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I have placed a "Housing Maintenance" piece on our Blog, this can help with looking after your housing so the buttons don't get tight and will last for years.

Hi Vitaly Sorry for the late reply, I didn't see your question until today! I use a home made tripod, I use three Locline (3/4") legs on the bottom of an alloy housing tray, one at each end and one in the centre, I spread the two arms on the ends backwards and the centre one forward (as they are...

I can vouch for the FIT dome diffusers on Inon Z220 & Z240, much more even and softer lighting than the 10Bar version which steal too much light from the strobe. I slip the 4900 degree diffuser between the dome rear and the strobe front and they work very well (remove the threaded screw from the...

I've seen three OM10's with failed flash units, problem is with these is the flash is built-in... doh !

Hi Karloss The OMD-EM10 MkII is no different than any of the other PEN Lites, PEN Minis or OMD cameras, They all have a difficult time setting white balance manually. Phil's statement that Olympus has excellent auto white balance needs qualifying a little more = Olympus has excellent auto white...

Hi Andreni The curvature of the glass on the N85 140mm Optical Glass Fisheye Port will be to big. The 9-18mm lens will not focus correctly, this lens requires a port with much less curvature.

Try AVS Video Editor, there is a free download with 30 days trial. I use it for my video editing and assembling videos. I don't think I have ever read the instructions, the prompts that come up first time you use it are a good guide. It also is nowhere near as memory hungry as Adobe Premier, so...

Hi Kent In my experience most of your settings are ok, but I would consider these changes: UW (non-macro) video: Movie mode MANUAL (set as per stills to get the blue water and DOF) with f/11 and 1/125 - PROGRAM - the camera does a great job of metering, without the need to shoot manually, I use...

Hi Gavann There are a few subtle differences between the Type 1 (older) throught to Type 4 (newer) Inon strobes. The ones of importance are: The Sensor on the bottom of the strobe varies in physical size, the earlier models have a larger diameter "glass" block that the sensors are set inside...

Try taking the O ring out of the housing and take it to an O ring supplier for measurement. I did the same in Australia a number of years ago and the supplier ordered me the Japanese Metric O Rings (from Japan - it took two weeks) for all the controls on the Olympus Compact housings of that era...

Hi EMB The 8mm Panasonic definately does not work inside the Zen WA-DP-100 Port. The reason it doesn't work is the 8mm lens see's the inside barrel and dome shades due to the larger angle of view and shorter lens body of the 8mm versus the 9-18mm lens that this port is designed for. The 12-50mm...

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You should be able to get reasonable depth of field with a Canon G12 along with a Dyron +7 wet lens. What aperture/s are you shooting at?

Hi Nickbell There is no need to fill the frame with the white slate, the area in the centre of the frame is where the camera takes it's white balance capture from. So although the slate will perhaps only 1/4 fill the frame with your 8mm lens, this will be enough for the camera to record the...

Hi Wisnu Sorry, we will miss you as we just left this week. The annual rains had arrived and viz was getting less every day. Please say hello to your family from Dawn & I. I can't believe how fast your little girls have grown into young ladies. Best wishes - Jeff

I started writing some tips on setting white balance manually and then decided it was better as a new thread: Setting White Balance on PEN & OMD - How to

Lots of people seem to have difficulty with setting white balance manually with Olympus PEN & OMD camera's. I too initially had the same issues, but with some playing around I managed to get a solution that works 99% of the time. So thought I'd share my technique. From Day 1 with my first...

I'm not sure about the Olympus 30mm, but I have been using the 30mm Panasonic Macro Lens on my Olympus E-PL6 and OMD EM5 MkII for the last 7 months and have been very happy with the results. I use it a lot for video, but also for still photos where the subject is a little larger (larger...

Just an update for my original thread (which people still read and contact me from). My Leak Detector is now a much smaller unit than the original one, and fits many more housings. It is super reliable and easy to fit. Todays cost is USD$ 36 posted anywhere in the World. Payment is only via...

Any ear infections that we have experienced (we live in Bali and dive all around the archipelago) have been attributed to fresh water that is drawn from the ground (local wells - known as Sumur locally). Often these wells are located within meters of the septic system, and so underground...