Waterproof case? Aquapac?

Hello

Loving the k-m so far, only negative is the shut of of the screen when the shutter is pressed (pain when its bright as the viewfinder indicates can be hard to see) and the no quick access to AF spot/multi. The compactness with both da-l lenses is amazing!

Anyway, cause a lot of my time is spend around the shore line, looking to get a waterproof bag/case similar to aquapac so I can wade in and get some shots without fear of getting the camera wet.

Any thoughts on these, which is best etc?

Thanks
Greg

I know this isn't what you were asking about, but I was almost tempted by this waterproof holster

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Cool. I do have some of those large stuff sacs that outlieb do, just stuff ya valuables away if the weather turns bad.

This will be use to get some kitesurfing shots, when i'm not flying (hardly ever!)

We have an aquapac for our compact and went snorkling in the Red Sea with it about 7 times on holiday earlier this year and it performed admirably all the time, not a drop of water inside at all.

Also pleased to be able to buy a product created by a British company who have found international success with a 'niche' product.

For a compact I bought an Olympus P&S waterproof model a couple of years agoi and it is brilliant. Took great sgots in the sea of my kids and got pictures you couldn't get without a waterprof camera playing in the waves.

Now many more manufacturers including Pentax do them. IMHO rather than mess around with an Aquapac, just buy a waterproof P&S

Yeah, on the failing of my compact I may look at a waterproof one. May get an aquapac for my compact Ricoh, seeing how fast it is in good light.

No doubt a waterproof camera will be better than the aquapac. But the aquapac was £30 and a waterproof compact is somewhat more - I'm afraid down here is Devon we are not as rich as Home Counties chaps like you, bodyheat!

Seriously, if you envisage a lot of water use and have the money that's the way to go but I didn't want to buy a new camera just for one holiday when it's general use is nothing more than a 'glove compartment standby' as we use our K10 usually.

On downsides - the main one was keeping the camera and the case aligned so that the lens pointed directly at the glass to aviod reflections etc. I would imagine this is quite simple in smegg's situation but when you are swimming and looking around for fast moving fish at the same time it did lead to a few missed shots.

Because it was a cheap (£50) Nikon L16 compact set to 'auto- everything' I can't comment on it's effect on shutter speed/light but I was pretty impressed with the combination, more so than I expepcted to be.

smegg you want a waterproof for your existing Km - we looked for one for our K10D for shoreline use. I would buy in a second except we want it for surf shots with a telephoto lens and none we found at a reasonable price could accomodate anything over c. 200mm. If your use involves only shorter lenses I think you are OK. Makes sense to try one out on your compact first I agree.