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Buy housing for my GX85, GoPro or other camera + housing?

Started Sep 9, 2019 | Discussions thread
PHXAZCRAIG
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Re: Buy housing for my GX85, GoPro or other camera + housing?

30 dives is plenty to add a point-n-shoot.   Unless you are not confident in the water - taking pictures can result in problems if you are not decent on buoyancy  control.   My late wife ripped her ear several times taking pictures while drifting down unnoticed.  (She had ripped her ear years before and it was always weak.)

I can remember some of my dive incidents - not ear problems per se, but one dive I came back with a real mess.  I had turned on video mode accidentally, and I had a bunch of weird short clips as I thought I was taking a picture.  Instead I was turning video on or off.  Half of them were done with the camera dangling from a strap.

I DO have ear issues due to shooting underwater.  I tend to go up and down a lot, sinking down to take a picture, then rising up again.  Lots and lots of pressure on the ears, and you need to remember to clear them often.

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