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05-10-2013, 10:32 AM   #1
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Underwater housing for Q

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Looking for a simple inexpensive housing (an oxymoron I know but the Chinese one's on eBay are ~ $100 for say a similar Nikon 1) ? anybody seen any ??

Obviously to work with the 03 fisheye .. would make an awesome UW cam~!

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Pentax has the WG-3 for that purpose

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sure but no fisheye on WG-3 !
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No feedback on underwater housings for the Q? Surely someone out there has used or considered options... please share! Thanks.

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QuoteOriginally posted by digital029art Quote
Looking for a simple inexpensive housing (an oxymoron I know but the Chinese one's on eBay are ~ $100 for say a similar Nikon 1) ? anybody seen any ??

Obviously to work with the 03 fisheye .. would make an awesome UW cam~!
There is no dedicated housing for the Pentax Q.

If you merely want to dunk your Q in the water, you should be able to find a camera pouch suitable for the Q. These are cheap, easy to get (eBay, Amazon), but not very convenient to operate underwater and won't go deeper than 5 meters.

I'm wondering whether the Q will fit into this: SeaShell SS-1

It looks good, goes right to 40 meters deep but, once the camera is inside the enclosure, you can only access the power button and the shutter release. The Pentax Q is not listed on the compatibility page of the maker's website, but the Q is not widely distributed, so it might have been unintentionally omitted from the list. It looks like the Q might fit but I would try it first before buying or buy from a vendor with a no-questions-asked return policy.

Cheers!

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This worked for me for casual snorkeling... Depends on how deep you are going I guess.

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Modified Ikelite housing

Hello,

I have modified an Ikelite housing, which I just used today to bring my Q7 on a 20m dive. More details here:

This might be of some use to you

Very Best Regards,
Joachim

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Welcome to the forum joachimhs. What a fascinating first post. Glad the Q7 stayed dry. You did a lot of work to have the world's only Q under water housing. Please post more underwater pics.
thanks for sharing
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Lovely, and just the info I need for an upcoming shoot,... looks like I might have to add a Q to my K-01,.. and own the worlds smallest and largest mirrorless cameras.
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