Olympus TG-4 and housing and flash for a newbie: what are your recommendations?

Hello there,

As a first setup, I'd like to buy an Olympus TG-4 with its housing PT-056.
The feedbacks are very good for this setup so I'm quite confident about the value for the money.
Light being very important, I plan to add a flash.
In the meantime, do you think that the diffuser coming with the housing is enough to have properly lighted pictures?

As an external flash, UFL-3 from the same manufacturer seems to be a good choice as well.
I especially like the fact that it integrates a light to help the camera focusing, which is very important.

Any alternative to consider or just go with this one?

I was wondering if the arm fitting in the flash connector of the housing (ptsa-3) to hold the flash above the camera is a good idea or if I should consider a plate with an arm to have the flash aside.
What do you think?

Also, UFL-3 is using a RC connection with the camera and I was wondering if it was better than classic TTL based on optical cable.
Is someone using it? Is there a gain in terms of autonomy and recycling time?

At last, I saw that Olympus is proposing a macro flash (LG2) which looks like a good idea, but I'm afraid it'll restrict the usage of the camera to macro photo only
Or can I use this flash and an external flash at the same time?

Ouais

Hi there,

One year ago I was doing same decision... I bought TG-4, with PT-056, I chose strobe Sea & Sea YS-03 instead of Olympus UFL-3 -I wanted to cut down cost of my new uw photography equipment!! I am using it for one year now and I am happy with my choice!! If you dont't mind to spend more money on the strobe than buy Olympus UFL-3, if you would like to save money buy Se&Sea YS-03.

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1088284-REG/sea_sea_ss_03541_ys_03_universal_lighting_system.html

For the amount of money which you will save for example you can buy wide angle lens Olympus FCON-T01 Fisheye converter for TG-4

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/970421-REG/olympus_v321190bw010_fcon_t01_fisheye_lens_and.html

Good luck! Vladi..

Hi Vladi,

Thanks for your answer. I'll be checking the YS-03.

I understand that I don't need an optical cable with the UFL-03 whereas I need one for the YS-03.

Ah and I see that the YS-03 is lacking a target light.

How does the autofocus performs on your setup?

Are you using a separate light?

For the wide angle, I saw that Olympus is proposing a PTWC-01 which looks promising. I'll compare the 2.

Ouais

Out is,

You still need to use a fiber optic cable with RC mode. The ufl3 looks to come with one, but you do need to use it.

Rick