oly c-7070 or not?

Hi,

I'm complety a beginner in digital photography and I would like to have a suggest from all who care.

I'm going to buy a digital camera with its housing and i have no idea about what could be the good compromise between price and quality.

I'm thinking about Olympus c-7070 with Pt-027 housing, but I'm open to change opinion (not in the amount of investment)...

Please help me

Best

Andrea

I'm monitoring this question but it seems there are not a lot of 7070 users around.

After having used the 3040/PT010 for several years, I am considering an upgrade in the near future. At this time my preferred config would be a 7070/Ikelite combination for the following reasons:

- don't practice UW photography enough to justify a DSLR

- can attach my DS125 seamlessly, AND use sync cable with TTL support (not with PT027)

- can reuse Inon lenses

Concerns:

- low-light autofocus performance, shutter lag

- vignetting if UWL-100 is used.

Sorry, I only have more questions. But at least the thread gets bumped up...

From what I gather from other posters here, there are other faster, better autofocusing compact cameras out there. Some that are mentioned are the Fuji 810 and the Sony V3

If you're going to have to get a new camera and a new housing, I'd suggest looking at other brands and letting down your "brand loyalty."

Cheers

James

Thanks James.

I read the other posts too, but I'm not preferring the 7070 out of loyalty to Olympus.

When limiting the options to Ikelite housings, there is no sync cable support for the Fuji810. It is supported for the Sony V3 housing but without TTL, and I can't reuse the Inon lenses.

The big question is, does the sync cable with (albeit emulated) TTL outweigh the sub-par autofocus.

For me, almost nothing outweighs a sub-par focus.

I choose the V3 recently, and am gathering gear now.

there is no sync cable support for the Fuji810

You can still use the INON D2000 with the INON optical sync.

You can still use the INON D2000 with the INON optical sync.

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That's what I have been doing with the DS125 until now. The optical sensor is not very reliable at times. Maybe it isn't the sensor but the controller, I use the 'TTL' slave not the manual controller. It could also be caused by the relatively long distance between internal flash and sensor, which might suffer from interference from other light sources or suspended particles. The latter may not be an issue with the Inon system because the optical cable is attached right in front of the internal flash.

I would expect a fixed sync cable to perform more consistently.

@Don: It's still a judgement call. The 7070 may not have the best system, but it does autofocus. Also, the problem is mitigated by the DS125 pilot lamp. Anyway, I look forward to your results with the V3.