Canon WWDC1 Weight for Canon Waterproof and All Weather Cases by Canon
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Digital camera reviews of Canon WWDC1 Weight for Canon Waterproof and All Weather Cases
Digital camera Review: Looser as you dive
Summary: 4 Stars
The weights worked wonderfully but there were three things I'd like to point out before singing it's praises.
1.) As I was diving with the camera, the weights eventually worked themselves loose and had to be tightened about every 2 dives.
2.) The main screw that holds the weights together and on the camera (and that kept working its way loose) was the part that rusted, despite regularly soaking it in fresh water and drying it after diving.
3.) I met at least 4 other people with a canon underwater housing and only one other had weights for their camera. Everyone else said they didn't really need them. As for the two of us that had the weights, we only used two from that pack of 4 and the weighted case bumped off of stuff because it was dangling below, rather than hovering with me.
Digital camera Review: Much Needed Accessory
Summary: 5 Stars
The Canon underwater housings are designed to protect your camera from the elements, whether they are sand, rain, pool, or ocean. For use on the beach, while snorkeling, or taking shots of your kids in a pool there is little or no need to worry about the buoyancy of your camera housing. If you free dive or scuba dive you do not want your camera housing floating out of your hands. These weights are an easy way to adjust the buoyancy of your housing. The kit comes with four weight plates so you can fine tune your housing's buoyancy. I prefer a heavier setup and have added an extra plate compared to what was recommended by Canon. I'm very happy with the setup and they are very easy to use.
Digital camera Review: Overkill
Summary: 1 Stars
Canon should have included the WW-DC1 with the waterproof case or should have produced the case with the correct weight to make it and the camera neutrally buoyant. Lacking that, purchasers of any waterproof case should ask their hardware store for lead flashing that can be cut in to pieces to fit inside the case to obtain the same objective.
The case, by the way, makes focusing and aiming very difficult when snorkeling in bright light.
Digital camera Review: Overpriced, overcomplicated, but necessary
Summary: 2 Stars
Canon, I'm appalled: instead of simply packing the adequate number of steel plates with the various underwater housings, you're selling these things for, I'm sure, 10 or 20 times the manufacturing price, AND complicate matters with the multiple screw/weight combination.Digital camera Review: Three Stars
Summary: 3 Stars
Works great at keeping camera neutrally buoyant, but the screws that hold the weights to the camera come loose easily. I lost the weight set within a week, after tightening them several times.