Underwater Housing for Sanyo HD-1 available end of July at DVinfo.net

Daniel Kissel · June 10th, 2006, 11:21 AM

According to a local Dive Shop....can't wait to put my HD-1 in the blue.

John Carlson · June 11th, 2006, 10:54 AM

Thats excellent news. Wow! lets hope that it isnt nearly as expensive as the camera itself. Most good housing I've seen are that price due to low demand.

I am very excited about what this little gem is capable of and the housing just adds much more possibilities. Unfortunatelly I am a little dissapointed with my unit and lets hope Sanyo doesnt lose me as a future customer.

Bo Lorentzen · June 11th, 2006, 10:57 AM

Daniel,

Do you know who is manufacturing it...? I talked with the ones in the US who made one for the previous Sanyo and they said that Sanyo had not asked them to make one for the HD1....?

Bo

www.bophoto.com/HDV

Daniel Kissel · June 12th, 2006, 04:00 AM

I was in Hong Kong and browsed through the local dive shops.

One of the shop owners showed me an e-mail annoucing the availability by Epoque Japan towards the end of July. They will e-mail me the final details and quoted the lead time from Japan as 4 days....guess where I will be in early August....

If the previous housings are anything to go by this one should be below 500 USD.

Bo Lorentzen · June 12th, 2006, 08:16 AM

Daniel,

No way.. I called them about a month ago and they swore there were no HD1 housing in the pipeline. Go Figure.! Not that it changes anything, just wanted to get my order in early.

Well with this in mind I will go and wait expectantly for the housing to come out. (smile)

Bo

www.bophoto.com/HDV

Graham Jones · November 10th, 2006, 05:06 PM

Just checking back to see if anyone has tried the rig yet - it doesn't seem to expensive considering what it does.

http://www.unterwasserkamera.at/shop...a4d709d97abde0

Euisung Lee · November 11th, 2006, 02:31 AM

Can you still turn the camera off while in the housing? I thought the flip lcd screen doubled as power switch.

Graham Jones · November 11th, 2006, 03:07 AM

There's an on/off switch also, which I tend to use.

I'm not sure what's accessible when it's inside this rig, but they claim you can use all controls.

Pietro Mauri · November 22nd, 2006, 03:03 AM

Yes, all the controls are accessible inside the case, and so on/off switch. I bought the case about 2 weeks ago, but I haven't used yet.

Chris Taylor · January 8th, 2007, 11:46 PM

some pictures please!! anyone at ces is the HD2 physically identical to the HD1 IE will it fit in this shell ?

Chris Taylor
http://www.nerys.com/

Richard Shirley · January 9th, 2007, 11:11 AM

I ordered the waterproof housing from the following site. Delivered within a week.

http://www.divervision.com/catalog/p...roducts_id=311

You can do almost everything while the camera is in the case, including Power On/Off, Zoom, etc. Note that operation of some of the functions is slightly different since when you press or move a button on the housing, it has to press or move a button on the camera.

From the manual, here are the functions that are not available:

- using built-in flask of camera
- voice recorder
- wind noise reduction function
- remote control function
- set button cannot be moved up - so can't delete a movie clip, etc.

Ronald Wormser · January 13th, 2007, 09:10 PM

Will the Hd2 camera fit and work in the underwater case?

http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/s...apixel-stills/

Chris Taylor · January 14th, 2007, 02:28 AM

thanks! it sure looks identical. hopefully it can be confirmed the waterproof housing works by march. I figure to get this and I want to be able to use the HD2 underwater (were the improved low light will come in handy)

Hopefully someone was thoughtful enough to toss an SD card into the critter so we can see if they fixed the Jaggies etc..

Chris Taylor
http://www.nerys.com/

Ronald Wormser · January 17th, 2007, 09:46 AM

Epoque says the underwater case will work with the Sanyo hd2 according to the people at http://www.fun-in.com.tw/catalog/pro...e690194e884833

Charles Hurley · February 11th, 2007, 01:00 AM

I put mine in a big pickle jar it worked great. I never shot more than a couple of minutes. Maybe if I put the remote in ziplocs I could control it externally start/stop/zoom etc.,?

June 10th, 2006, 11:21 AM	#1
Daniel Kissel Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Suzhou, China Posts: 34	Underwater Housing for Sanyo HD-1 available end of July According to a local Dive Shop....can't wait to put my HD-1 in the blue.

