C-7070 in PT-020 ???

My friend used Olympus C-5060 in PT-020 housing and on saturday's dive it flooded. Looking to purchase a used C-5060, but the idea was to take a C-7070 if it can be used in PT-020.

Some sources say that PT-020 is suitable for C-5060 only, while PT-027 is suitable for both models 5060 and 7070.

Anyone has some experience and could explain the actual difference between PT-020 and PT-027 which could be the reason not to use the 7070 in PT-020.

Thanks and regards.

Dejan,

A did a search in the forum and found a post from 2 years ago when the C7070 came out. I remember quite a bit of discussion about the use of Olympus housings for this camera. Ike (rest his soul) posted this:

"7070 fits in Ikelite 5060 housing, but not in Olympus PT-020 or Light & Motion housings. The Ikelite housing provides conversion circuitry to allow genuine Olympus TTL with a DS50 or DS125 SubStrobe. mtzenz has the PT-020 which can not provide TTL except when used with Olympus tiny strobe and its housing, or when a converter from Germany is installed. Following forum discussed some of this confusion: http://www.digitaldiver.net/yabbse/index.p...did=11567"

If I remember correctly, the C7070 power lug and control wheel were just slightly different than the C5060 which wouldn't allow the 7070 to fit in the PT020 housing. There were also some complaints about the 7070 and the poor autofocus in low light.

Hope this helps