I'm thinking of getting the Olympus C-5060 and PT-020 but my main concern now is that the super macro mode does not allow the internal flash to fire. That means that I can only shoot at macro mode. I'm actually thinking of getting the sea and sea strobe YS-90DX as I will switch to a sea and sea underwater housing in the future. What I need to find out is how is the macro mode on the C-5060 with the minimum focus distance at 20cm!
Is the C-5060 macro any better then a Canon G5 setup with minimum focus distance of 5cm?
Is there any way to get a slave flash like the YS-90DX to fire at Super macro mode?
Will the macro be any better with macro lense like the Epoque DML-2? And if so, how much closer can the DML-2 get you?
Thanks for all your help.
Cheers
This one should be easy - I'm pretty sure you can set up the camera to fire the flash in Super Macro mode.
Hopefully someone who has used one will chime in.
Cheers
James
Slave mode works in Super-Macro Mode
If you enable Slave flash mode on the C-5060 it will fire even in Super-Macro mode. I have a Sea and Sea YS90DX strobe with a fibre-optic cable. It works really well, even in supermacro mode.
In practice, I do most of my shooting in macro mode, only going to supermacro mode for things like nudibranchs.
If you're keen on macro then a good investment to go with the PT-020 is the Inon wet macro lens (UCL-165), which screws on the front of the PT-020. It increases magnification, and it lets you get a lot closer than you could with just macro or supermacro mode.
