Sony MPKTHE Marine Pack for the DSC-T Series Digital Cameras

by Sony

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 4.9 x 4.6 x 7.4 inches ; 13.1 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000V6BH8M
• Item model number: MPKTHE
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: April 18, 2005

Product Description

Keep your gear dry at the beach, pool, ski slope or other moist location--and even take underwater shots up to 132 feet below the surface--with the water-resistant Sony Marine Pack

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sony Marine Pack for the Sony DSC-T series cameras., March 26, 2008

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Mark Fruechtel (CAMAS, WA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sony MPKTHE Marine Pack for the DSC-T Series Digital Cameras (Electronics)

I rescently purchased a Sony DSC-T200 camera and the MPKTHE Marine Pack to take on an extended trip to Belize. I am an experienced diver and wanted a visual record of some of the great sights I knew I'd see along the reefs of Belize. I had some initial concerns putting a $400 camera into a plastic case for use underwater knowing that if it leaked, I'd be out that expense.
Once I received the Marine Pack I was relieved to see engineering that went into the product and it's top quality construction. The absolute bottom line with this product is "O-Ring" maintenance. The instructions clearly stress this point and being a person with an engineering background, I followed the instructions to a tee. Septics in the dive party were all betting that I'd lose my camera to water leakage! All those doubters want copies of the dozens of photos and video I took on the dives. It worked flawlessly. I only dove to a depth of 90' (the case is certified to 130') but there is little of interest to photograph at that depth an a lack of light for quality photos (the flash is only good to about 3' underwater).
For the occational diver who has already invested in a Sony CyberShot camera, the Marine Pack will do the trick (remember to maintain the o-ring properly if you ewant to keep your camera dry)!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Got some great dive pics, August 11, 2008

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S. Gibson - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sony MPKTHE Marine Pack for the DSC-T Series Digital Cameras (Electronics)

This is the third digital camera housing that I have purchased. I had previously used camera housings for 2 Cannon cameras I had. After using this housing for a week in the Mayan Riviera Mexico I would have to say it performed just as well if not better than the Cannon housings I used previously. The smaller number of buttons compared to my Cannon housings made using the camera underwater a bit easier than the Cannons, it however does limit your options a bit by only giving you 3 buttons to use. I was never able to figure out how to browse through the pics I had taken while it was in "Housing mode" but that was really the only thing that seamed to grab my attention. It may be a case of me not reading the directions enough to see how to do that.

Loved the smaller size! Curious what a dive light or strobe used with this camera housing would do to bring out colors while diving deeper, but didn't want to spend the extra money at this point.

I took the camera:
* Diving up to 80 ft deep and took great pics. With my other housings I frequently would have trouble with the housing "fogging" on the lens on the second dive of a 2 tank dive trip. I did not have any problems with fogging with this housing.
* While diving in caverns in complete darkness using dive lights. Pics here were not very good. After the dive I found most of the pics were blurry as I did not hold the camera still long enough for the dark exposure to take place. I would guess now that I know this I could correct the blurriness by holding still longer in darkness. Took some good video here though.
* Parasailing - Pics turned out great.
* Snorkeling - great pics.
* Around the pool - good pics as long as you have the water off of the lens.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Works great. Easy to use for my DSC-T200, June 19, 2008

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Luke "Tech nut" (VA Beach, VA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sony MPKTHE Marine Pack for the DSC-T Series Digital Cameras (Electronics)

I am so glad I bought this waterproof case for my DSC-T200. I was a little scared to take such an expensive camera underwater but the pics and video I gained from my snorkeling trip in the bahamas were excellent. The case allows you to change pic/video mode, flash on/off and macro on/off. There is also a zoom lever as well. The case allows for the flash to work pretty well also. Definitely would recommend.