Egg on face?

[whacky]

Originally Posted by Annie S

You have my every sympathy. I never did track down the reason for one of my floods - I even took the housing back in without the camera to try to track down the cause but with no luck at all. My answer was to move on to an Ikelite housing. I do feel much more secure with it, but I'm still waiting to take some decent pictures with the new camera. One day I'll have the money and the courage to take in my DSLR....

Don't forget any time you fancy coming down to west Wales just give me a shout! I don't need much of an excuse to go diving with the camera these days, even if it means just sitting on a rock until I get one decent picture.

I won't i have a few trips over the few months but apart from that my diving calendar is pretty sparse.

[TimIngmire]

Hi Whacky,

I'd suspect a little hair in the oring which would have caused a leak. I would also have suspected that a dunk in a bucket would have revealed any leaks - thats why I always do a quick leak test before dives (I didn't do this when I've later found a leak). Jumping into the pool sounds like a good idea.

Keep us posted on how you get on.

Tim

[Cussy]

Whacky,
When I flooded my Olympus C4000 I assumed user error. What really pi$$ed me off was it was a warm-up dive before going to Mozambique and South Africa (I borrowed a mates camera, but it was rubbish).

Anyway, there was no sign of what caused the leak. After my trip I submerged the housing in a big black bin for quite a few days with no problems. I then dived with it in Stoney Cove to 35m for one dive and then for 40 minutes at 20m on a second dive. No leak, not even after pressing anything. This gave me confidence to re-sell the housing as it looked like user-error.

There are plenty of possible causes; as Tim says a tiny hair is likely. In salt water a build up of salt could have been responsible, this would have a delayed leak, as might too much o-ring grease.

Sadly you may never know why it leaked.
Rob

PS Can Alan James do a pressure test?

[whacky]

Alan james has closed but i may well drop him an email to see if he kept the gear.

[whacky]

I had the housing in the pool yesterday and there seems to be a little leak from the shutter release button but in two hours it only let a tiny drop of water in so i am confused to say the least.

[Cussy]

Originally Posted by whacky

I had the housing in the pool yesterday and there seems to be a little leak from the shutter release button but in two hours it only let a tiny drop of water in so i am confused to say the least.

At least the evidence suggests it wasn't "User Error"! Depending on the construction, I'd be tempted to take the control apart and see if a simple o-ring grease will solve the problem. If it's a simple o-ring you could get a replacement as there are companies that sell nothing but o-rings. I know of one local to me, there must be one in Bristol.
Rob

[whacky]

As the camera is dead I may chalk it down to experience, enjoy the diving in porhkerris without my camera then by my next trip I will hopefully be using the D70 set-up

[Cussy]

Fix it, sell it, use the cash towards something for the DSLR?