Nauticam na-em5 housing

[bvanant]

That's what I thought you meant, but in your original post it came before any discussion of the 1.5 teleconverter (which is still high on my wish list).
Bill

 

[PHIL RUDIN]

It was a response to Andy t's post #10 where he ask about the possibility of a tele converter for M43. No inside information just what I would like to see in future releases from oly/pana.

 

[jlyle]

Thanks to Scott at Bluewaterphoto, I now have all my new toys for our trip to Cozumel!

The Nauticam housing arrived early this week.

I'm excited. The full rig, with dual Sea and Sea YS-D1s, weighs just over ten pounds in air. I've got three lenses and ports to play with: 8mm, 45mm macro, and 14-42. (Too bad the port for the 12-50 isn't available yet.)

 

[guyharrisonphoto]

The Nauticam port for the 60 macro will a flat glass with the 67mm thread for closeup lenses and controls for the focus limiting switch I expect. The Nauticam port for 7-14 is six inches and extends out about three inches from the housing to accommodate the length of the lens and the zoom gear. The 8 fisheye port is about 4.33 inch and has no extension.

I will be teaching the Reef Photo Macro Techniques Workshop August 2nd to 5th at the Blue Heron Bridge in Palm Beach Florida. We will have the OMD E-M5 camera and Nauticam housing for students to test dive it anyone is interested.

I already have students signedup with bothe 4/3 and M4/3 systems so Olympus will be well covered in the classes.

A link and further information is listed on the Scubaboard Underwater photography fourms front page or go to reefphoto.com for further details.

Phil Rudin

Hi Phil,

I just signed up for this class. Really looking forward to this as I have wanted to do it for a long time. I hope I can use the OM-D on one of the dives with the 45mm macro. I have arms and 2 ys01 flashes (would like to demo the ysD1 also ). If possible a 7D setup as well. I am going to purchase one or the other in the near term (my "land" system is Canon but I am leaning towards the OM-D). I will also ask the folks at Reef is they can find one for me to use, at least once.

If there are certain things I would like to learn (ie the "black background" effect, the "spotlight" effect with a snoot, the "wide angle macro" effect with that INON insect-eye thing), should I contact Reef to see if they will have that gear available? Otherwise I might ask around at SFUPS to see if anyone has things I can borrow.

Mainly, though, I want to begin mastering manual exposure with my flashes and ratio lighting. The TTL seems to work fine for most pictures, but not all and I need to master manual control for more control over lighting and shadow.

Anyway, don't want to hijack the thread any more than I have. I am really stoked about this! If I have questions can I pm you? Don't want to be a pest but it is easier that posting on the forum.

Guy Harrison

 

[PHIL RUDIN]

Hello Guy!

My E-mail address is in thr SFUPS directory and you are welcome to contact me direct. I will have a YS-d1 you can try out. The insect-eye is a very specialized tool and does not work well with many camera/lens systems and I don't own that equipment. We will be covering the other topics and more.

We still have a few spots left if anyone else is interested.

Phil Rudin

 

[under water]

Hi Phil.
Nice diving with you and lunch at the last Blue Heron Bridge macro workshop. (July 7th). I just noticed that Olympus posted your Jawfish picture rather prominently on their facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/#!/getolympus
They never link back to the source of their photos though.

Frank Delargy
Blue Heron Bridge

 

[PHIL RUDIN]

Hi Frank,

Good to hear from you. We have another macro workshop starting on Thursday of this week so I will be at the bridge for the weekend. I think Olympus must have pinched my photo from the Nauticamusa web site front page. Interesting to see the comments of all of the non-divers in regard to what they think it is.

Phil Rudin

 

[under water]

Hi Frank,

Good to hear from you. We have another macro workshop starting on Thursday of this week so I will be at the bridge for the weekend. I think Olympus must have pinched my photo from the Nauticamusa web site front page. Interesting to see the comments of all of the non-divers in regard to what they think it is.

Phil Rudin

I think "Freaky Frog with teeth" is the prevalent opinion of what it is I was going to suggest it was a jawfish, but I doubt it would be noticed.

 

[PHIL RUDIN]

If it were not cropped so much it would be a little more easy to tell.

Phil

 

[Akimbo]

Has anyone found a solution for the TTL lag described by Alex Mustard's article in Issue 67, page 32, of Underwater Photography?