casio-ex-z1000 with ewc-80-housing

WylerBear · Post by **WylerBear** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 3:30 pm

OK, so it didn't link. What am I doing wrong? I'm such a computer illiterate!

Tom Nic · Post by **Tom Nic** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 3:32 pm

It is NOT your fault!! I have NEVER been able to post pictures here with a link from Flickr. ](*,) I use Flickr for hosting most of my images, but it doesn't work for linking them to this site.

On Nailer's recommendation I use: http://www.imagecave.com for any pics that I want to link to on the site.

It seems to work just fine: http://www.nwdiveclub.com/viewtopic.php?t=1657

Wylerbear, I would just post the links here without the IMG tag and we can go to Flickr and look at them! I want to see your pics!

WylerBear · Post by **WylerBear** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 3:42 pm

I went to imagecave first based on Nailer's recommendation but it seems almost all of my files are just a tiny bit too big and won't upload. I'm getting frustrated!!!!!!!

Tom Nic · Post by **Tom Nic** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 3:52 pm

WylerBear wrote:I went to imagecave first based on Nailer's recommendation but it seems almost all of my files are just a tiny bit too big and won't upload. I'm getting frustrated!!!!!!!

Do none of them upload? You could resize them in a photo editing program then upload them.

Mine are apparently right at the edge, but imagecave will accept them. Once I upload a picture to imagecave I then resize it. Hit the "modify foto" button at the bottom of your image. I then change the top resolution number to 500 and the lower one adjusts automatically. THis creates a file called "file name - copy.jpg". I then delete the original. I click on the newly created file, copy the URL, and use it in between the img buttons on this site and it works fine! Don't give up! We want to see your pics!

Diver_C · Post by **Diver_C** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 3:56 pm

I don't know why the images will not post in this thread. If this thing was operating correctly the image should post.

WylerBear · Post by **WylerBear** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 3:57 pm

The only photos that would upload were ones I took with a different camera. (Photos taken with an MX10 film camera that I then scanned). In the meantime, my account with Flkr is WylerBear if you wanted to see my very small gallery, it's there.

WylerBear · Post by **WylerBear** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 4:06 pm

Trying again:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/183/4140 ... b0ce_m.jpg

WylerBear · Post by **WylerBear** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 4:13 pm

Yay! It worked!

So that last photo was of Doug (Sounder) at Three Tree last Wednesday. A couple more:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/166/4140 ... bdcc_m.jpg
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/126/4140 ... 0d81e1.jpg
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/148/4140 ... 020d_m.jpg

WylerBear · Post by **WylerBear** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 4:16 pm

Maybe the medium size is better:

Last photo for now:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/184/4140 ... 3f3b08.jpg

Tom Nic · Post by **Tom Nic** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 4:53 pm

This is a test!

Yay! It worked Georgia! I just copied your URL, and put it between

Tom Nic · Post by **Tom Nic** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 4:55 pm

Here we go:

Tom Nic · Post by **Tom Nic** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 4:57 pm

Now I just need to figure out how to get the same thing with my pics on flickr....

TCarter · Post by **TCarter** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 6:09 pm

Calvin wrote:Terry, feel free to add your thoughts or post a short trip report on this blog entry I just wrote about the current conditions down in Cozumel:

http://www.calvintang.com/blog/2007/03/ ... pdate-2007

You'll be doing other divers who are planning a vacation a big favor!

Alright Calvin. I'm not exactly sure how to post a report on a blog, but I'll give it a shot when I have some time.

T.

Tangfish · Post by **Tangfish** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 10:53 pm

At the bottom of the post there's a field for you to post a comment. $\:D/$

Joshua Smith · Post by **Joshua Smith** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 9:36 am

Tom Nic wrote:This is a test!

Yay! It worked Georgia! I just copied your URL, and put it between

Tom gets a gold star!

rjarnold · Post by **rjarnold** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 11:27 am

Well, sadly my Indonesia trip got canceled. To cheer myself up, I decided to get this camera and housing. I will still be going to Australia so will have lots of use for it there.

coachrenz · Post by **coachrenz** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 1:03 pm

Mine came yesterday. I am diving it tonight.

