Does anyone know of an underwater casing for the XL1?

-- Stuart Ashton (john.e.gras@usa.net), April 01, 1999

Answers

Hi Stuart, if you're talking of water depths of up to 10 meters then give "ewa-marine" a try. It's a german campany that has water housings for virtually every camera. They sell in the US as well. Over here the price tag is a hefty 1200 german marks (sorry, don't know the current exchange rate).

http://www.ewa-marine.de/video-II.

-- Christian Fessel (fesselfilm@snafu.de), June 19, 1999.

The Ewa housing for the XL1 is about $900 (!). Some otehrs are jumping in, but the only one that is field tested, to my knowledge is the Ewa.

I am faciing the same trouble, and have decided to use a Sony TRV in an Ewa bag (about $250 street) underwater in an upcoming shoot in the Central Pacific. The change in "venue" to UW will hopefully mask the differences between the Sony and the Canon...

Rod Pyle

-- Rod Pyle (healey106@aol.com), October 12, 1999.

Forget about EWA zip;ock bags. Check out gates or Aquavideo if you're serious. Good luck. Morgan

-- Morgan (alaskavideo@hotmail.com), May 28, 2001.

are you kidding me there are so many... here are a couple websites.

http://www.aquavideo.com/htmlhsg/canxl1.htm

http://www.gateshousings.com/XL1-XL1s.html

-- Matt B. (gabrielsbreath@hotmail.com), December 05, 2002.