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[satura]

Just found http://www.patimahou...com/e_index.htm - they have cool looking housings for Oly C7070 and 5060. Even Digideep does not list "Patima"

[timoma]

Wow!

I did not know Nikon makes the F80 also in a left handed configuration...

timo

[satura]

They also have a nice, technical design. Some kind of "Bauhaus"

[Giles]

Look at the camera photo again .. they have simply shown it mirrored .. NIKON may have been photoshopped but they forgot to photoshop the F80 ! its backwards !

they are pretty mean looking housings ... solid and yet chic looking ... wait can you use the world chic with diving and UWP ? that goes against everything i know as a dirty divemaster ... i must take my clothes out the laundry to make up for that ! )

i didn't read but they look like aluminium .. which i would think make them super light too. probably cheap as well. NICE

[mikedive]

Hi ,

I use it since 3 months ..... perfekt ...... I have a preversion for the C5060 and use it also with my 7070 . I is perfekt manufactured with a perfekt handling you always have the housing in two hands zooming with your forefinger ( right way )
and shooting with your thump. By shortening the inside resetspring you are able to get the fokus point and you are able to take long sutter times without any problems ( 1/15 ) if you are able to .
In Germany it will be delivered incl. the Oly TTL-C3 converter and the original Patima Nikonos socket .

I do not use the original handles my hands are to large so I have some addings cause I am Mikedive

here is a pic of my setup :


You see two Z220s with the prototyp MD buoncy armes and the MD Q40 pilot arm.

the wight is about 6,00 kg uw only about 100 g with the Inon UWL 100 and Domeport it is a little more but I am working at some solutions for the Inon to get it neutral.

any special questions ???

Michael

[reefwalker]

Hi Michael
Can you tell me if the Inon 67mm threaded lenses fit the Patima 7070 housing? Does the UWL 100 lens also fit and work with this housing?
- Jeff

[mikedive]

Hi ,

you are able to use all M67 lenses I use the INON UWL100 + Dome , but you have to zoom to 6.7 mm to get no vignetting or to crop after , in combination with the dome you can use the whole zoom with out any blurry problems so it is posible to get WA makro shots down to a distance of 1.9 cm . Additional by using the hyperfokal settings ( 1/125 , f 5,6 MF to 58 cm ) you have a fixfokus cam with a depth of field from 30 cm up to infinety to use without the slow AF a perfekt solution to get out of the shutter delay. In combination with the Oly TTL converter you have a real ttl strobe fireing . Without the TTL converter ( incl. only delivered trough Tramex in Europ ) you will be able to trigger the strobe in manual settings and you may need a strobe with a few more then 4 manual power settings eg. the Z220 or the Sea&Sea Ys90 DX or Auto . The Inon D2000 and other optical triggered strobes are not supported cause there is no flash window in front of the housing.

Michael

[Alex_Mustard]

Look at the camera photo again .. they have simply shown it mirrored .. NIKON may have been photoshopped but they forgot to photoshop the F80 ! its backwards !

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I bet there are a few left handed photographers eying up that camera.

Alex