Please take note 300D Ikelite UW housing owners.............
Last week I recieved the Ikelite housing for my Canon 300D from a dealer and found that the housing bolt attachment to the base broken (see attached picture). Since the housing was taken straight out of the box I could only conclude that it must have sheared off during shipping. Upon closer inspection I notice the bolt is threaded both ends, one for the external thread another for internal ie. female thread for the grip base plate bolt. The point of shear it seems is at the thinnest part where the two threads almost meet. I deduce it may be less than a millimeter of metal in between. This is pretty filmsy for Ikelite stardards. Whats more the grip base is now fixed through two holes through the base of the housing and only protected by o-rings on the bolt flange. Again a departure from earlier slotted type fixing of Ikelite housings. I could only guess this design weakness may be an accident waiting to happen. I for one would not be comfortable diving with my 300D in a housing that could not even take some knocks during shipping. Sorry Ike one more thing . Its been over a week now and still no replacement bolts. Last weekend's trip the dealer kindly loan me his housing. I guess your technicians are busy testing these bolts. Despite all this I still think Ikelite makes great products. I guess the rush to deliver new products to customers and beat the competitors is worth the risk.
I wonder if anyone else has encounter similar problems.