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Review on πŸ“· White/Clear Marine Case for Select Lumix Cameras by Panasonic (DMW-MCTZ20) by Kevin Taharka

Revainrating 3 out of 5

I got a good camera for underwater photography

At first I was very happy with this case. I bought this case and a new Pan DMC DMC-ZS10 camera in one order. The combination has worked great for 9 months and I have some fantastic diving photos in Caymen, Key Islands and Cozumel. Something went wrong at the end (last day) of our New Years trip to Cozumel. We didn't go too deep (40ft, maybe past the 80ft max depth) and everything worked great. Then in the middle of the dive (30 feet) the camera controls turned off. Fuzzy, blurry and does not turn off. On the surface I saw some fumes/droplets - I mean very little. Did everything they recommend: dry air, dry rice, dry silica. No success. The camera was missing, the battery was dead, the memory card was very finicky, but we got about 80% of the photos. After weeks of trying to fix it by drying it and changing batteries etc the lens finally got stuck open (and still wouldn't turn off without removing the batteries. I've done about 40 dives but not even a year of use) . .I don't think I have any choice but to buy another camera as the body is very expensive.

Pros
  • Sturdy workmanship
Cons
  • Damaged