C5050Z UWC & dry box

beivied · 10th June 2003

i am going to buy a c5050z underwater casing soon. AP quoted me almost 300 dollars, CP quoted 296 w/ GST. Anyone knows if anywhere sells at a cheaper price or you bought at a lower price? I would also need something to hold my UWC and get a dry box for my camera . any suggestions?

waisj · 11th June 2003

cool..... so you gonna get the PT015?

i got the IKELITE

wanna schedule a shoot?
The last time i asked MS COLOR it was 289 i think

i am going to manado to check out a dive operator... in July

how much and where did you get your 5050Z.?

sehsuan · 11th June 2003

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Originally posted by waisj
cool..... so you gonna get the PT015?

i got the IKELITE

*faints*

how much was the ikelite?

waisj · 11th June 2003

it was 1175.....

gona get the camera these few days.

beivied · 11th June 2003

wa!!!

your casing is almost the same price as the camera! did you buy it to add on third party lens?

i bought my c5050 at AP, at 1280. not cheap hor. i should be going for my AWD in july and perhentian in august, if everything goes as planned, including my savings. declared bankrupt after i bought the camera

i guess the prices of PT015 at different stores doesnt vary very much. i go and ga jiao the anthony at AP again see can ask for lower price or not

how about something to contain my UWC and dry box for camera? any suggestions?

waisj · 11th June 2003

Actually bought it bacause i tried the PT-015, my friend's set in Australia. Didn't really like a few features. Thus the only option was the IKE.

well at least i could use a sync cord to a manual controller with IKE strobes....but the strobes are soo EX

ohh and one more thing, please check the tide tables before you go to perhentian on Aug, if i am not wrong the VIS in the national day period will be quite bad. about 5 meters.

MAKE MORE BUBBLES

sehsuan · 11th June 2003

remember to take good care of especially the o-rings...

beivied · 11th June 2003

about the o ring, ya i know. had a canon a40 before. one o ring enough to make my eyes

checking for fibre and dust ... pt015 has two!!

how do you know the visibility will be so bad on national day huh? where do you suggest then?

11th June 2003

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Originally posted by sehsuan
remember to take good care of especially the o-rings...

Oh yeah, talking about O-rings. Need to take serious care of it because these babies are the reason why water is not invading into your casing. O-rings when left over time, as rubber, tend to harden up and losse its flexibility, thus its purposes. One good way to keep your O-rings "healthy" is to apply a thin layer of petroluem jelly over it periodically.

waisj · 11th June 2003

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Originally posted by sehsuan
remember to take good care of especially the o-rings...

thanks....

i always take them out and grease them for storage.

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Originally posted by beivied
about the o ring, ya i know. had a canon a40 before. one o ring enough to make my eyes checking for fibre and dust ... pt015 has two!!

how do you know the visibility will be so bad on national day huh? where do you suggest then?

well a couple of my friends are instructors and DM there and they say MOST of the time the VIS is bad during that period.....

well i have been there twice at that period and the vis was not soo good.

Dont flame me. just my encounters...

beivied · 11th June 2003

when were the two trips that you went?

waisj · 11th June 2003

perhentian kechil

suria resorts.

At national day period

where do you intend to go?

beivied · 12th June 2003

not sure. my friend is the one arranging. he onlymentioned the resort to be something like flora bay .. also dunno he pronounced correct or not

lanxx · 20th June 2003

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Originally posted by beivied
not sure. my friend is the one arranging. he onlymentioned the resort to be something like flora bay .. also dunno he pronounced correct or not

coral view is it?

beivied · 20th June 2003

dunno leh, my friend very blur one. i am quite sure that he has gotten it wrong, haha.

10th June 2003	#1
beivied Moderator Join Date: May 2003 Location: East, Singapore Posts: 4,213	C5050Z UWC & dry box i am going to buy a c5050z underwater casing soon. AP quoted me almost 300 dollars, CP quoted 296 w/ GST. Anyone knows if anywhere sells at a cheaper price or you bought at a lower price? I would also need something to hold my UWC and get a dry box for my camera . any suggestions?

11th June 2003	#2
waisj Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: OZilla Posts: 1,965	cool..... so you gonna get the PT015? i got the IKELITE wanna schedule a shoot? The last time i asked MS COLOR it was 289 i think i am going to manado to check out a dive operator... in July how much and where did you get your 5050Z.? Last edited by waisj; 11th June 2003 at 12:19 AM.

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waisj Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: OZilla Posts: 1,965	Actually bought it bacause i tried the PT-015, my friend's set in Australia. Didn't really like a few features. Thus the only option was the IKE. well at least i could use a sync cord to a manual controller with IKE strobes....but the strobes are soo EX ohh and one more thing, please check the tide tables before you go to perhentian on Aug, if i am not wrong the VIS in the national day period will be quite bad. about 5 meters. MAKE MORE BUBBLES Last edited by waisj; 11th June 2003 at 12:06 PM.

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waisj Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: OZilla Posts: 1,965	perhentian kechil suria resorts. At national day period where do you intend to go? Last edited by waisj; 12th June 2003 at 07:47 AM.

11th June 2003	#4
waisj Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: OZilla Posts: 1,965	it was 1175..... gona get the camera these few days.

11th June 2003	#5
beivied Moderator Join Date: May 2003 Location: East, Singapore Posts: 4,213	wa!!! your casing is almost the same price as the camera! did you buy it to add on third party lens? i bought my c5050 at AP, at 1280. not cheap hor. i should be going for my AWD in july and perhentian in august, if everything goes as planned, including my savings. declared bankrupt after i bought the camera i guess the prices of PT015 at different stores doesnt vary very much. i go and ga jiao the anthony at AP again see can ask for lower price or not how about something to contain my UWC and dry box for camera? any suggestions?

11th June 2003	#7
sehsuan Deregistered Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Singapore Posts: 6,674	remember to take good care of especially the o-rings...

12th June 2003	#13
beivied Moderator Join Date: May 2003 Location: East, Singapore Posts: 4,213	not sure. my friend is the one arranging. he onlymentioned the resort to be something like flora bay .. also dunno he pronounced correct or not

20th June 2003	#15
beivied Moderator Join Date: May 2003 Location: East, Singapore Posts: 4,213	dunno leh, my friend very blur one. i am quite sure that he has gotten it wrong, haha.