Problem with Oly 5060 WAL

[dmoss 0]

I recently added an Olympus WAL and Ikelite dome port to my Ike housed 5060. When starting up the camera, the lens runs out to the normal position but contacts the base of the WAL resting inside the dome port. This causes a 'zoom error' message to pop up on the LCD and the camera shuts down. I have tried turning the camera on, putting it inside the housing and then adding the WAL and port. This allows me to take pictures successfully. However, the camera goes into sleep mode after 3 minutes. Tapping the shutter will not 'wake' it up from sleep mode. I have to switch the camera off and then back on. By removing the WAL and just using the dome port, the camera functions fine, including waking the camera up by tapping the shutter. It appears that the tolerances are too tight with the WAL installed, putting the camera lens in a bind. Before I box everything up and send it to Ikelite to check out, I wanted to see if anyone else has experienced this problem. Maybe there is a simple fix. Thanks for your input.

[ikelite 0]

Check your camera instructions. Believe camera is not to be zoomed when the Olympus wide angle lens is installed on the Olympus CLA7 conversion lens adapter tube. Same restriction applies to use in Ikelite port............

[dmoss 0]

Check your camera instructions.  Believe camera is not to be zoomed when the Olympus wide angle lens is installed on the Olympus CLA7 conversion lens adapter tube.  Same restriction applies to use in Ikelite port............

Ike,

Thanks for responding to my post. I am not moving the zoom lever. The 5060 lens runs out to a certain length on normal startup. This movement of the camera lens makes contact with the base of the WAL resting in the dome port. This contact causes the error message and camera shutdown. A friend has the same setup, i.e., 5060 in Ike housing. I tried the WAL and dome port on his housing today and the same problem occurred.

[mrmishkin 0]

Hi

Do you have a UV or other protective filter on? Perhaps removing it would give you just enough clearance so the problem won't occur. Not sure but an idea.

 

Aaron

[dmoss 0]

No filter is being used. I have been in contact with Ikelite and they are looking into it.

[dmoss 0]

Problem solved. Supplier shipped me a WCON-07X (for the 5050 camera) in a WCON-07C box. The 5060 requires the WCON-07C WAL.

:evil:

Replacement on the way.

[ikelite 0]

And I must retract my statement about not being able to zoom with the lens installed. It can be zoomed with the lens installed and I understand results were fine............