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I've been searching for marine housing for Olympus D550 Zoom myself. I found the PT-009 and like Dee stated, it will work for the D510.
So, I starting looking for the dimensions and specs on the 510 to see how they matched against the 550. I found a site that gave me the information and I pulled out my owner's manual on the 550 to compare.
What a shock! Right on the front of my owner's manual, it states it's the manual for the D-550 Zoom and the C-300 Zoom (as apparently it was marketed in every other country other than the US under C-300).
So, back to the sites that tell me about the PT-009. I found out it would handle the C-300 Zoom and I've been doing a happy dance all day.
Do the D-550 and the C-300 share the same size specifications or do they just share a similar operating system, this would make a big difference. I also have the D-550 and have been extending much effort into finding a suitable housing. I have received several quotes for a custom housing ($800) but they have no been resonable. The only other problem I run into with this particular camera is that a slave strobe seems the only possibility. This isn't bad, just expensive. Please keep us informed if you find additional information.
Take notice this is the American Olympus site. The European Olympus site didn't have anything under C-3000, but did have C-300Zoom. Its specifications are on this site.
The only things is, Ikelite is significantly more $$. There was a post stating the PT's usually don't accommodate a stay and arm, but this site demonstrates they do. (Bottom of the page for the PT-009)
I'm going on a dive off of California’s channel islands in about 3 weeks and I'm hoping to take my D550, but considering the site above is out of stock and when I try to call the number I get an answering machine indicating it's some women's office without identifying the Underwater Digital company.
Here's some PT-009 sites that you may find helpful:
calling their contacts at Olympus to see if they can get a better answer. He indicated he probably have some sort of answer by the end of this week. So, when I get an answer, I'll post it here.
Allan owns Underwater Digital and is a member here. In the past 6 mo. or so, his Mother was ill and he was having to travel to take care of her. He hasn't been answering his phone or emails and no one has spoken to him. I then heard he was closing his business for a while. Of course this is say so and did not come from him, just someone who should know.
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