new nauticam housing for the EM5 mkIII

6 hours ago, Architeuthis said:

I had a look at www.Nauticam.com and saw that the housing for EM5III is already available: https://www.nauticam.com/collections/olympus-mirrorless-housings/products/na-em5iii-housing-for-olympus-om-d-e-m5-iii-camera

Good news!!!!

I found another review with accesory flash issues, in uwphotographyguide.com

https://www.uwphotographyguide.com/omd-em5-mark-ii-review

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The one issue I had when shooting underwater was with the new accessory flash. I found on occasion it would disconnect, possibly it was slightly jarred from bouncing on the little panga, and I would be unable to use my flash, despite positive test shots prior to getting on the boat. I have never had this happen with previous OM-D cameras, and was unable to get it to work without opening the housing and jiggling the flash attachment. Out of 19 dives on the trip it failed on 2 of them.

Olympus EM-1 MkIII Announced
https://wetpixel.com/forums/index.php?/topic/65627-olympus-em-1-mkiii-announced/

Olympus EM-1 MkIII = EM-1X in small body
Olympus EM-5 MkIII = EM-1 Mark II in small body

Might get some good prices on the EM-1 MkII now the replacement is out -  if it's close the 1-mkII would be a better option than the 5-MkIII if only for the much bigger battery, the better housing options have been covered already - the 1-MkII housing is really quite nice to use with the shutter and back button focus setup.