h3o
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I just got my Olympus housing in (for the C-740) and it's awesome! It is so much better designed and built compared to my Ikelite(for my C-730 that I sold).
1. The camera fits so snugly in the housing, while there is so much extra room inside the Ikelite that makes unneccesary bulkiness.
2. You can close the internal flash with the Olympus housing, while in the Ikelite, once you open it, you're stuck with it open till you surface.
3. The diffuser is actually integrated nicely in the housing and not just attached on the outside on a plastic ring with a spring.
4. All the plastic main buttons are so much more ergonomic, especially the shutter.
5. The preview window has a little mini cubby awning over it to block glare.
6. This is a small detail but... the symbols for the buttons are are actually engraved into the plexi.
7. The lens cap has a string attached, I had to make my own with the Ikelite.
8. It is so much lighter, less bulkier and more easily packable.
9. A lot less awkward to hold underwater with one hand and press the shutter at the same time...that is impossible with the Ikelite, unless you hold the side of the housing instead of the arm.
10. You don't have to screw the camera onto anything, you just put it in and close the hatch.
11. Those nifty Japanese engineers even molded a little thumb deboss on the plexi for a better grip.
12. And BEST OF ALL... it only costs $169, when my Ikelite costed $550!
I sold my C-730, and bought a C-740 on sale at bhphoto.com for only $299. Then I sold my Ikelite housing and bought the Olympus housing for $169. So it was a pretty sweet deal, I pretty much exchanged my camera for a newer one, and exchanged my housing for a better one and made $120 in the process! Anyway, that was just my 2 cents of a consumer report.
1. The camera fits so snugly in the housing, while there is so much extra room inside the Ikelite that makes unneccesary bulkiness.
2. You can close the internal flash with the Olympus housing, while in the Ikelite, once you open it, you're stuck with it open till you surface.
3. The diffuser is actually integrated nicely in the housing and not just attached on the outside on a plastic ring with a spring.
4. All the plastic main buttons are so much more ergonomic, especially the shutter.
5. The preview window has a little mini cubby awning over it to block glare.
6. This is a small detail but... the symbols for the buttons are are actually engraved into the plexi.
7. The lens cap has a string attached, I had to make my own with the Ikelite.
8. It is so much lighter, less bulkier and more easily packable.
9. A lot less awkward to hold underwater with one hand and press the shutter at the same time...that is impossible with the Ikelite, unless you hold the side of the housing instead of the arm.
10. You don't have to screw the camera onto anything, you just put it in and close the hatch.
11. Those nifty Japanese engineers even molded a little thumb deboss on the plexi for a better grip.
12. And BEST OF ALL... it only costs $169, when my Ikelite costed $550!
I sold my C-730, and bought a C-740 on sale at bhphoto.com for only $299. Then I sold my Ikelite housing and bought the Olympus housing for $169. So it was a pretty sweet deal, I pretty much exchanged my camera for a newer one, and exchanged my housing for a better one and made $120 in the process! Anyway, that was just my 2 cents of a consumer report.
