That's OK, Tim.  You're not going to change my mind, but I agree that you take some nice photos.  Actually, I have taken some beauties with my little waterproof Pentax Optio also, and some of them have been my POD's.  It depends upon the conditions.  But there are some shots that I never could have gotten without the SLR and I won't be without it. 

We're friends, we can agree to disagree.   

10-4 on the Pelican case. The way to go. That said, I've taken to an Olympus Stylus Tough for Quetico trips. It's small and waterproof. It does not have the flexibility of my Olympus E-400 with the multiple lenses (for that matter, the latter has more tricks than I can deal with anyway). But with the little camera I've taken pictures reproduced in 4-color separations in national magazines -- so it's a pretty good piece of equipment and virtually indestructible.

I dunked an SLR and insurance covered the loss, but it was a pain in the tail. So, I'm gonna disagree with one of the best phototogs on thiss site -- Spartan 2.

I got a pellican 1050 case for my camera and it work great on my trip. I did get the foam insert and the case in yellow so I'd did not soak up as much heat from the sun.

i have used an aloksak inside a sealine dry bag.  dumped once and though the sealine leaked a little, the aloksak kept the camera dry.  have now acquired a watershed chatooga submersible dry bag with padded liner and am very happy with it.  a great seal and bombproof construction.  check them out at drybags.com.

db wrote on Aug 10^th, 2010 at 5:18am:


If you just need glue, I'd try using left-over epoxy the next time you're doing canoe or paddle maintenance.

That will be permanent, though, and it sounds more like your replacement gasket is too small, or it has dried out and shrunk. Auto parts stores often sell sheets of rubber gasketing material that you can cut yourself to fit, maybe this will work better.

Thanks to all!  Good info...glad I asked.

Cedarstripper

Buy the smallest Pelican Box that your camera fits in (with the recommended 1/2" foam all around.  Mine fits a Cannon 40D w/ a 200mm lens attached to the body, and has room to spare.  It won't work for a long telephoto lens, but usually you will have more time in those situations, as you're using the lens to reach the wildlife instead of the paddle

I need to replace the gasket soon, but the box has been tripping with me since '00 and I find that I take it over my camera bag most of the time due to better protection.

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I don't know if this would work on a Pelican box, it would depend on the way the gasket is engineered?

On my plastic snap-lid food boxes, I made a homemade silicone gasket by applying a bead of clear RV silicone/sealer and then covering with a sheets(s) of plastic wrap. You then snap on the lid and let set overnight.
You get a very serviceable gasket. You can use a razor blade to trim any excess squeeze-out after it dries. You have to wipe plastic with alcohol wipe to prep before applying silicone.

I'd maybe experiment on a plastic coffee can or something similar to see if it would work okay on a Pelican box, but it held up on the food box for 2 years and might be worth a look

DB....yet the grease may stick the gasket to the box but it will go where ever you go, a trail of finger prints...just was marinating on a mechanics trick.

Yes I have been frustrated by vapors in the wrong spot...this how I am trying to sort it out inclusive of dessicant, expanding possibilities.

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My desire to stay smaller that SLR is totally eluding me.

Do any of you shoot large format film; 4 x 5? Thinking about a new journey/vehicle to share what I love...

I leave the fancy photo equipment home and go with a point & shot waterproof Pentax Optio. It's in a fanny pack with a headnet, bug juice, & whatever else. So it's always with me & quickly accessible. IMO that's more important than long lens.