Olympus XZ-1 / PT-050 wide-angle lens tests

[BluewaterPhoto]

Well, we finally have a good wide-angle option for the XZ-1.

I tried out the Olympus wide-angle lens in the pool yesterday on the PT-050 housing for the XZ-1. The results were fantastic. Wide angle of view, excellent sharpness.

This seems to be the winning wide-angle choice for this housing. I put some test photos up on the Oly wide-angle lens product page.


This lens is a serious piece of glass and the quality really shows.

Scott

 

[cardog]

I sold the Inon uwl 100 that I bought on EBay and actually made 100.00 on it. Now I'm going to buy the Oly lens and try it out.

 

[Meyr]

Well, we finally have a good wide-angle option for the XZ-1.

I tried out the Olympus wide-angle lens in the pool yesterday on the PT-050 housing for the XZ-1. The results were fantastic. Wide angle of view, excellent sharpness.

This seems to be the winning wide-angle choice for this housing. I put some test photos up on the Oly wide-angle lens product page.


This lens is a serious piece of glass and the quality really shows.

Scott

Nice!

not many dealers post sample pics at their web.
kudos to that.
maybe you can try other wide angle lens.
that would be great.

how come "no flash can be use"???

 

[BluewaterPhoto]

Myself and a couple other people have tried other wide-angle lenses, and the results were not good, it appears to take a specially designed lens to work well with this setup, like the Oly lens.

 

[cardog]

Nice!

not many dealers post sample pics at their web.
kudos to that.
maybe you can try other wide angle lens.
that would be great.

how come "no flash can be use"???

No internal flash can be used. The WA lens would block all of the light.....

 

[cardog]

Here are a few more pics taken with the XZ1 last night at Three Tree North on the Puget Sound.
My Oly wide angle lens should be here on Tuesday and I will post pics on Thursday night.

 

[Joe Cool]

I have been following several threads talking about the Oly PT-050 housing for the XZ-1 camera and I have not seen anyone provide a link to the factory instruction manual. Well, here it is in case anyone is interested:
Olympus PT-050 Underwater Housing Manual

 

[Joe Cool]

In the instruction manual for the PT-050 case, it states that Oly sells a PFC-050 flash port cover that can be used to cover the flash window of the case when you are using an external strobe. Any word if this thing is available stateside?

 

[cardog]

In the instruction manual for the PT-050 case, it states that Oly sells a PFC-050 flash port cover that can be used to cover the flash window of the case when you are using an external strobe. Any word if this thing is available stateside?

I'm looking at the manual right now and on page 30 (english) it list accessories that are available and there is no mention of that item.

 

[Joe Cool]

I'm looking at the manual right now and on page 30 (english) it list accessories that are available and there is no mention of that item.

In the link that I provided, Page 30 of the manual says there is such a thing as a PFC-050. It is hard to fathom that Olympus does not plan to make this thing available in North America. Doing a quick Google Search, here is a link to a page in the Olympus Japan website that has an image of it: Olympus PFC-050 Flash Window Cover