Underwater photos up to 12mt

Off the many junk things you can find from eastern sellers on ebay, sometimes you can find some very good items. The dicapac is one of those examples: it is a waterproof case for digital cameras. See more on http://www.dicapac.com/

dicapack waterproof enclosure

The enclosure is rated for a maximum depth of 5mt, however, when I tried it, I could bring it down to 12mt depth without leaks. For precaution I added some layers of paper near the seal, to absorb the occasional leak; however after every dive the paper came out perfectly dry, so the case is watertight even deeper than 5 meters.

The camera I put inside is an old point-and-shoot nikon coolpix 3100. (wouldn’t be a great loss if some water gets inside the case!) All the camera controls are accessible through the plastic membrane of the wrap, even if the power on wheel is a bit uncomfortable to operate inside the case.

This is what you get in the package and the camera mounted inside:

dicapack kit

My camera inside the enclosure

And now some underwater pictures from marsa alam sea in Egypt. Since the diving of the resort closed due to lack of licence (!!!) I did most of my shots during free diving. Well most of the things to see in Egypt were in between 0-20 mt so it didn’t go bad after all… in fact we spent most of the day in water.

Freedom

Fire coral and crystal clear water

Turtle and suckerfish @ 3 mt

Stingray @ 12mt

Surgeonfish ready to cut me to defend his nest