Experiences with underwater housing for the S90?

I'm considering getting the Canon WP-DC35 underwater housing for my S90. There is also the Seashell SS1, which is a generic underwater case that comes with conversion kit to make functions of the camera work - http://gadgetsnow.co.c​c/search/seashell+ss+1​/
It's also cheap and considering I may only use it a handful of times a year I'd prefer to save the money if it's any good.

Cheers

better off with the Ikelite housing than the Canon. Fixing to pull the trigger on one next week or two...

Thanks, will check it out

You did not say why you want a waterproof housing. If it's for shallow swimming, surfing or kayaking, you might be OK with one of the $30-40 vinyl bags. These keep the sand and water out if you are not too rough on them. When you go deeper, they don't protect the camera and the screen will crack. You would need a hard case rated for depth.

I looked at your Seashell, interesting. I wonder if you would have access to the back buttons on the S90, you would need that for full control. But the price of $120 is interesting... But the Canon case is just a bit more expensive ($170) and gives access to the rear buttons. To me it's a better match. I'd consider the Seashell only for a camera I could not get a dedicated housing for.

For serious work, the Canon and Ikelite are good. There are two other companies who make metal housings too, very nice (Fisheye FIX and 10Bar). If you want pro grade, consider the metal housings. They give you access to the rear wheel, which makes for faster control changes. But for most of us the Canon or Ikelite are just fine.

The Canon DC35 case works well, but does not access the rear wheel. That means more steps to change settings, that's all. Ikelite makes a good case too, for a bit more. It also does not access the rear wheel.

If you want to add a strobe, the Ike may be a better start, since it comes with a tray and arm. Their AF35 works well. There is a very cheap strobe, the Intova ISS2000, that also works well. There are so many options with strobes I can't really recommend one, it so depends on your needs and your wallet.

Again, the choices are wide, depending on your use. There is a very active discussion of case options on another board, Scubaboard.com. Check out the Canon Forum.

I like the fix.

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I faced the same issue - and instead of messing with the S90, I just bought the latest Panasonic waterproof, shockproof, etc. camera and am very happy with it. For the beach, kayaking and snorkeling it is perfect - I never have to worry about this issue anymore.

Slowhands, thankyou for your input, what you say makes perfect sense.

Ken_vs_ryu and 5D maniac, that kodak is fantastic value and makes better sense than the s90 with a case for beach photos videos. The panasonic waterproof camera the TS2 is fantastic, 10m for something packaged so neatly when my Sony T200 gives up on me I shall be going straight to one of those.

However I do like to scuba dive from time to time, my father bought a underwater camera (film one) a few years back now and I think we used it the first time we went diving but have forgotten or not bothered every time since because it's quite bulky (can't imagine what he must have paid for it back in the day), so if I want to take just stills I guess I should resurrect that thing, the S90 and dedicated housing advantage would be it's video capability which I think would be more fun underwater, resolution is only standard def , now that is starting to peeve me. I guess I'll just end up buying the official canon underwater case for the S90 so I can do video then and $160 is fantastic value compared to anything else for it's purpose (just looked up that the sony t200 the underwater case is $250 and the panasonic one is about 180$). In the UK the canon underwater housing is £160 which is $240 so will wait until someone can bring me one from the USA.

Playing around on the beach and snorkelling I just bought one of those dicapac cases that let you go 10 metres should be good enough for, it's so reasonable I just have to give it a try (will do a trial run without camera and see what happens at 10m though).

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I like the fix.

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but for snorkling and general messing around I just ordered a kodak playsport. can't beat 1080p videos for $150.

That looks damn cool, but for $750 wowee