Suggestions on a water proof case for LX5

[SupaDave03]

Going to mexico and wanted some underwater pics. Wanted to know if anyone can recommened a good case for a Panasonic LX5.

[ualymerej]

unfortunately, you picked a camera for which the manufacturer is not producing an underwater housing. What this means is the third party options are either ridiculously expensive or on par with a plastic ziplock bag. For such a good camera, i'd probably lean more towards the ridiculously expensive side. Here's the most reasonably priced case I could find:

Ikelite 6171.05 Underwater Housing for Panasonic Lumix 6171.05

If you want my personal opinion, I would keep the LX5 out of the water and pick up a cheaper canon camera with one of their cases (which I can vouch for; they work really well). You'll probably end up spending less than the cost of this case for the LX5.

Here's one for price comparison
canon SD1300is:

Amazon.com: Canon PowerShot SD1300IS 12.1 MP Digital Camera with 4x Wide Angle Optical Image Stabilized Zoom and 2.7-Inch LCD (Blue): Camera & Photo

Amazon.com: Canon PowerShot SD1300IS 12.1 MP Digital Camera with 4x Wide Angle Optical Image Stabilized Zoom and 2.7-Inch LCD (Blue): Camera & Photo

canon WP-DC36:

Amazon.com: Canon WP-DC36 Waterproof Case for Canon SD1300IS Digital Camera: Camera & Photo

Amazon.com: Canon WP-DC36 Waterproof Case for Canon SD1300IS Digital Camera: Camera & Photo

That's a total of around $315.

Canon pretty much makes a case for every one of their cameras, so you could pick a better camera if you wanted to.