Gabrielle Beans

I've only just started using this, and have never owned a strobe before so have no point of comparison.

It seems to produce enough light for all macro shots, and some closer wide angle shots of fish in motion, etc. Great for bringing colour back into photographs. Can be a bit tricky to figure out positioning of, but that's just a general strobe thing I suppose.

Cons - the instruction manual is pretty dreadful, so it's hard to know if you're maintaining it properly. I've heard to battery compartment may flood and it isn't totally sealed from the working mechanism of the strobe so this may become an issue.

Currently getting to know it and quite happy so far!

The affordability of this housing, compared for other G10 ones, is hard to beat, especially if you're just starting out in underwater photography and can't spend too much all at once. All controls are accessible and work fine. Maintenance is straightforward, just keep up with the o ring and everything should be fine.

Cons - not as sturdy or rated as deeply as other housings, also hard to get replacement o rings (have only seen them at Reef Photo), and if you're using an external strobe you need to create a large flash blocker because the case is transparent...

Fantastic above and underwater point and shoot that will grow with you. Fully manual settings and RAW format work really well and are easy to get the hang of after some practice if you've always worked in automatic. Great colour, great detail. I love this camera to bits.

Cons: sucks in dust through lens barrel that can cause dust on the sensor that you'll have to go through a Canon technician to clean. Also, images above 400 ISO get noisy quickly, so not fantastic for low light - the G11 addresses this by lowering the megapixels back to 10.

Essential: external strobe - the in camera flash is partially blocked by lens barrel in the Canon housing, even with the diffuser in place.

I love this photo!

Beautiful!