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Usefulness of pistol grip for underwater housing

Started Feb 14, 2018 | Questions thread
Miguel_A81 Junior Member • Posts: 44
Re: Usefulness of pistol grip for underwater housing

Aquadrone wrote:

fotonboxx wrote:

Good day!

Trying to decide which housing will be more comfortable while snorkeling - with or without pistol grip (https://seafrogs.com.hk/collections/sony/products/seafrogs-60m-195ft-waterproof-housing-for-sony-a6xxx-series-salted-line-with-pistol-grip).

Manufacturer position this model with pistol grip specially for surfers, but what I need is good and steady hold while snorkeling.

What is your opinion on such grips?

Thanks in advance.

Common sense:

Pistol grip is used only in surfing photography and only there.

For diving there are handles and underwater trays.

Under no circumstances you should take pistol grip underwater!

Pistol grip is tested, but at depth of 20M.

Conclusion:

Not recommended for diving.

Hello! I'm late to this party and I'm also a complete newbie to underwater photography.

What about an Aquatech housing for example, that only has a handle on one side and no option to add another on the other side. Is one handle still better than a pistol grip underwater?

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