Nauticam just announced the NA-EM1 Housing for the Olympus E-M1. Full details can be found here: http://www.nauticamusa.com/
Nauticam just announced the NA-EM1 Housing for the Olympus E-M1. Full details can be found here: http://www.nauticamusa.com/
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This should make an excellent underwater camera. The port looks like it comes off like a lens does and that’s something I’ve never seen before.
I think that’s really ugly, and won’t be buying one for the E-M1 I might not be buying. It costs more than the camera, and makes it twice as big! And how am I going to change my primes underwater, cos I refuse to use zooms on principle, cos they look uncool!
I think they should make one smaller, and prettier. And charge less. Still wouldn’t buy it though, cos I may not buy the camera. And I don’t dive any more. Still, you want my opinion, right?
I guess you have to wait for new version of underwater housing, which will enable you to change prime lenses underwater.
Maybe they can develop also a kit, for underwater sensor cleaning, while at it…
And Armani could design the exterior of housing, to please your high estetic sense… 🙂
Looks like SLR housing, not mirorless. Big and heavy? Hope price would not be that high…Olympus housing has strange port system, with tonns of adapters both from Olympus(1 native and adapter for older ports) and Zen(adapter to older(Pen) ports…
My only question is…can I fit an M1 (dressed-up in its alluring, Gariz, black half-case), into the BIG, SEXY NaughtyCam (with the TWO big, black joy sticks!!!)…OH MY!
Actually, I was a bit aghast at the little red thing emerging. Makes it look like a rather excited chihuahua…didn’t notice the big black joysticks on the NaughtyCam!
..a circumcised, little, excited chihuahua!
Chihuahua boner?
You’re mind really IS in the gutter… 😉
C’mon people, this thing is waaaay prettier than the EM1!
It gives it an über-retro panache the OMD series sorely lacks, but does make a strong effort to retain the Frankensteinian sense of subtle detail that Olynpus is famous for! Although, everything about the design appears to be highly functional… which flies in the face of all things retro.
You are just using the NaughtyCam to bash Olympus cameras…naughty, naughty!!!!! 🙂
Awesome. The E-M1/EM-5 with the 12-40 f2.8 looks to be the combination for underwater photography. Fast lens, good zoom range, semi-macro with super-fast autofocus. I’ve held off a long time, but this might be the right combination for years of good underwater photography.
A 12-40 or any other standard zoom would be the last thing I’d want on my camera underwater. You only need two lenses, the 7-14 and a 1 to 1 macro with good lighting and you are set.
My Nauticam NA-EM1 housing should arrive this week so I hope to have it in the water by the weekend. My Nauticam ME-5 housing in a day. For hard core underwater photographers this is one of the hottest systems in the market. It is small and light compared to DSLR housings and because of the lens sizes smaller lens ports can be used with the same excellent results. I shoot the 8mm fisheye, 7-14 zoom, 12 F/2, 12-40 zoom, 12-50 zoom, 45 and 60 macros and now I will be able to shoot the excellent 50 macro with acceptable auto focus.
Thus week?! Nice! Wait for your report impatiently!)
can’t wait for your latest reviews!!!!
btw i just downloaded the manual… page 15, step number for i see the camera with the flash on… do we really need to do that?
Hello Mohamed,
Most underwater photographers are using external strobes triggered by fiber optic cords for shooting in TTL or manual. The on-board camera strobe is in place to trigger the external strobes which are the main light source. New reviews coming in the Jan/Feb 2014 issue of uwpmag.com. My EM-1/Nauticam NA-EM1 review should make it into the Mar/Apl 2014 issue after I have had some time to test the system.
Phil,
Im actually not really familiar with the nauticam system.. iv used ikelite housings and strobes for about 8 years now .. since they don’t do a housing for the Em1 so I’m going to shift to the nauticam or any other new underwater housing brands.
don’t they have a “plug in” directly to the hot shoe just not to waste the camera’s fuel?
I would hope so. Most housings have a connector that will allow you to hard wire your strobes to the hot shoe. My Ikelite strobes recharge in a fraction of a second so I can take shots quickly without waiting for the camera flash to recharge. I loose TTL but found once you know your system you don’t need it and the trade off is well worth it for me.
I had to abandon Ikelite housings. I kept cracking them from going too deep. I now use 10Bar with my Panny cams, which work great and cost much less then Nauticam. I’m just not that wealthy.
Being an Ikelite guy I can see how this might present a problem for you. The rest of the housing has long since switched to support fiber optic triggering of strobes and Ikelite has just introduced the new and first fiber optic the Manta although no one has actually seen one for sale yet. All Nauticam housings have the ability of adding a bulkhead cord adapter for hard wiring for Nikonos five and others like Ikelite. Not going to get TTL out of the box with additional conversion circuitry.
I do most of my shooting in manual flash and set the cameras strobe to 1/64th power. I get around 350-375 images per dive/before battery without any camera battery issues.
Any of the EM-1 housings coming from Nauticam, Olympus and any others going forward are all going to be designed around Fiber cords.
I already subscribed to the online magazine… ill be waiting for your review about the housing.
ist ok if you can add anything about fiber optic wires in brief in your next article when you talk about the housing?
Thank you.
I have attached a link to some information on fiber Optic cords V. wired cords.
http://www.reefphoto.com/kb.php?id=15