| You're someone who, given your choice, would | | | | the nearest lock-top Baggie. There is no food |
| grow gills and fins and become a denizen of the | | | | storage bag in the universe capable of holding |
| deep. You live for those magical snorkeling and | | | | back the waters of the world's great oceans, and |
| scuba excursions, and long to find a way to | | | | once your digital camera has been baptized in salt |
| communicate the beauty of the underwater world | | | | water, its career is over. Even a little water is too |
| to your landlocked friends. So why not treat | | | | much. |
| yourself to a waterproof digital camera? Well, | | | | Removing Your Underwater Digital Camera |
| because there isn't one. | | | | Once you have either the rigid housing or the |
| Maybe you can't buy a waterproof digital camera, | | | | plastic windowed bag, you'll need to come up with |
| but you can buy a waterproof housing for the | | | | a strategy for removing your waterproof digital |
| digital camera you already have, making it safe | | | | camera from it once you are finished with your |
| too transport underwater without any risk its | | | | underwater excursion. If you open the protective |
| being ruined or your being zapped with an | | | | housing or bag while it is still wet, you risk some |
| electrical shock. And paying for waterproof | | | | of the water spilling onto your camera. You'd be |
| housing is certainly a more attractive prospect | | | | far safer to wait for the protective cover to dry, |
| than paying for a waterproof digital camera. | | | | or to speed up the drying process wit a hair |
| Housings And Housing Alternatives | | | | dryer on its lowest setting, or canned air, and a |
| The manufacturer of your existing camera, if it is | | | | towel. |
| one the major electronics companies, of has | | | | You can never go wrong in buying the best |
| probably made a housing to turn it into a | | | | waterproof digital camera housing you can find, |
| waterproof digital camera. But even if you bought | | | | simply because less expensive housings may not |
| a closeout camera from a now defunct | | | | holdup under the pressure of your deeper dives. |
| manufacturer, or from a no-frills discount camera | | | | And once you've had the experience of recording |
| maker, you still have options. | | | | undersea marvels, you'll almost certainly want to |
| If you're thinking," How hard can it be to make | | | | expand the range of your adventures by taking |
| my won waterproof housing?" save yourself | | | | deeper dives. |
| some effort and do some Internet research. | | | | Coral reefs, tropical fish, dolphins, sea turtles, |
| There are some companies from whom you can | | | | sharks, and shipwrecks--all of them are lying in |
| purchase a waterproof bag with a plastic window | | | | wait beneath the sparkling blue waves, and with |
| that will make any digital camera a waterproof | | | | help from your underwater digital camera, you |
| digital camera. | | | | won't have to leave a single one or them behind! |
| But don't, after reading that, think, "Aha!" and grab | | | | |