Sunday, January 25, 2009

Waterproof Solution for Canon G3


If you are an avid snorkeler and wish you could capture all of the beauty you see when diving but can't justify an extreme, high-end, waterproof digital camera case - there's a ray of light at the end of the tunnel. Ewa-Marine, the benchmark housing for shallow dive housings has a housing for you.

I read dive forums and folks either love them or hate them, but the most "snobbish" posters generally state, "they are good for snorkeling." They also feature hardened optical grade neutral lenses in the lens ports which is a far cry from the other knock-offs who use PVC in their lens ports.

I'm a Canon fan so I'm going to put you on to a housing that accommodates both the G3 and the G5 with amazing results in picture quality. They also have a new hard front port installed, allowing the sensitive zoom lenses to operate without any interference. The new front port is welded directly onto the Ewa-Marine housing, insuring a safe and extremely strong bond between the housing and the port.

No more zooming out and bumping the lens, only to have it retract or use your camera's motor to push the front port out against the pressure of the depth you're going to shoot at. All said, this is a super little 33 foot depth rated, underwater housing solution for the Canon G3 or G5!

Monday, January 19, 2009

Kayaking History

The Inuit and Aleut tribes of Arctic North America were the first people to build and use kayaks. There were two basic types of kayaks at this point: One was built with light driftwood, while the others were made by stretching animal skins over frames made of whalebone. The tribe members used whale fat to waterproof the vessels. To improve buoyancy, they'd fill seal bladders with air and tuck them into the fore and aft sections.

In 1936, the Olympics included kayak races in the Berlin games. The United States began to get on board at this point, as did women. Two years after the Olympics, Genevieve De Colmont paddled the white-water of the Green and Colorado rivers. Fiberglass "rigid" kayaks came on the scene in the 1950s and were the standard until polyethylene plastic took over in the 1980s. Kayaking enjoyed modest participation as a fringe sport in the U.S. until the 1970s, when it began to move more to the mainstream. Now the Olympic Games feature more than 10 different white-water kayak events.

Stop by here for more information on Kayaking!

Thursday, January 15, 2009

Ewa-Marine Authorized Dealers

There are many outlets selling the Ewa-Marine product line in the Yahoo! Shopping Mall. Tonight I was checking prices there and noticed that out of all of them, there was only one that had received the prestigious 5 Star Rating - based on customer feedback.

Keep It Dry Case has the only 5 star rating awarded on the quality of goods, price, shipping, ease of purchase, and customer service!

Congratulations to Keep It Dry Case on their fine performance and customer satisfaction ratings. If you're shopping for Ewa-Marine waterproof photo or video housings, I guess you'll know the best place to shop!

Thursday, January 8, 2009

Ewa-Marine Photo Rain Capes


Many people look for an Ewa-Marine Housing which provides 100% waterproof protection to the camera or camcorder that they need protected. Many of these people never consider the use of the Ewa-Marine Rain Cape or Hurricane Hood which is what many really need.

The rain cape is made specifically for protection against rain, surf splash and foul weather photography. They weigh in at about 1/2 the price as a submersible housing but offer the kind of protection that many people are looking for. The have an easy access opening to place your camera inside and use snaps or Velcro to seal them up.

If you want to protect your digital camera or larger DSLR format cameras, they may be the answer for your needs. Check out the C-AF100 pictured above. It accommodates cameras using a 77mm filter-thread size and by using an available adapter, you can go as low as 52mm through 72mm by screwing a thin adapter ring to your smaller lenses.

An adapter is also sold separately for use with an 82mm lens/filter thread sized setup. They're light, affordable, easily portable and highly mobile covers. Check one out!