Hey guys,

Anyone out there had any experience with one of these?

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=cart&A=details&Q=&sku=492310&is=REG

I'm off on a long sail trip and need to know I can keep my camera dry. I've shot with Gates and Light and Motion housings before but I don't need one of those for this job. I need something cheaper that can take spray and wash, shoot along the bow and do a few under/over shots. Anyone have any suggestions or experience?

Cheers,
Josh

The Ewa Marine is very good for the type of work you'll be using it for. Keep in mind that for soft & flexible housings the deeper you go the more pressure will force the housing against the camera and controls, making it sometimes difficult to manually change settings, or worse still, change settings without you noticing them. So lock any manual controls in position before going underwater.

I use the Scubacam (for Canon XL2), which is a heavy-duty flexible sub-surface housing with glass front port, which is a step-up from the cheaper Ewa Marine range, but the EM on your link should work OK for weather protection and shallow dives.

Like Tony said, it'd probably be fine for your applications but be gentle. I broke one while holding it white water rafting on a relatively minor rapid.
Probably like you, I can't justify buying a gates either. Wish I could because EWA's have more in common with ziploc bags than a sturdy housing.

Just to add to this I just used this over the last week doing white water rafting, canyoning, sea kayaking & snorkelling.

Although it is pretty much a zip-lock bag its seems really well made and the plastic seems really strong. At the end of each day it was dry as a bone on the inside, never had any condensation on the inside either.

One thing they dont mention (until you read the instructions) is that you really need to remove the XH-A1 mic holder to use it properly. I managed to fudge it (as I didn't have a screwdriver to remove the holder) by leaving out the the base foam, however, this meant that occasionally (2-3 times a day) the camera would slip out of the lens holder.

2 problems I did find (which were probably caused by not using the foam):
1) I did notice slight rounded corners on the widest zoom.
2) It was sometimes very difficult to see down the view finder as the metal clasp got in the way.

Take some kind of soft cloth that you dont mind getting wet to wipe the lens once its been in the water or you'll get drips showing up on your recording.

Otherwise I was very impressed it was a pretty full on few days, I even did a couple of jumps on canyoning and it held up great.