Monday Showcase: Underwater Camera Care

There are so many places across the islands where an underwater camera comes in handy. You can channel you inner Jacques Cousteau and explore all of the sea life in Hawaii's waters. You can do your best impression of Kelly Slater catching tubes at Pipeline. Or you can be a little less adventurous and go to Iao Valley on Maui and get some of the same shots that are in this gallery.

After doing so you should rinse your camera or housing in fresh water so salt will not build up and corrode all those sealed buttons and dials. Just remember when opening up your camera, let gravity be your friend so any water will fall away from the camera as opposed to into the camera. If water does get into your camera, DO NOT try to turn it on! Any electrical impulse can fry your camera. 

You can try to save your camera by going to your local department store and purchase a product that is similar to "Damp Check" or "Damp Rid". Basically it is silica gel designed to suck up moisture. In a closed container, open your camera's ports with the battery and memory card taken out. Next open the silica gel and place it next to your camera (DO NOT PUT THE CAMERA IN THE GEL). Seal the container with the gel and camera and wait about a day or two. Hopefully all the moisture that was in your camera is now in the gel.

Lighthaus Camera has several cameras to fit your adventurous needs. We have the Olympus TG-830 and TG-2, Canon's D20, Pentax's WG-2, and the Intova camera system available for sale. Our rental division has underwater cameras too but each store has different products. Call any one of our four Lighthaus Camera locations to see what we have.