First Pics With Oly EPL-2

cardiver · Post by **cardiver** » Sun Oct 16, 2011 7:16 pm

I finally decided to pick up a micro 4/3 camera and I went with the Oly in the Oly housing. I also picked up a Dyron +7 diopter for my macro shots.
I've only used the camera once and it was on a couple of low viz dives in Tacoma on Thursday. I got a couple of decent pics with the macro lens and I'm really looking forward to shooting in daylight with the good viz we've had at TTN and Redondo.

bnboly · Post by **bnboly** » Sun Oct 16, 2011 9:37 pm

Ron, what strobe are you using?

cardiver · Post by **cardiver** » Sun Oct 16, 2011 9:38 pm

Inon S2000. Where the heck have you been?
Are you off tomorrow?

RoxnDox · Post by **RoxnDox** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 9:04 am

Very nice shots!

What's your impression of the Oly *above* water? I have heard lots of good things about the 4/3 technical capabilities and seen some sample images, but not much of user impressions...

Jim

cardiver · Post by **cardiver** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 9:09 am

Haven't used it on land yet .

Peter Guy · Post by **Peter Guy** » Thu Oct 20, 2011 8:25 am

I've been using an EPL-1 for 15+ months now and love it UW (Oly housing and single Inon D2000). I liked it enough that I bought a second EPL-1 with the kit and 40-150 (?) telephoto as a package.

I don't like, and honestly have never liked, using live view outside of a housing. IF I was going to make the Pen my primary land camera (I have a Canon XSi for that), I'd spring for the Electronic View Finder since I just want to have the camera up to my eye. Also, in sunlight, I have a very hard time seeing the image on the Live View (NOT a problem UW).

Are there issues with the Pen? Of course -- but no camera is perfect and no camera in it's price range will be -- but it is a darn good piece of equipment and one I heartily recommend to anyone who is serious about UW photography AND who has a reasonable budget.

cardiver · Post by **cardiver** » Sun Dec 04, 2011 5:18 pm

I finally have my kit together so I thought that I would post a pic.
All I need now is a dome port, macro port and the Panny 45mm macro lens...........

BASSMAN · Post by **BASSMAN** » Tue Dec 06, 2011 12:56 am

cardiver wrote:I finally have my kit together so I thought that I would post a pic.
All I need now is a dome port, macro port and the Panny 45mm macro lens...........

Almost there, although, you might need longer arms?

Greg Amptman: "You know your camera rig is big, when a non-diver asks you, "How fast can that pull you under the water?"

: This is John Rawlings and one of his rigs! With his Ultralight Buoyancy Arms!

ljjames · Post by **ljjames** » Tue Dec 06, 2011 1:32 am

I'm so excited to see john out in the water again!!!!!!!! go new hip go! heal heal heal heal!

sorry bout the thread drift, thats what you get for posting a picture of JR

BASSMAN wrote:
cardiver wrote:I finally have my kit together so I thought that I would post a pic.
All I need now is a dome port, macro port and the Panny 45mm macro lens...........
Almost there, although, you might need longer arms?
Greg Amptman: "You know your camera rig is big, when a non-diver asks you, "How fast can that pull you under the water?"

Ultralight Buoyancy arms.jpg

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