Olympus 9-18mm Lens – Quick Look
Dec 10
At the end of November, I got to test out the Olympus 9-18mm micro four-thirds lens. This is one of several lens options for micro four-thirds users looking for a good wide angle lens choice. Other options include the Panasonic 7-14mm and the Panasonic 8mm Fisheye. Here’s a couple sample images as well as my initial thoughts on this lens. Overall it works great. Having the wide angle with...
New Nauticam Product Videos
Nov 27
Nauticam Optical Trigger – Check out this video about a much anticipated new product coming soon from Nauticam. This trigger will allow certain dSLR shooters (like all you 5DMKIII shooters) to shoot via fiber optic cable and others to shoot without using the internal flash, allowing high recycle rate on the strobes for quicker more accurate shooting. Canon 1DX housing – a...
Olympus E-PL5 Quick Review
Nov 25
By Scott Gietler and Kelli Dickinson We are really excited about the Olympus E-PL5. It has an amazing sensor, the same as the OM-D E-M5, takes great photos, and works great in the Olympus housing. Reasons to get the E-PL5: Awesome image quality, great lens selection, great high ISO performance (see image tests below) Performed as well as the OM-D (8-9fps) in our high-speed shooting...
Canon G15 quick review
Nov 22The Canon G15 is the long anticipated replacement for the Canon G12. We got the camera last week, here are the highlights of what we found: Macro capability is excellent, same as the Canon G12 lens Auto-focus does not seem that different; in our low light tests, the auto-focus speed at 28mm was similar; when zoomed in, the G15 sometimes did focus faster than the G12 some of the time, but it...
Olympus E-PL5 mini-review for underwater
Oct 30
Olympus E-PL5 review (mini-review) This is a very quick look at the new Olympus E-Pl5. Let’s jump right to the highlights: Same sensor and image processor as the Olympus OM-D E-M5 – wow! Replaced the 12 megapixel Olympus E-PL3 16 megapixels, fast-focusing Great image quality / detail – see the 100% crops below Available Nov 1st for $699 with the 14-42mm lens We just tried this...
User Review: Olympus OMD EM-5 Gets Great Feedback
Oct 19
We recently received a wonderful letter from one of our customers that we felt we had to share. Take a look at some of the great images Mel has taken with the Olympus OMD. Dear Folks at Bluewater Photo: Thanks so much for pointing me in the direction of the Olympus EM-5 with Nauticam Housing! I am loving my new camera rig. After carting around a huge Ikelite housing and Canon 50D SLR, I have a...
Quick Look: The Panasonic 45mm Macro Lens for Micro Four-Thirds Cameras
Oct 03
Its exciting to see the world of mirrorless cameras growing in popularity. Both Olympus and Panasonic have been great by releasing a good number of great lenses with the micro four-thirds mount, many of which work great underwater. Sony still needs to catch up, but there has been more talk about releasing new lenses next year and in the future. Today I want to take a quick look at a great...
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