PT-EP05L - Detailed Housing Photos (from Japanese website)

[TheTrickster]

Inside of unit


Unit with flash diffuser


And with (confirming, removable port options!!!! )




All come from here (google translated version) -

 

[Meyr]

so all questions have been answered then..
there's a battery pack inside for the macro light,
and dome ports..

Correct me on this one,
see that pic with the flash diffuser.
i can see there's like a mount thread.
That is a good thing right since unlike epl1 housing where u need to have the adapter.
Now, if i stacked some closeup lens, wouldnt the stacked closeup lens will somehow block some light??
Then again it needs to be tested..

 

[TheTrickster]

Hi Meyr,

I'm all new to underwater SLR type photography so I honestly don't know.

BUT I've just received my 9-18mm M.Zuiko in the post, now I know it will work with the housing :cool2: - alas got to wait til Dec for that

 

[PHIL RUDIN]

Meyr,

To answer some of your questions the housings for the E-PL3 and E-PM1 both have the 67mm thread on the front of the new port. If you stack two inon close-up lenses or add the +5/10 Reefnet close-up lens it is unlikely that the on board focusing lights will fall on you subject. I have a ring flash where the light is in the same position and the thick +10 Reefnet close-up lens blocks the light. Same with the stacked Inon 165-M67's. The cameras on board strobe has a guide number of 5 Meters at ISO100, the diffuser will reduce the light by another 1/2 to 1 stop of light and the port will block the light when shooting anything close to the port, E.G. macro.
By comparison the Inon S-2000 and Sea & Sea YS-01 have guide numbers of 20 meters at ISO 100.

 

[Meyr]

Meyr,

To answer some of your questions the housings for the E-PL3 and E-PM1 both have the 67mm thread on the front of the new port. If you stack two inon close-up lenses or add the +5/10 Reefnet close-up lens it is unlikely that the on board focusing lights will fall on you subject. I have a ring flash where the light is in the same position and the thick +10 Reefnet close-up lens blocks the light. Same with the stacked Inon 165-M67's. The cameras on board strobe has a guide number of 5 Meters at ISO100, the diffuser will reduce the light by another 1/2 to 1 stop of light and the port will block the light when shooting anything close to the port, E.G. macro.
By comparison the Inon S-2000 and Sea & Sea YS-01 have guide numbers of 20 meters at ISO 100.

Thanx Phil, very well put..
So is it true that with this epl3 and its housing,
if i stacked some thick closeup lens, it will render the macro ring light useless?

Reminds me of the problem with the XZ1 where u cant fire the onboard flash in supermacro
cos oly said the flash will be blocked by the camera's lens...

 

[PHIL RUDIN]

What it will do is leave a dark spot in the center of the light ring. If you focus on somthing a 8 inches to a foot or so away it won't be a problem but as you move very close to your subject you will be focusing inside the dark hole. Remember that with a +10 diopter if minimum focus is say eight inches from the subject then when you add the +10 it will be at about four inches and the lights would be blocked by the C/U lens.

Look at just one Inon close-up lens attached to the light source, ring-flash. Now imagine the dark cone formed near the lens. I have used a white plastic slate to reflect the ring-light back onto the subject when I got to close.

Phil Rudin

 

[TheTrickster]

Photo from Backscatter of PT-EP05L with 9-18mm Dome port fitted:



Loads of photos here