Rental Nauticam Olympus OM-D E-M1 Housing

• Ports, strobes and zoom gears available
• Support for Olympus 9-18mm, Panasonic 8mm Fisheye, Olympus 60mm macro and several prime lens options are available.
• Rental includes housing, o-ring grease and choice of lens port.

Great new features of the Nauticam OM-D E-M1 housing:

• Easy to use push on port lock, large selection of ports and zoom gears to match the ever increasing line of lenses and more.
• Redesigned shutter button works more like a dSLR shutter
• New molded grips, just like their dSLR housings
• Electronics for vacuum system will be included
• 45 and 180 degree viewfinders supported
• Housing is a little larger than the OM-D E-M5 housing, partially because the E-M1 camera is larger than the E-M5

Best lenses for the Nauticam OM-D E-M1 housing

• Panasonic 8mm fisheye lens (widest option), behind a 4-inch dome
• Panasonic 7-14mm F4 lens, behind a 6-inch dome
• Olympus 9-18mm lens, behind a small semi-dome port
• For video - Panasonic 7-14mm or 12-35mm lens
• Mid-range - Olympus 12-40mm or Olympus 12-50mm lenses
• Macro - Olympus 60mm macro lens, or Panasonic 45mm macro lens

For example photos, read our guide to the best micro-four thirds lenses for underwater photography. Call the Bluewater Photo staff for detailed questions about which lenses are best for you, 

Olympus OM-D E-M1 Underwater Settings:

Read our comprehensive OM-D E-M1 underwater setting guide

Olympus OM-D E-M1 Camera:

The new OM-D E-M1 camera promises incredible focusing speed with both phase and contrast detection available. With a revolutionary new design for mirrorless cameras this new camera makes the gap between small "travel-friendly" cameras and large high quality dSLR cameras even smaller. Able to compete against some of the top of the line dSLR in terms of function, speed and quality the new OM-D E-M1 is blazing the way for mirrorless cameras.

• High Speed AF - Phase & Contrast Detection with improved continuous autofocus
• 16MP Live MOS Sensor
• 81 Contrast Detection Focus Points & 37 Phase Detection Focus Points
• Able to shoot up to 1/8000th Shutter for high speed shooting
• Up to 10 frames per second high speed shooting
• Includes timer and interval timer for multiple shots
• Micro-Four Thirds Lens Mount (accepts any four-thirds lens with adapter)
• Magnesium Alloy Body with improved weather sealing - freeze proof
• Highly improved large electronic viewfinder - see the action as your eye would
• 3.0" Tiltable LCD Touch Screen Monitor
• 5-Axis Image Stablization
• ISO 200-25600 with optional ISO LOW in Manual Mode = ISO 100

Nauticam OM-D E-M1 Sample Photos:

Reef Scene from Anilao with 8mm fisheye lens

Sawblade shrimp, photo taken with the 60mm macro lens in Anilao. View the ultimate critter list here.