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Old Apr 21, 2013 | 10:20 pm
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Bobster
 
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Originally Posted by exmidex
... unless you want me to believe this company has designed a camera case with a latch that can support my entire body weight.
When you take it up in the plane the pressure difference causes air inside to leak out. If the o-ring is very tight and sticky, it would take a fraction of a psi to pop it open. It would not be violent. The latch doesn't actually do much: it holds the case together only tight enough to get it safely into the water and then the water pressure forces the halves together against the o-ring.
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