Olympus OM-D Underwater Video Tests – by Jim-Decker from Digital Shootout on Vimeo.
It’s summer time and I guess some 43rumors readers are divers. So you may look at the new double underwater test at Thedigitalshootout. They reviewed both the GX1 (here is the review) and the E-M5 (here is the review).
I live in the middle of the mountains so I am the wrong person when it comes to talk about what’s good or not about the underwater performance. Anyway, I trust the reviewer when he writes that the “E-M5 in the Nauticam housing is hands down the most sophisticated and highest performing mirrorless camera you can take underwater today.” and the “GX1 in the NA-GX1 is so brilliant… shooting performance is great, and the image quality rivals SLRs at 3 times its price.“.
For US readers: The Silver E-M5 kit is finally in Stock at Amazon (Click here).
GX1 shop search links: [shopcountry 26836].
E-M5 shop search links: [shopcountry 29074].
4 Responses
At one third of the price I think you mean..
I’ve been shooting M4/3’s underwater since the GF1 and they do a wonderful job. I’ve sold prints up to 35×48 inches with the GH2. Needless to say, I’m not surprised these two did well. I wish they would have used some different lens’s though. I’m not a fisheye fan.
I also wonder why so many underwater videos are taken using extreme wide angle or fisheye lenses – for a still photo, this may look interesting, but an N minute video with only “landscape total views” all the time is just boring.
I can’t wait to use my new NA-GH2P under water… two months from now…
It is high time to save some money.
– At least three weeks on the Maldives
– Olympus E-M5
– Olympus PT-EP08 Underwater Housing
– …