I need a good, helpful online vendor and/or advice....

[matts1w]

Hi all:

I have been shooting pics for about five years, and for the last three with the following system I purchased as a package:

Sea and Sea DX-GE5
Sea and Sea Wide angle conversion lens.
Sea and Sea YS-02 Strobe with fiber optic cable
Sea and Sea YS-17 Strobe as a slave
Sea and Sea Arm Light Double Set (Product No.20503)

Here is my situation…I live in Jakarta, Indonesia so the only real options I have here is Sea and Sea as the dive shops in South Jakarta do not carry a lot. Consequently, I am pretty much self-taught and happy with the pics I am taking now and like the camera. I just feel like I have taken that camera as far as it can go and have outgrown it. I doesn’t shoot RAW, the focus is a bit iffy, etc…

So here is my question. I don’t know what I want, and hopefully someone here can point me to a great online vendor who can work with me and I will pick everything up next month when I visit the US. I am of course hoping to get some ideas here too.

Additional information:
-I am not sure if I want an SLR, but I want something better
-Being in Indonesia, I am most interested in macro
-I don’t care about video
-It would be great to be able to use some of what I already have…maybe the strobes?
-I have a budget around $3000 USD

Thanks so much in advance!

 

[Larry C]

Nauticam NA-EM5 Underwater Housing for Olympus OM-D E-M5 Camera
Bare camera is $799 Camera with 14-42 lens is $899 Camera with 12-60 power zoom lens is $1099. If you want to save money, the Oly housing is a few hundred cheaper.

 

[flareside]

Backscatter, Reef Photo, and Optical Ocean Sales should all be able to help you with what you need.

 

[Wisnu]

You can buy Nauticam housing in Jakarta (Sea Pearl) or Bali (ocean pixel) - very competitive price; moreless same price as in US and much cheaper than Europe.
I bought my Nauticam in Jakarta for my OMD-EM5. Quite happy with this system.
You can use your strobes in manual mode. I use YS-01 but never use its TTL.

 

[matts1w]

Thanks, Winsu. I go up there once every year or two to get my regs worked on. I had already looked at their website and not seen anything. May have to force myself another trip to Central JKT. Ugggh.