Leak Insure

Alex Mustard · Issue 56, Sep/Oct 2010 · pp. 43–45

Products mentioned: Leak Insure

If there is one thing all underwater photographers fear, it’s the f-word. I have always thought flood is a particularly apt choice of noun. We could have used leak, seep or soak, but flood implies a catastrophe on a biblical scale. Quite correctly. Floods are inevitable for those of us who choose to take cameras into the ocean. The old saying goes: “Nikonos photographers can be divided into those who have flooded their camera and those that will!” And as cameras have become ever more reliant on electronics, so the consequences have become more dire. Every Nikonos III owner will delight in telling you, that if you flood a completely mechanical camera it can be washed out in fresh water and used again. I always feel I’ve missed out by not actually flooding my Nik 3. Anyway, with modern cameras, even minor floods can trigger gremlins. Scared though we are to mention the f-word, floods are n…