Nauticam Olympus 12-50 mm port

Phil Rudin · Issue 71, Mar/Apr 2013 · pp. 43–45

Products mentioned: Olympus 12-50mm F/3.5-6.3 ED M.Zuiko EZ lens, Olympus OMD E-M5, Nauticam NA-EM5 housing, Nauticam macro port and zoom gear, Zen Underwater WA-100 Pen dome port, Olympus 60mm macro lens, DIGI&DIVE zoom gear, Nauticam 77mm flip adapter, ReefNet SubSee +10 closeup lens, SAGA 67mm flip holder, Inon UCL165 lens, Inon Z240 strobes

The 12-50mm F/3.5-6.3 ED M.Zuiko EZ micro 4/3 lens from Olympus has been released for several months now and has become widely discussed in underwater photography circles and U/W photography forums. In this article I will review some of the new underwater equipment made to support this lens and talk about why it is becoming so popular among Micro 4/3 camera owners. The Olympus 12-50 zoom is the prime “kit” lens sold with the Olympus OMD E-M5 camera world wide, the lens also works for any of the M4/3 camera bodies back to the E-PL1. The E-M5 camera and lens sell for around $1199/£1140 and the lens alone is $469.00/£264* This lens is a compact, lightweight 4.2X zoom lens that covers a wide range (84-24 degrees) and also has a macro feature. The lens has a minimum focus distance of 20cm (7.87”) and locks at 43mm in the macro mode. Once locked into the 43mm macro mode the lens focuses in a r…