay, the unit totally fogged up after a few minutes, which made any further shooting impossible.
It definitely keeps the camera dry -- no sign of leakage whatsoever. Used this with my HDR-SR11.
The clicking sound doesn't happen when filming out of the water.However, the worst problem is with the unit fogging up. It worked well on my first trial in a heated pool.
Sound quality underwater would be great except that it is punctuated by frequent clicking sounds, which are super annoying and wreak havoc on the volume auto-gain circuit. This is even with proper application of the anti-fogging solution and using a new desiccant packet.So, you need to either load the camera into the underwater housing on a really low-humidity day, or plan to film only in very warm water or only for a few minutes.The foldout underwater viewfinder works great at night, but is all but impossible to see during the day.
Sadly there is no way to add a wide-angle conversion lens in the front.
I bought this for my Sony HD HDR-SR12. This was easily fixed with the use of the anti fog lubricant that it comes with. I went on vaca to Mexico and wanted it mostly for snorkeling. it worked great except for the minor fogging of the front interior of the sports pack. ( i forgot to apply before i used it the the 1st time) But besides that its awesome. Links up perfectly with my macbook and Imovie and Idvd.
I was afraid at start to put the 1000$ camera under water, but it paid off.Easy to use, great videos. only minos is that you can not play what you recorded while the camera is in the case. you can switch to play mode, but not play.
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