Karl

Karl: Nice set up.

Is that M77 to M67 flip diopter  adapter  holder?

Thomas - no I have the Macro 65 Port for the 60mm macro lens so it is the M67 flip diopter holder.   At the moment I just have a +3 diopter but I will be getting a +6.   I also use the 12 - 50mm in this setup as well.

Karl

Just added a GoPro Hero 2 to my setup - will be testing it out tomorrow.

Karl

I've tried the 12-50mm lens in the Oly housing (without zoom gear but using the function button for zooming full wide and full telephoto).
Ian

Can I ask how you acheived this?

Which Fn button are you using as the zoom button and how did you set this up in the menus??

Thanks.

Karl

Hi folks,

I've judt used my Nauticam OM-D housing for the first time yesterday, with 12-50mm and austrian zoom gear, all in the macro port.
I was thinking that I could reach the macro mode's max magnification by zooming at 43mm, but it seems i didn't: couln't get close enough to make them big enough.

Question then: does the "macro" mode of the 12-50 lens do anything else than zooming at 43mm? I thought it was just a matter of focal, but maybe I am wrong.

Cheers
Nicolas

When you engage 'macro' mode with the 12 - 50mm it locks at 43mm but the 'macro' allows you to get closer to increase the magnification, whereas if you are just at 43mm you can not close focus enough to get that magnification - i.e. the when in macro mode the close focusing distance is shorter than when at 43mm standard.

A work around this problem is to attach M67 wet lenses / dioptres to the front of the macro port and with the lens set at 50mm and depending on the strength of the wet lens your working distance from the subject is reduced and this allows for the increased magnification.   I do this when I use the 12 - 50mm in the macro port and it works well.

Hope this helps.

Karl

I just use a 40cm Philips head screw driver I bought from a local auto shop for $4 AUD - one of the best things I have ever purchased and never diver without it anymore.

Karl