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Contact Canon and purchase an extra O ring
Learn to use the manual hue settings. See my blog in educational section
If this is a new on the market piece of equipment, purchase product/equipment insurance for your camera and housing. Older gear isn`t worth the insurance since you can pick up replacements on Ebay for next to nothing.
Learn the maintenance. Removal, cleaning, and reinstalling the O ring is a life or death scenario for a camera. It only takes a single hair to cause a leak. So, it is absolutely important that the O ring be removed from the housing and cleaned when the camera is removed. DO NOT relube the O ring or replace it in the housing until you are ready to use the housing again.
Dry-absorb packets you find with factory packaged electronics are a wonderous thing to have in your housing. If you get just a tiny bit of moisture inside (usually causes fogging inside), one of these should take care of the problem.
Share your shots when you can.
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Splashdown divers has a great section on their website about digital photography. The author gives alot of great tips for taking pictures, saving them to your computer and editing. Check it out, it`s well worth it. www.splashdowndivers.com
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Good tip! I completely forgot about Splashdown divers. I was directed there by a member from scubaboard. A combination of resources is great, but you still have the trial and error on what works for you and your personal gear.
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Don`t get depressed if the photo`s don`t come out as you expect in the beginning. Underwater photography is tricky. Try out taking pictures of objects that don`t move. This will allow you to build up some experience of what your camera can or can`t do.
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be sure to buy dive equipment insurance. I think DAN & Dive Assure have equipment insurance.
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make your first dive with the housing only to make sure it doesn`t leak. you may miss a good pic but its better than ruining your camera.
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Don - 5/10/2007 11:57 PM 
Hi, Welcome to undrewater photography, you will not regret it, its fantastic. I have been hiring camera`s for the past year, and now i have my own, a canon A640 with a DC-8 housing. Please take the housing down with you to test it,first, as i had a leak on my first dive,not knowing how much silicone grease to put on the "o" ring and luckly having the small silicone packets inside it i saved my camera.Enjoy......
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