Olympus E-M5 MkII & Ikelite TTL housing

Phil Rudin · Issue 85, Jul/Aug 2015 · pp. 32–37

Products mentioned: Olympus E-M5 MKII, Ikelite E-M5 MKII housing, Ikelite DS161 strobe, Olympus 12-50mm lens, Olympus 60mm macro lens, Olympus 7-14mm F/2.8 Pro, Olympus 9-18mm zoom, Olympus 8mm F/1.8 Pro fisheye, Olympus 12mm F/2, Panasonic 45mm F/2.8 macro, Panasonic 30mm F/2.8 macro, Panasonic 7-14mm F/4, Panasonic 8mm fisheye F/3.5, Nauticam CMC-1 close-up lens, Canon EOS 100D/SL1 housing, Olympus E-M1

Ikelite Underwater Systems, a US company with world distribution debuted a new housing and port system for the Canon EOS 100D/SL1 at DEMA 2013 which I reviewed in issue #78 of UWPMAG. com. At DEMA 2014 Ikelite again debuted a line of mirrorless camera housings using the same port system as the Canon EOS 100D housing. I had a chance to test drive one of these new housings designed for the new Olympus E-M5 MKII M43 mirrorless camera while instructing the Underwater Digital Fiesta 2015 Workshop in Cozumel Mexico. OLYMPUS E-M5 MKII The Ikelite housing is designed around the very tiny Olympus E-M5 MKII camera which uses the 16MP micro four/thirds CMOS sensor. This camera is an upgrade to the original Olympus E-M5 which is one of the most successful mirrorless cameras for underwater use. Updates include an improved 5-axis image stabilization system for both still and movie modes which has a CI…