New Olympus cameras + Housings

[nikitich]

Oly Just announsed 3 new cameras with incredible AF speed. Looks like at least one of them will have a dedicated housing
e-pl3 housing Underwater housing with led light for new e-pl3 on Twitpic
here is the camera with external bundeled flash New Olympus Pen e-pl3 lite. No price yet but slightly higher ... on Twitpic

here is a small review http://www.ephotozine.com/article/olympus-pen-lite-e-pl3-hands-on-preview-16847
Looks like a new housing will work with e-pl3 and e-pm1

 

[Prop Joe]

Thanks for the links. Looks interesting. Says worlds fastest AF.
Looks like the flash is an add on, Underwater housing has bulge on top like E-PL1?
I wonder how that lighting, on the front of the lens, would work in video mode with back-scatter? Power for light?

 

[nikitich]

actually there are 2 different housings PT-EP06L and PT-EP05L
Olympus - PEN onderwateraccessoires
here is a google translation. Looks like you can use a buit in flash http://translate.google.com/transla...l/consumer/21693_accessory_pt-ep05l_24754.htm

http://olympus-imaging.jp/product/dslr/accessory/underwater/ptep05l/index.html

go all the way to the end http://www.scribd.com/doc/59030007/OLYMPUS-PEN-Lite-E-PL3

 

[watboy]

Wow, and i'm still putting together my brand new E-PL2 setup...

 

[nikitich]

This stuff will not be here till september... That isdefinitely so for the housings. They are always late.
As for me I want Oly to make a ZX-1 with m 4/3 sensor and focusing speed.

 

[deeper thoughts]

Wow, and i'm still putting together my brand new E-PL2 setup...

I am still adding on to the EPL1 (lol)

 

[PHIL RUDIN]

Hi Prop Joe,

The hump ala E-PL1 on the housing is the result of the external, (no built in ) strobe needed to fire the external strobes via fiber optic cords. The built-in focus lights looks cool for macro work and the new port appears to have the 67mm ring for close-up lenses already built in, an improvement over the snap-on ring.

 

[ggibson]

Good view of this housing here (about 1/2 way down):

Olympus PEN Lite E-PL3 Hands On Preview

 

[FritzCat66]

It looks like the E-PL3 is getting a tiltable screen. I wonder if there will be a dive housing supporting that feature; it's something I've wished I had on several occasions.

 

[PHIL RUDIN]

Hi Fritz,

This is a kind of you get what you pay for option. The new E-PL3 housing clearly does not have a tilt screen. Nauticam now has a quality housing for the E-PL2, which has no tilt screen. On the Nauticam housing for the NEX-5 the screen can be tilted. My guess is that in the event of a future Nauticam housing for the E-PL3 they would take advantage of this feature.

Phil