Okaaay, just to say that I called up the Canon office here and learned that the Canon A700 is no more -- what with the new, improved A710 IS (of course). I surfed for the appropriate underwater housing and came up with Canon WPDC6 (up to 130 feet or 40m). My brother lives/works in Beijing and travels to Singapore so I think maybe he'll get it at a better price for me than if I buy it in Manila, we'll see...