Waterproof Camera Housings For Compact Cameras And SLRs

Waterproof camera housings are a great piece of kit that allow you to take pictures in safety in very wet environments and event take your camera into a pool or into the sea.

Different options are available both for amateur and professional photographers.

You can find waterproof camera housing for most compact cameras, but also for more advanced SLR cameras, that allow you to change lenses. There are underwater housing models made especially for specific cameras, and others that cover a more wide range of types.

Waterproof camera housings for compacts are not particularly expensive, and in most cases they have a great extra feature.

This is a plastic lens that is mounted on the front of the housing and will allow you to take pictures with a much wider angle when submerged. Most compact cameras have a nice zoom lens, so this extra wide angle lens on the waterproof camera housing allows you to take a more ample type of pictures.

The lens is also removable in a pinch, without having to open the case, so you can do this underwater.

The material of choice for compact camera underwater casing is a special hard plastic resin. Waterproof camera housing for SLRs is usually intended to withstand greater pressure, and is normally built of anodized aluminium, with hardened edges and seals for extra protection.

Essential features that you should look for in SLR is waterproof camera housing are a good quality non-distorting lens cover, and well-wired electronics that allow you to access all your camera features when it’s inside the case.

With some SLR housings, you can get very useful extra lens covers that allow you to change lenses while underwater.

When you buy waterproof camera housing, make sure that the maximum recommended depth that you can take the equipment to corresponds to the use that you will make.

This is especially important when you intend to take diving photographs when scuba diving.

Generally, as an underwater photographer, you need to be sure that your equipment will be able to withstand strong demands, and that nothing will be ruined in the process.

You can do this by having the right additional protective accessories, such as waterproof camera housing. Not all camera makers are the same under this respect, though.

 You will find that getting waterproof camera housing and other watertight equipment is much easier for the major manufacturers such as Nikon and Canon, and more difficult for less known camera brands.