Comments on: Underwater camera housings

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 17:03:05 +0000

That’s a pretty cool setup you’ve got there. What’s the total cost?

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 21:39:06 +0000

haha thats really cool, will have a go really for when i plan my kitesurfing holidays for this year!

By: Lary Stucker

Lary Stucker — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 02:17:13 +0000

Epic Camera housings (www.epiccam.com) work well for video taping in the water. The are positively buoyant so you have to weight them if you are going to take them down diving. They are only tested at 60ft but we do know people that have taken them down to 90ft with no problems.

Full disclosure: I work for Epic Camera Housings.

-Lary

By: tjhow

tjhow — Sun, 25 May 2008 20:37:50 +0000

wow… I’m surprised no one mentioned depth pressure, I think there was an instructable for making one of these out of a military ammo container thingy, at a certain (not so low) depth it crushed – and thats with a really strong metal case and rubber seals.

By: sackofcatfood

sackofcatfood — Sun, 25 May 2008 07:50:26 +0000

I'd like something for cavediving. The bulky containers won't work, and the plastic bag is doubtfully robust enough. (and it's purported "float to the surface" feature is somewhat nullified).

I guess that leaves the Pelican housing.

But the mp3 players I've gotten from Dell over the years all have pluggable handheld controls for the convenience factor. Surely some video cameras might? Would make it a fairly simple problem then... find a box that fits and drill a hole in it. :p

By: macegr

macegr — Sun, 25 May 2008 07:24:24 +0000

jack: You could carve channels and embed wires into the foam. The LEDs you might want to push through the fiberglass before applying epoxy, otherwise they won’t shine too well. Another idea would be to get a lot of housings for car side markers, put LEDs inside and then embed those flush with the surface of the board. Those would light up rectangular areas pretty well. The only thing left is a compartment for batteries. You can inlay a flat gasket and metal threaded inserts to hold a cover on tightly.

By: Jack

Jack — Sun, 25 May 2008 06:29:01 +0000

I’ve always wanted a camera i could use while surfing, hey I want to run this by you guys, I surf a a lot and I’m learning to shape boards, is there any way I could place some LEDs in the foam of a board to make the thing like glow, do you have any clue how bad ass it would be to surf on a lite up board!