anenomefishman
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PT-048 housing. Has anybody used an Olympus housing where the supermacro LED illuminator works correctly in the housing? My 8010 supermarcro LED illuminator seems to be blocked by the PT-048 housing.
I recently bought an Olympus 8010/PT-048 housing. I have been running an SP350/PT-030 and DZ-40/PT-012 cameras/housing for many years. We are going to hit the Lembeh straights in Indonesia this summer (muck diving, tiny creatures). I had problems last time looking at pygmy seahorses in Indosnesia with my old setup. I bought the 8010/PT-048 to look at very small stuff with a small camera setup. I tested it on land with just the 8010 body and it works great! I can get to within less than an inch from the camera and it looks great even in the dark with the LED illuminator. On Olympus P+S cameras, the flash will not fire in supermacro mode. On the 8010, it has an extremely bright LED in supermacro LED mode that lights your subject very well within a few inches of the lens. The Stylus Tough 8010 camera body is only rated for 33 feet without an underwater housing. People have reported using them at 60 ft without a housing, but this sounds marginal to me.
Suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Bruce
I recently bought an Olympus 8010/PT-048 housing. I have been running an SP350/PT-030 and DZ-40/PT-012 cameras/housing for many years. We are going to hit the Lembeh straights in Indonesia this summer (muck diving, tiny creatures). I had problems last time looking at pygmy seahorses in Indosnesia with my old setup. I bought the 8010/PT-048 to look at very small stuff with a small camera setup. I tested it on land with just the 8010 body and it works great! I can get to within less than an inch from the camera and it looks great even in the dark with the LED illuminator. On Olympus P+S cameras, the flash will not fire in supermacro mode. On the 8010, it has an extremely bright LED in supermacro LED mode that lights your subject very well within a few inches of the lens. The Stylus Tough 8010 camera body is only rated for 33 feet without an underwater housing. People have reported using them at 60 ft without a housing, but this sounds marginal to me.
Suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Bruce