Olympus E-PM1 underwater housing PT-EP06 (Discontinued)

I just finished a week on the Turks and Caico's Agressor 2 and got a first look at my new rig. Most of my shooting was with the 60mm macro lens and so far I am very impressed with this system. The housing works well with all the controls easy to use and a simple, and hopefully goof proof hatch design (he says with finger crossed).

The image quality from such a timy camera is very impressive and overall I am very pleased with my purchase. My only beef is the Olympus image download I installed from the supplied disk is not very user friendly and a bit of PITA to use. The manual could also be better organized.

I purchased the EPM1 and the PT-EP06 housing along with a couple of YS-D1 strobes. I have very little experience with underwater photography, and have only used a point and shoot in the past. I was amazed at the quality of the photos, and how simple the camera was to operate underwater. The buttons on the housing are very similar to the PT-048 I have for my Olympus 8010, making for an easy transition to the new setup. With a little practice on the first dive I was able to quickly change settings as needed. The housing with strobes attached was much easier to dive with than I expected, and didn’t require any kind of adjustment to handle the slightly larger rig. The first time out I took some great photos and couldn’t be happier with my purchase. For the price I think you would have a hard time beating this package. I have a trip planned to Roatan at the end of the month and can’t wait to get back in the water with the camera.

I've agonized for years about which camera would replace my Olympus 5050 and Olympus housing.

After reading lots of positive reviews on the E-PM1, I finally took the plunge. I chose the PT-EP06 housing because I've had many years of good results with Olympus housings, and the PT-EP06 can be configured with both dome and flat ports and the flat port can be used with wet lenses. And for the cost of some of the 3rd party housings I can buy two PT-EP06 housings, have separate dome port and macro setups and not worry about changing ports.

I've used the new rig on a Bluewater photo trip to Santa Barbara Island and during a week in the Galapagos and am quite happy with the results. It's easy to shoot in manual or automatic mode, and shoots nice HD video with the touch of a button. I love the small size of the camera and housing.