Underwater Housing Case for Canon Powershot SD1100, SD1000, SD890IS, SD850IS, SD790IS SD770IS, SD750, SD630, Digital Cameras
November 12, 2009 | Posted by admin 
- Guaranteed underwater performance up to 16 ft. (5m) deep
- UV coated polycarbonate lens cover allows users to take crystal clear pictures
- Transparent and flexible case for convenient camera control
- Reliable sealing system with waterproof zipper and “Roll & Velcro” closure
- Meets JIS (Japan Industrial Standard) protection class 8 for waterproofing
Product Description
Excellent underwater solution, won the 2005 Korean consumer award to best new product. Since then Dicapac’s popularity has spread worldwide due to its reliability, simplicity and affordable price. This is your opportunity to get this item at direct distributors price. Comparing against a hard case, this underwater housing will allow similar use of functions on the camera, in many cases can go deeper and can be purchased at a small fraction of the price a hard case w… More >>
Categories: Canon Powershot SD | 
Tags: Cameras, Canon, Case, Digital, Housing, Powershot, SD1000, SD1100, SD630, SD750, SD770IS, SD790IS, SD850IS, SD890IS, Underwater | 
5 Comments »
After reading reviews I purchased this product for use with my Canon SD890 IS. All I can say is don’t waste your money.
Rating: 1 / 5
I did not feel comfortable submerging my digital camera under water (much less the ocean) in this case. It just didn’t feel sturdy or secure enough, so I returned it. Honestly, if you go on vacation or to water-filled areas on a relatively regular basis, I would HIGHLY suggest one of the Canon underwater hard cases. I sucked it up and purchased one, and it is incredible.
Rating: 2 / 5
This item is exactly like the picture, it works very very good, it’s excellent, you can trust it. You can take excellent pictures underwater…. Try it!!!
Rating: 5 / 5
Just took this down to the Virgin Islands with my Canon SD1100 IS. As other reviewers have noted, the case is quite large for the typical compact camera. It worked extremely well for keeping the sand and water out, and I dove down about 10 meters on multiple occasions, without any signs of moisture in the bag. Because the bag was so loose around the camera, it was actually pretty easy to manipulate the controls on the camera, such as switching between record and play. Zooming in and out on the toggle switch was a bit harder, but doable. The optical quality of the acrylic lens was pretty good, with no signs of distortion in my images.
Now for the negatives. Again, because of the size of the bag, the camera moved pretty freely within the bag. This often resulted in the camera lens catching the shadow of the O-ring, unless you forcefully held the camera centered in place in the bag, and pray that your hands don’t move. I did try once to use tissue paper to wedge the camera in place, but that only resulted in a mess of paper fibers clinging to the camera and the bag from the static. Not fun to clean up. Again, the best thing to do is quickly flip over the camera before you take any shot, and make sure that the lens is centered. It was also quite easy to get lotion smeared across the acrylic lens, since there is no protective cover. Somewhat hard to clean off easily at the beach. Using the viewfinder or the camera lcd screen is near impossible underwater, due to the internal reflection of the water/plastic interface, so you have to get pretty good at aiming in the general direction of your shot.
Overall, despite the difficulty of getting it working correctly, I ended up with some amazing underwater photos and videos, which entirely justified the purchase. Considering that a dedicated underwater hard case for the camera costs around $200, this was a bargain. I would definitely recommend this to my friends, as well as to the recreational photographer.
Rating: 4 / 5
This was purchased for use with my Canon PowerShot SD 790is. After a few tests, it is clear that the case is well constructed and will keep water and sand out. However, my camera had to be adjusted within the case for each shot. Not terribly convenient, but worth it to me.
Rating: 4 / 5