Thomas Witt
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Hello scuba board i recently have gotten a TG-6 camera and have been wondering what type of housing I should get. my options within my $300 budget are
Olympus pt58/59 - $300
SeaFrogs housing - $200
Ikelite - $300 which i have ruled off due to that there is not built in flash are.
Now as I'm getting into the sport of photography, I realized that it is a whole lot of money to have a good rig, so i am trying to pace myself out and upgrade slowly. I want to primarily start off with macro because the TG-6 has such great macro abilities, and because I can use the built in flash for it and wait so more to buy a good tray, arms, and strobes. I know that eventually i will want to invest in a light even for macro, but pictures with the built in flash can still come out looking great.
Now to my dilemma, Should i get the olympus housing or seafrog? The seafrog has a double O-ring, which i like, but the flash is not accessible through the white opaque flash cover. Are there possible replacements that would allow me to have a translucent one?
The olympus housing is well know, and many people make things specifically for that type of housing, will it be easier to eventually set up trays, lighting, and lens on the olympus housing?
I like the seafrog housing better at the end of the day, but i need to be bale to use the built in flash until i have the funds to buy some strobes. So if the olympus is the only housing that allows a flash then I'll get that one, but if I can change out the flash cover in the Seafrog I would rather have that.
Which one should i get, Olympus pt58/59, or the Seafrog TG-6.
also if olympus which housing, 58 or 59?
Thanks so much for reading this messy post about my housing crisis
Olympus pt58/59 - $300
SeaFrogs housing - $200
Ikelite - $300 which i have ruled off due to that there is not built in flash are.
Now as I'm getting into the sport of photography, I realized that it is a whole lot of money to have a good rig, so i am trying to pace myself out and upgrade slowly. I want to primarily start off with macro because the TG-6 has such great macro abilities, and because I can use the built in flash for it and wait so more to buy a good tray, arms, and strobes. I know that eventually i will want to invest in a light even for macro, but pictures with the built in flash can still come out looking great.
Now to my dilemma, Should i get the olympus housing or seafrog? The seafrog has a double O-ring, which i like, but the flash is not accessible through the white opaque flash cover. Are there possible replacements that would allow me to have a translucent one?
The olympus housing is well know, and many people make things specifically for that type of housing, will it be easier to eventually set up trays, lighting, and lens on the olympus housing?
I like the seafrog housing better at the end of the day, but i need to be bale to use the built in flash until i have the funds to buy some strobes. So if the olympus is the only housing that allows a flash then I'll get that one, but if I can change out the flash cover in the Seafrog I would rather have that.
Which one should i get, Olympus pt58/59, or the Seafrog TG-6.
also if olympus which housing, 58 or 59?
Thanks so much for reading this messy post about my housing crisis