Aquapac or other water proof bags

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Does anyone have any experience with the Aquapac water proof bags? Are there
other similar or better products out there?

I "lost" a camera this summer due to water and was wondering how well these
bags work for on and near the water?

I'm concerned about picture quality mainly...I can't see myself using them
for true underwater photography..

Thanks

Tony

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Thanks Dave,


Aquapac does claim their camera bags for SLRs are optically clear on the
lens side and can manipulate controls on the other side...

Reluctant to invest the $ unless I can get some verification other than
Aquapac!

They even claim their bags are good for photography down to 15 feet of
water....

T


"Dave Martindale" <davem@cs.ubc.ca> wrote in message
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> "Tony van der Vooren" <avooren@rogers.com> writes:
>>Does anyone have any experience with the Aquapac water proof bags? Are
>>there
>>other similar or better products out there?
>
> I've used an Aquapac bag to keep a GPS receiver dry when kayaking in
> salt water. It seemed to work fine; lots of water got dribbled or
> splashed on it without a leak. However, it's not intended for water
> under pressure.
>
> Also, the sort of bag I used would be completely unsuitable for
> photography. For that, you need an optically clear window (not just
> clear plastic) in front of the lens, and you need to be able to operate
> all of the camera controls. GPS receivers tend to have the controls all
> on the front, where the display is too. Cameras have controls on the
> back and sometimes the sides.
>
> Dave