Two new underwater housings for your E-P1 and GF1 !
Two new underwater housing has been spotted inside the austrian shop unterwasserkamera.at:
1) Athena is offering a new underwater housing for the Olympus E-P1 (no price details yet). Google translation of the german text:
“High grade aluminum housing for the Olympus Pen E-P1. Athena Change port system (Dome mineral crystal 100, 170, 220mm, Macro Port Focus AF / MF, extension) rings.
Olympus TTL converter built in, dual Nikonos flash socket. No slave control, since the camera has no internal flash. All important functions are available underwater.
Dimensions: 170 x 100 x 100 mm
Weight: about 1.5 kg on land without a camera
Available as of December 2009“
2) 10Bar is offering a new underwater housing for the Panasonic GF1 (790.00EUR!!!). Google translation of the german text:
“10bar housing for the Panasonic DMC-GF1. Equipped with a change of port, slave control, zoom function. Equipped with a change of port, slave control, zoom function. All important functions can be operated UW. All important functions can be operated UW.
The back is made of acrylic, so can also be found all camera functions. The back is made of acrylic, so it can be found all camera functions.
Dive depth 60 meters. Dive depth 60 meters.
Size approx 20 (b) x 15 (h) x 15 (l) cm. Weight of approximately 1100 grams weight
Material: Aluminum / Acrylic
Available mid/late December 2009“
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Thierry
November 25, 2009 |790€ is actually not a bad deal for an underwater housing depth rated to -60m, especially if that includes a port for the 14-45mm lens — though I’d prefer it with a dome for the coming 8mm!
The last week news summary! (one post to cover them all)
November 29, 2009 |[...] Two new underwater housings for your E-P1 and GF1 ! [...]
David
November 30, 2009 |There’s also an E-P1 underwater housing that we at PiratePro are designing that takes advantage of the MFT format to allow photographers to use Nikonos water-contact lenses designed for the Nikonos rangefinder cameras (we selected the E-P1 for the in-camera stabilization for supermacro photos). Here are some links to reviews of our proof-of-concept prototype:
http://wetpixel.com/i.php/full/dema-2009-days-3-4-final-coverage-party-photos/P1/
http://photos.echeng.com/Wetpixel/DEMA2009/DEMA-2009-PiratePro/10242323_iVLVA/1/706377395_FTP36#706377471_6pCbT
http://www.divephotoguide.com/articles/dema_2009_the_showfloor
http://www.moresatisfyinghobbies.com/blogs/?tag=nikonos
David Lewinnek
david@piratepro.com
http://www.piratepro.com