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jplaurel last won the day on July 10 2014
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Camera Model & Brand
Olympus OMD EM-5
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Camera Housing
Nauticam EM-5
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Strobe/Lighting Model & Brand
Sea & Sea YS-D1
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Accessories
Ultralight arms, Light & Motion Sola 1200 focus light
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Honestly, the new Olympus fisheye is a fantastic lens. Image quality, even wide open in the corners, is hard to believe. It gives you an amazing amount of freedom for existing light photography. I was doing video of a shipwreck at dusk a few months ago. We had placed lights on the wreck, and I had a diver swimming up the length of the ship. You could just see the glow of dusk in the background. I was using the Panasonic 8mm f/3.5, and had to jack up the ISO to 800-1600. The Olympus would have allowed me to reduce the ISO to 200-400. On a Micro 4/3 camera, that means a huge difference in image quality. I use mine behind the Zen DP-120 with no spacer ring. An absolutely perfect combination.
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I recently used one in the Maldives. This lens' raison d'etre? Speed. Here is a shot, taken just after sunset, wide open (f/1.8) at ISO 1600. The Olympus 8mm allowed me to keep a shutter speed of 1/160 sec to stop the action. It would not have been possible with the Panasonic fisheye without raising the ISO by 2 stops, to 6400, which would result in too much noise, or by lowering shutter speed to 1/40 sec, which would result in motion blur.
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Does anyone know what Wratten number cyan gel I might try over daylight video lights? I have been playing with my Keldan Luna 8s fitted with cyan heads and they are really useful in getting natural-looking footage as deep as 20m or so. I white balance to a combination of the cyan light and ambient, and it gives you a natural looking background, while objects that are close don't go all red. I'd like to find some gels to tape over my Sola 2000s to approximate the same effect as a more compact option. Something that would work well with a GoPro, for instance. It will cost around 2-3 stops of light, but I think it'd be a useful option, nonetheless. Thanks - Jim
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SOLD and SHIPPED! Thanks Matt!
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Phishphood, Yes, I also have the Macro port 45 for the PanaLeica 45mm macro, and the semi-dome for the Panasonic 7-14 wide zoom. Thanks for looking!
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Sold pending funds. Thanks Matt!
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Not exactly what you want, but I could offer you a Nauticam NA-EM5 housing, along with the macro port 45, plus the Olympus EM5 camera body and the PanaLeica 45mm macro lens - a complete macro setup, just add arms and strobes. Let me know if you think that might work for your son and I'll come up with a package deal. It's quite a bit more compact than the GH4 housing (which I am using now).