RogerC

DeepBlueMD:
how did you tighten that ball? did you just bottom it out hard or did you somehow tighten the locking collar? Mine is loose and spins. I'm afraid to bottom it out so hard that it locks, and I cant get a wrench on the collar, so any strobe I put on it just swings around.

troporobo:
thanks for the macro shots! I dont normally use ttl but it would be nice to have the option.

Deep6:
Backscatter is a problem with a ring flash. Best to fill your frame with a subject that hides it. The bigger problem for me is that you need to use depth of field to separate your subject from the background. The wrong subject and big depth of field is you can wind up with a very flat dull image. Its a fun challenge and a very compact rig.

Jock:
Never had the RS tray, but I liked my pivot tray. You can get low with it since the main tray is on top, not on the bottom.

Hi,

First, I just want to mention that the gopro 2 is far ahead of the 1 on firmware. Much easier to use, much easier (automatic) to update. And the wifi back and iphone software are even better, a total must have. Every camera should have that power, it's amazing. a full interface for your camera including live view on your iphone or iPad! The gopro3 should be even better.

to your questions:
1-don't know.
2- I split, but I like viewfinders, I'm old.
3-don't know.
4-yes. it's pretty easy to get moved by surge, and going for more DoF and smaller aperture gets you into diffraction problems. The DoF on the small oly 4/3 sensor is a little too short for my taste. Just my opinion.
5-filters are better than post processing. You have too much blue light coming in, you need to knock that down so the blue and red are more balanced and the limited dynamic range of your sensor can take a decent photo. Might be darker, but it's balanced.

I don't have a 60mm yet. Just curious, anyone having any luck with ttl with macro? optical or electrical? P/A/S/M? what strobe?

thanks.

regarding the 12-50, I do dislike motorized zoom for stills, but it is the way to go for video, and it may surprise you how much video you start to shoot.

regarding the 7-14, i vastly prefer rectilinear to fisheye, but after shooting the regular (not micro) oly zuiko 7-14mm for years and never getting sharp corners, I'm pretty happy with the sharpness of the little m4/3 8mm... not to mention the cost and size of the lens and dome. The old athena dome I used with my 7-14 was pretty small, but it feels like a bus windshield now.

Regarding lenses in general, think how you shoot and what you shoot. On his E330, I think I can say that jim used his oly 14-54 lens 90% of the time. I took mine in the water once. Different styles. I have no interest in taking my 12-50 in the water due to that port price, I'll probably even sell the lens. Only bought it because I had to buy a kit to get the camera early (anyone want it? email me an offer). But that 60mm macro, can't wait until that comes out.

The other lens I really want is that tiny new ultra pancake 15mm so I can carry the camera in my pocket all the time on land.

Size comparison photos.
Canon 5D mark 2 and 16-35 zoom, (no shade, guess I should have left it on for the photo)
Olympus E520 and 7-14 zoom (with shade, it's not removable)
Olympus OM-D EM-5 and 8mm lens (with shade, it's not removable)

yeah, the 8mm isn't a zoom, so it's not exactly apples to apples, but damn it's small.

in case I didn't get the linking right, they are here:

http://www.rogercarl...24217490_cWh5jD