The Patima Canon G9 (Plus, first impressions on the New Canon G10)

John Cesere · Issue 45, Nov/Dec 2008 · pp. 29–32

Products mentioned: Canon G9, Patima housing, Canon G10, Canon housing

The smell of diesel fuel swirls lightly through the cabin and settles in the forward areas where I have chosen to sit and write so that I might spare my laptop from the ocean’s early morning greeting of splash and salty mist. My brother Dan stands close by with his dive group as he begins an energetic briefing about diving around the lava formations off the island of Lanai near Maui. It’s been a while since I sat close enough to listen and feel the excitement in his voice as he stirs the interest in yet another group of divers. When he begins to explain some of the techniques of how to capture the light in First Cathedral I look up to see his group of photographers hanging on his every word excited to get going on another diving adventure. As I look around the table, I realize that half of our students are diving with the Canon G9, and most of them are diving with the new Patima housing.…