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Dicapac WP-S10 DSLR waterproof housing

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The Dicapac WP-S10 DSLR underwater housing with Nikon D200 and 20mm 2.8 lens

As I mentioned in my previous post I picked up a cheap $149 AUD underwater housing before I went on holiday to Fiji. I figured it would be cool to play around with some shots in the water and I knew that being a hell of a lot cheaper than a ‘proper’ DSLR underwater housing there would be limitations, and perhaps even disaster.
I wasn’t taking any chances, so I loaded up the Dicapac WP-S10 with my old Nikon D200, the bag clearly accommodates an assortment of DSLR types and sizes but I found a camera the size of the D200 with the battery grip taken off was about the biggest camera you’d get in the bag comfortably. You wouldn’t do it anyway, but the D3/D2x size bodies have too much bulk between the bottom of the camera and the lens, therefore not fitting into the lens port on the housing correctly. I would imagine that this bag would fit any of the Canon and Nikon bodies except for the “pro” bodies (1DmkII,III etc and D2x/D3 etc) Basically anything that doesn’t have a bulky battery grip will fit in this thing. I thought that it would be fun to use this for some snorkelling and also found it was great to use in times that I would never take a camera, such as sailing and even just playing around in the pool.

The usability was something I knew from the start would be tricky. The housing has a plastic finger sleeve on the right hand side Continue reading ‘Dicapac WP-S10 DSLR waterproof housing’

Snapshots from Fiji

The view from our room at the Intercontinental, Natadola, Fiji

The view from our room at the Intercontinental, Natadola, Fiji


Clare and I just got home from a very relaxing little holiday in Fiji. We went over to visit my sister and brother-in-law who live there in paradise now as he is an executive chef at one of the large resorts. We caught up with them for a few days and then headed down to the brand new Intercontinental resort and spa, on the ‘worlds best’ listed Natadola beach.
I picked up a cheap underwater housing from here the day before I left to play around with and see if I could get some cool underwater shots. I wouldn’t have trusted the housing enough to put the D3 in it, but I had absolutely no problem putting my old D200 with 20mm 2.8 lens attached. Surprisingly it worked really well and stayed totally dry (even in rough seas), although it was a bit of a hassle to access a lot of the camera functions I use regularly like exposure compensation and ISO. Here’s a few snapshots from the trip, I will try to do a full review on the $149 AUD underwater ‘housing’ in the near future. More photos below the cut. Continue reading ‘Snapshots from Fiji’