Can't wait.

Tim

coachrenz · Post by **coachrenz** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 2:48 pm

A couple of pics from the new Casio camera. Taken on the day after the camera arrived at Redondo.

Photos are hosted on My Website

Tim

rjarnold · Post by **rjarnold** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 3:01 pm

Wow - those are gorgeous photographs! I'm so glad I'm getting this set-up for fairly cheap!

Like someone else on this thread, I also have the Canon S3 and couldn't believe the price of housing for it! This whole set up is cheaper than the housing (which is also said to only work for the S2...)!

Diver_C · Post by **Diver_C** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 4:13 pm

Those are great shots Tim! Poor Sponge Bob. Apparently Patrick left him to go eat or something. Probably harassing cabezons, and eating their eggs. Those darn pesky sea stars.

jackieg · Post by **jackieg** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 6:35 am

Great shots, Tim! And all these on the first dive with your new gear???

jackie

Tangfish · Post by **Tangfish** » Sat Mar 24, 2007 7:48 pm

I ran into David at Cove 2 the other night and he told me he had gotten the Casio w/ housing I first wrote about, and was happy with it but also had some problems and questions for me. Also, TCarter asked me a question about o-ring replacements for the EWC-80 housing, so I thought I'd post this here.

- You can buy o-ring replacements directly from Casio by calling their parts department at 1-800-223-2001. They cost about $6.50 apiece and it takes a few weeks to arrive after you place the order. The o-ring in this particular model is very soft and flexible, which is good for removing and cleaning, etc. but that also means it stretches out and needs to be replaced more often than the stiffer types (such as Canon).

- Also, since so many of you NWDC members bought this system, and many of you like it or have questions, I've opened comments on my original blog entry about the camera/housing. I'd love it if you post your own impressions of buying and using the Casio camera and housing, as well as post any questions you might have about it, so others can benefit from the answer(s).

Please post your comments and questions here.

straitscuba · Post by **straitscuba** » Sat Mar 24, 2007 11:50 pm

I had a Canon Powershot SD100 and never used a strobe with it, the Canon housing had a removable diffuser and it worked fine for most of my shots! It was a 3.2mp and camera and housing retailed for less than $500. You can get a housing from Canon for less than$200 for most Canon cameras excluding SLRs. I found myself shooting macro most of the time here and did just fine with no strobe. All pics on my website were taken with this camera setup.

TCarter · Post by **TCarter** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 6:40 pm

Thanks for the o-ring info Calvin. I took the Casio out for the first time at Harper Dock today, pic's are posted here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/7506674@N04/. Nothing too spectacular, but for my first effort at underwater photography I'm satisfied. The camera seemed easier to operate than I expected, my drygloves and thin liners provide plenty of dexterity to operate the button cluster. I will try to post a review on your blog later.

Terry

coachrenz · Post by **coachrenz** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 12:18 am

TCarter wrote:Thanks for the o-ring info Calvin. I took the Casio out for the first time at Harper Dock today, pic's are posted here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/7506674@N04/. Nothing too spectacular, but for my first effort at underwater photography I'm satisfied. The camera seemed easier to operate than I expected, my drygloves and thin liners provide plenty of dexterity to operate the button cluster. I will try to post a review on your blog later.

Terry

Nice first shots. I ID'd some of them for you. I think I got them all right. The Painted Anemone, I am not 100% sure on. I think you will find that as you take pictures, that you will start to want to ID what you are taking pictures of, or maybe if you start to know what you are taking pictures of you will want to take more pictures.

Either way, it sure adds to a dive to know what you are looking at. There are a couple of posts here about great ID resources. Whelks to Whales is a cheap pretty good beginner one to start with.

Tim

Northwest Dive Club

casio-ex-z1000 with ewc-80-housing

Me, too.