Since wakeboarding is a watersport you cant forget to have the right protection for your equipment if you`re thinking about shooting from either above, or under the water level, you must have a waterproof housing. In my own experience I`ve had a chance to use some of the Epic underwater housings but there`s also the Pelican cases that are fairly known .
While Epic is more about just manufacturing video housings Pelican also makes smaller, more portable solutions for your IPhone, IPod and even just Flashlights.
First thing that I remember about using the Epic housings is that you cant really get into the brains of your camera and adjust the settings while in the water because it only has a soft back that you can push in and either start or stop recording. On the other hand there`s this other brand EWA that makes soft bag like housing solutions for cameras and with that you can pretty much press any button on your camera. Just maybe the focus ring wont be as easy to roll, as it would be on the ground.
The prices wary but if you have a professional grade camcorder you might as well protect it. If your trying to scuba dive though I would definitely recommend the epic housings because they can withstand way higher pressures than the little plastic bag looking ones. With that said I’ve used both and even though the ewa marine solutions might look real easy to use, I would still trust an epic housing over the ewa. Because of the effective sealing effect and the better weight distribution. After all there must be a reason why surfers use it way more to shoot their movies. And If one day it comes down to shooting a major movie like that recent Kelly slater one, on one of those Imax cameras than I`d just use a custom fitted high scale case. Whatever your level of filming/riding might be I hope this post was helpful to decide which case to go with.
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