Installing camera in waterproof box for underwater use?

[TuckNTruck]

Anyone ever installed an IP camera in some sort of waterproof housing for continuous use underwater? I'm imagining a plexiglass box just big enough to house a 5442 or similar with a waterproof passthrough for the ethernet cable. I'd like to be able to keep the box/camera submerged just under the surface. Does such a thing exist or has anyone attempted to build something to allow an IP camera to be used under water?

 

[Perimeter]

there is a thread on this atm.

Upgrading underwater camera

I originally had taken one of my reolink 811 cams and converted it to an underwater cam for my koi pond. The picture was pretty good. I then had changed to a barlus 2mp cam which looked worse than the reolink. I now want to change the camera again and was looking for some input for a cam with...

ipcamtalk.com

 

[TuckNTruck]

So I've got a rough idea of the housing I'm going to put together to house a camera. Now to decide which camera to use. I have a 5442 and a few 2431Ts laying around. The camera will be 5-20 feet deep in water with an average of 6-10' visibility, so not murky water, but not perfectly clear either. I'll have a few bright LED spot lights in housings beside and under the camera illuminating everything at deeper depths and at night, so I don't expect any low-light problems. So, based on that, what's a good camera option? Willing to buy new if needed, and the housing will work with turrets or bullets.

 

[TonyR]

Here's a great post by @TRLcam ==>> Underwater IP camera on a beaver lodge

 

[Perimeter]

6-10' visibility

look up spec sheets for depth of field. not all lenses will make a sharp picture this close.