Hi there,
I just want to share my excitement about my new setup with you. I previously used a P&S camera (a Panasonic Lumix LX3) in auto mode with no strobe and recently upgraded to an Olympus OM-D w/ Nauticam housing and a single Inon S-2000 external strobe. I did my first six dives last week in Egypt with this setup and absolutely love it. I wasn't the best start though as the fisheye lens as well as the 60 macro were not delivered prior to my departure. So I had to use the Olympus 12/2 prime lens behind the fisheye dome exclusively for all dives which is far from being optimal (a macro would have been great). Besides, I decided to go full manual as well on the camera as on the strobe so I had a very steep learning curve. Of couse, the dive were not photo dives per se, so I snapped all pictures on the way without having the chance to spend a lot of time on each subject.
In all, I absolutely love the ergonomics of the Nauticam housing. It's so easy to adjust time and aperture etc.; it's joy to play with all this underwater. The setup is still quite compact and can be clipped out of the way if not in use. I may consider to add a second Inon S-2000 strobe as one strobe can easily create relatively harsh shadows but I think it was a good decision to start with a single a unit.
Here are some impressions of the dives. All pictures are barely cropped (if at all) and only slightly edited in Adobe Lightroom.
Edit: wow, the attached images really loose quality due to the resizing algorithm of the board software. Sorry for that. Next time, I'll use an external hoster.
I just want to share my excitement about my new setup with you. I previously used a P&S camera (a Panasonic Lumix LX3) in auto mode with no strobe and recently upgraded to an Olympus OM-D w/ Nauticam housing and a single Inon S-2000 external strobe. I did my first six dives last week in Egypt with this setup and absolutely love it. I wasn't the best start though as the fisheye lens as well as the 60 macro were not delivered prior to my departure. So I had to use the Olympus 12/2 prime lens behind the fisheye dome exclusively for all dives which is far from being optimal (a macro would have been great). Besides, I decided to go full manual as well on the camera as on the strobe so I had a very steep learning curve. Of couse, the dive were not photo dives per se, so I snapped all pictures on the way without having the chance to spend a lot of time on each subject.
In all, I absolutely love the ergonomics of the Nauticam housing. It's so easy to adjust time and aperture etc.; it's joy to play with all this underwater. The setup is still quite compact and can be clipped out of the way if not in use. I may consider to add a second Inon S-2000 strobe as one strobe can easily create relatively harsh shadows but I think it was a good decision to start with a single a unit.
Here are some impressions of the dives. All pictures are barely cropped (if at all) and only slightly edited in Adobe Lightroom.
Edit: wow, the attached images really loose quality due to the resizing algorithm of the board software. Sorry for that. Next time, I'll use an external hoster.