Olympus SP-550 Uz
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Do they have a houseing for it yet?
Looks like a killer set up. It has full manual mode and RAW capture. The zoom probably won't be much use underwater, and it might require an extended port for zoom use. Didn't notice, does it have a hotshoe?
Checked back. No hotshoe and a pop-up flash, could be a problem for UW.
Checked back. No hotshoe and a pop-up flash, could be a problem for UW.
There is a housing for it. Check a view of it out here: http://www.letsgodigital.org/en/12383/olympus_sp550uz/
An early review of it can be found here: http://www.dcresource.com/reviews/olympus/sp550uz-review/index.shtml
Rickg
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No hotshoe from what I can tell. The review says you can't use an external flash with it.
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I can't believe you couldn't use an external strobe like one of the Inon 2000 with it.
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Peter, of course an external strobe could be used with this camera. It would have to be of the slaved variety rather than TTL.
I must say, in a matchup between Oly and Canon, Olympus is providing more capability in their cameras, especially with RAW capture.
I must say, in a matchup between Oly and Canon, Olympus is providing more capability in their cameras, especially with RAW capture.
Rickg
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I wasn't talking only about U/W use when I made my comment. Without a hotshoe capability you can't mount/connect an external strobe to the camera to give you true TTL capability unlike the SP-350. Of course as, as gert7to3 said above, you should be able to use an external slave strobe. And I would expect that you can get very good results with an Inon or other strobe.
I've just added the SP-550 UZ to the short list of cameras I'm considering.
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I've just added the SP-550 UZ to the short list of cameras I'm considering.
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I was planning to purchase my second UW camera, & almost place order for SP-350 +PT-030. One of the reasons, I can use my FL-20 flash for topside too.
Now, I am thinking to wait till March for the 550 UZ - is it worth
Also, anybody knows the reason Oly does not equip 550 UZ w/ hotshoe ?
Now, I am thinking to wait till March for the 550 UZ - is it worth
Also, anybody knows the reason Oly does not equip 550 UZ w/ hotshoe ?
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