June 12th, 2006, 04:00 AM	#4
Daniel Kissel Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Suzhou, China Posts: 34	Supposedly Epoque is the manufacturer (they sell seperately, no OEM) I was in Hong Kong and browsed through the local dive shops. One of the shop owners showed me an e-mail annoucing the availability by Epoque Japan towards the end of July. They will e-mail me the final details and quoted the lead time from Japan as 4 days....guess where I will be in early August.... If the previous housings are anything to go by this one should be below 500 USD.

November 10th, 2006, 05:06 PM	#6
Graham Jones Major Player Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Europe Posts: 489	Just checking back to see if anyone has tried the rig yet - it doesn't seem to expensive considering what it does. http://www.unterwasserkamera.at/shop...a4d709d97abde0 __________________ www.irishfilmmaker.com

November 11th, 2006, 03:07 AM	#8
Graham Jones Major Player Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Europe Posts: 489	There's an on/off switch also, which I tend to use. I'm not sure what's accessible when it's inside this rig, but they claim you can use all controls. __________________ www.irishfilmmaker.com

January 13th, 2007, 09:10 PM	#12
Ronald Wormser Tourist Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Malibu California Posts: 4	Hd2 Xacti Will the Hd2 camera fit and work in the underwater case? http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/s...apixel-stills/

June 11th, 2006, 10:54 AM	#2
John Carlson Regular Crew Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Australia Posts: 25	Thats excellent news. Wow! lets hope that it isnt nearly as expensive as the camera itself. Most good housing I've seen are that price due to low demand. I am very excited about what this little gem is capable of and the housing just adds much more possibilities. Unfortunatelly I am a little dissapointed with my unit and lets hope Sanyo doesnt lose me as a future customer.

June 11th, 2006, 10:57 AM	#3
Bo Lorentzen Regular Crew Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Los Angeles - California Posts: 114	Daniel, Do you know who is manufacturing it...? I talked with the ones in the US who made one for the previous Sanyo and they said that Sanyo had not asked them to make one for the HD1....? Bo www.bophoto.com/HDV

June 12th, 2006, 08:16 AM	#5
Bo Lorentzen Regular Crew Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Los Angeles - California Posts: 114	Daniel, No way.. I called them about a month ago and they swore there were no HD1 housing in the pipeline. Go Figure.! Not that it changes anything, just wanted to get my order in early. Well with this in mind I will go and wait expectantly for the housing to come out. (smile) Bo www.bophoto.com/HDV

November 11th, 2006, 02:31 AM	#7
Euisung Lee Regular Crew Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 57	Can you still turn the camera off while in the housing? I thought the flip lcd screen doubled as power switch.

November 22nd, 2006, 03:03 AM	#9
Pietro Mauri Tourist Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Como, Italy Posts: 3	Yes, all the controls are accessible inside the case, and so on/off switch. I bought the case about 2 weeks ago, but I haven't used yet.

January 8th, 2007, 11:46 PM	#10
Chris Taylor Regular Crew Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Levittown PA Posts: 132	some pictures please!! anyone at ces is the HD2 physically identical to the HD1 IE will it fit in this shell ? Chris Taylor http://www.nerys.com/

January 9th, 2007, 11:11 AM	#11
Richard Shirley New Boot Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: St. Pete Beach, FL Posts: 9	I ordered the waterproof housing from the following site. Delivered within a week. http://www.divervision.com/catalog/p...roducts_id=311 You can do almost everything while the camera is in the case, including Power On/Off, Zoom, etc. Note that operation of some of the functions is slightly different since when you press or move a button on the housing, it has to press or move a button on the camera. From the manual, here are the functions that are not available: - using built-in flask of camera - voice recorder - wind noise reduction function - remote control function - set button cannot be moved up - so can't delete a movie clip, etc.

January 14th, 2007, 02:28 AM	#13
Chris Taylor Regular Crew Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Levittown PA Posts: 132	thanks! it sure looks identical. hopefully it can be confirmed the waterproof housing works by march. I figure to get this and I want to be able to use the HD2 underwater (were the improved low light will come in handy) Hopefully someone was thoughtful enough to toss an SD card into the critter so we can see if they fixed the Jaggies etc.. Chris Taylor http://www.nerys.com/

January 17th, 2007, 09:46 AM	#14
Ronald Wormser Tourist Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Malibu California Posts: 4	Sanyo Hd2 And Epoqoe Case Epoque says the underwater case will work with the Sanyo hd2 according to the people at http://www.fun-in.com.tw/catalog/pro...e690194e884833

February 11th, 2007, 01:00 AM	#15
Charles Hurley Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Brooklyn NY Posts: 128	I put mine in a big pickle jar it worked great. I never shot more than a couple of minutes. Maybe if I put the remote in ziplocs I could control it externally start/stop/zoom etc.,?