Sun - September 2, 2007

A Floating Strap for Your Waterproof but Sinkable Camera



olympus floating strap

Olympus Stylus 770SW

Compact digital cameras like Pentax Optio W10, W20, W30 or Olympus SW 720. 770, 790 are waterproof but they do not float ....

I am always using a simple tether for my Pentax Optio W10, but some paddlers prefer to attach some sort of buoyancy aids to their cameras. You can manufacture a floatation out of a minicell foam or find something more elegant like Jörg Knorr did. Or, you can use a floating strap.

There are floating straps available for binoculars and for snorkeling masks. Olympus is offering a floating strap for their Stylus SW series which I am sure it will work for any similar camera. See it at Amazon.

Here is a video showing a test of the floating strap for the new Sanyo Xacti waterproof camcorder. I have not seen the Sanyo strap on the US market yet.

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