sccho76 0 Posted February 11, 2020 Hi! dear members I'm writing here to ask for help to choose my son's first underwater camera set. He is 13yrs old junior advanced openwater diver and and has no knowledge of camera.(I'm using Nikon D800) I found 2 camera sets with good prices. But one is pretty complex one and not the other one No1. Olympus OM-D Em5(12-50mm lense included) with housing(standard port included) - used one No2. Olympus TG6 with housing - new one Apparently OM-d is little bit more expensive than tg6 which one will be good choice? Pls. help me. Have a nice day. Thank you! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Angusparker 3 Posted February 11, 2020 Just bought the TG6 for my 13 year old son who also is a Junior Open Water diver. I set it up with a video light on a flex arm with a tray and handles. This apparently is a great set up for macro and portraits. Also the Olympus housing is not too bulky or expensive. Down the road you can add strobes and a wide angle wet lens. I’ve got a GH5 (similar to the other m43 camera you mentioned) with a zoom wide angle to medium lens in a dome with two strobes. So together we have every type of shot covered. I think this is a perfect setup because my son won’t have to worry about much but focus and pressing the shutter button, which is just as well as he is trying to maintain neutral buoyancy! Here is a video worth watching on a similar setup, select Part 2: https://www.backscatter.com/reviews/post/Olympus-TG-5-Best-Underwater-Camera-Settings# I went with a single flex arm rather than a ball arm because again it’s easier to adjust. Backscatter also has a tether to attach the camera to a BCD, so it doesn’t drift away. The setup above has no floats and will sink. We will be trying out the TG6 in French Polynesia in a few months. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stmadsen 5 Posted February 12, 2020 Based on the systems you have suggested, the TG-6 is versatile and as written, great for macro, and you can add ligts, wide angle lens as both skill and ambitions increase :). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oneyellowtang 95 Posted February 17, 2020 I started both my daughter and son out with an Oly m43 system in the Oly (plastic) housing and 1 Inon strobe. They both really enjoyed learning with this rig. Both ended up outgrowing this rig after about 2 years of shooting (about 6-7 dive trips each and a bunch of pool work), and have since graduated to larger rigs. the Oly got a ton of use and is now being passed down to a cousin who is starting to shoot u/w. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
katuarrai 1 Posted March 9, 2020 I will buy a sony rx-100 mark II in a plastic housing. You can attach a macro len and a second hand inon s-2000 flash. I think is a good way to start at underwater photography and you can get amazing pictures with this configuration. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GPH75 0 Posted April 28, 2020 Recommend you consider the SeaLife DC2000 for a beginner. Very easy to use with the various flash and video light combinations available. Relatively inexpensive and virtually indestructible. Great value for the money and superb product support from SeaLife. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
