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Athena housing for Olympus PEN
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Looks good!!
Mantha
More info here Two new underwater housings for your E-P1 and GF1 !
Is it the same port system as Olympus currently is using?
Is it the same port system as Olympus currently is using?
I would expect the price to be consistent with other dSLR all aluminum pro type housings which is upwards of 2,000 dollars. This is not a P&S camera.
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There is some more info released at Athenas page.
60m plastic version of EP-1, EP-2 housing to come later on.
Housings will take either Olympus E-system ports or a new M-line of ports for m4/3 lenses.
*Athena co,Ltd*THE UNDERWATER GRAPHIC EQUIPMENTS FOR PROFESSIONAL
http://www.athena-opt.com/link_doc/The_details_of_the_AthenaE-P1.pdf
60m plastic version of EP-1, EP-2 housing to come later on.
Housings will take either Olympus E-system ports or a new M-line of ports for m4/3 lenses.
*Athena co,Ltd*THE UNDERWATER GRAPHIC EQUIPMENTS FOR PROFESSIONAL
http://www.athena-opt.com/link_doc/The_details_of_the_AthenaE-P1.pdf
I did a few experiments to the dismay of my local camera store, did you know that the Oly EP1 will optically match up with the Inon type wide angle wet mount lenses, it seems to. N
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Olympus has the new EPL1 coming out with their own housing ! they are backordered at the moment but we have them coming in....soon i hope...We have been shooting surface pics with the EP1 and the images are rich, camera is responsive and loads of settings. Very Small.
The new L1 will be lighter and a little taller..The whole kit should sell for about 1399...Sea and sea strobes will work and the size of the whole system will be smaller with easier use buttons on the L1 than the EP1...you will lose a few f stop settings though
lens available will the 14 - 42 or a new 9 to 18 waiting to see if that one is going to have a different port available
The new L1 will be lighter and a little taller..The whole kit should sell for about 1399...Sea and sea strobes will work and the size of the whole system will be smaller with easier use buttons on the L1 than the EP1...you will lose a few f stop settings though
lens available will the 14 - 42 or a new 9 to 18 waiting to see if that one is going to have a different port available
Yeah, pricing is nuts like $2300 dealer cost! Athena is pricing themselves out of the market, IMHO.
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Here is plenty of pictures
http://www.athena-opt.com/camerahousing/housing.html
http://www.athena-opt.com/camerahousing/housing.html
That is too much money right now for the EP-1 given the state of that camera's development. However, in a few more generations when the lens map is filled in, the auto focus is as fast as a dSLR and the same for power up, when these camera are mature in development then that might be a reasonable price. It is comparable to similar Seatool, Inon, Aquatic housings in price and it is certainly compact and well finished. N
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