silica packets in underwater housing

[scuba214]

I have the Canon sd1100is and am ordering the housing and silica packets for it. What size packets fit inside the housing? I was thinking the 1/2 gram ones, but want to make sure before I order.

[scubaran]

I have the Canon sd1100is and am ordering the housing and silica packets for it. What size packets fit inside the housing? I was thinking the 1/2 gram ones, but want to make sure before I order.

 

I went third party.... I got 2 gram (2"x3/4"x1/16" soft and bendable and easily fit in my Canon enclosure) color change gel dessicant paks at: http://www.preservesmart.com/products.htm#SilicaGelDesiccants. They're small and they change from blue to lavender to pink when they lose effectiveness so you always know your paks are working. $15.90 for a pak of 50. Well worth keeping those once-in-a-lifetime pictures crystal clear (speaking from someone who missed out photographing the largest nurse shark that I'd ever seen because the pak I used was exhausted and I had a fogged up lens cover :mad:).

 

Randall

[scuba214]

Thanks Scubaran, I was hoping you would reply!:D I will order from the link you gave.

[scubaran]

Thanks Scubaran, I was hoping you would reply!:D I will order from the link you gave.

 

:O) No problem.