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Hi,

 

I just got a Olympus OM-D E-M5 with a Nauticam housing, Panasonic 8mm fisheye, Olympus 60mm macro lens.  Firmware body 1.6.

 

My buttons/settings are configured same as:

http://wetpixel.com/...showtopic=48625

 

I've only dived with this setup about 10 times and 2 times my camera stopped working underwater.  I shoot in Manual Mode. When the camera stops working, it doesn't respond to any button pushes except the LV button (changes from EVF to Monitor).  Main dial and Sub-dial still changes Aperture and Shutter.  Shutter release does nothing and I can't even turn off the camera.  Camera EVF/Monitor stays on until camera runs out of battery; it doesn't fall asleep.  Camera displays live image.  The flash (lightning bolt) and focus confirmation (green dot) icons in the EVF/Monitor are stuck on.  When I remove the battery and put it back in the camera works again.  Anyone else have this problem?

 

No floods or leaks and my depth was around 30m deep.  I notice this happening usually when I focus then try to take a picture.  This problem has happened using both the Panasonic 8mm fisheye and Olympus 60mm macro lenses.

 

Anyone else have this problem or know of a solution?
 

It's interesting I can't find any info/experiences of people using the new Olympus E-PL5; seems like it would be a great camera to use underwater. I was wondering how people feel about the ease of operating it (especially in manual mode, adjusting aperture, shutter, iso, macro mode, focusing, etc).

Right now I am looking into updating my G10 rig but don't have tons of money to spend. The Olympus E-PL5 seems perfect for my budget though everyone is talking about the EM-5. Is that really worth the extra expenses? Over my G10 setup, I'm interested in improved image quality, increased creative flexibility (with lenses, fish eye, etc), and a system that I can re-use as much as possible for the upgrade after. I feel somewhat creatively restricted with my G10 setup.

The Olympus OM-D EM5 with a 12-50mm lens, macro port, Nauticam housing seems like a great system but is way out of my initial budget. Though, if it's a huge level above and beyond an E-PL5 with 10 bar housing (?), and lenses then I can stretch the budget (by working more!).

My current rig setup is as follows.
Canon G10 camera
Canon underwater housing
Fiber optic strobe cables
2x Sea and Sea YS-110a strobes
Sea and Sea arms and compact tray
2x Inon [font='ヒ]UCL-165M67[/font]

Help! I can't decide what to do.

Thanks for any information!