King of the compacts or SLR Killer? Olympus PT-EP08 Housing and OM-D E-M5

Rob Spray · Issue 68, Sep/Oct 2012 · pp. 30–34

Products mentioned: Olympus OM-D E-M5, Olympus PT-EP08, Olympus 12-50mm kit zoom lens, Olympus 8mm fisheye lens, Olympus 50mm macro lens, Sea and Sea RDX port, Panasonic GH series, Olympus E-330, Olympus E-620, Olympus PT-E03, Olympus E-410, Olympus E-PLx series housings, Zen ports

If you’ve wondered whether the latest, greatest mirrorless heavyweight will change your life underwater Alex Mustard has done a bang up, pro review of the kind I could only dream of writing... ISO sequences in dark tunnels! _ second macro shots of fish! It’s a technical appraisal with knobs on, perhaps aimed at SLR folk. However if you’re a compact zealot maybe you fancy a rundown from your point of view? I’m quite quixotic, swapping between compact, mirrorless and SLR kit so I appreciate cameras of any persuasion. SLRs don’t cure all ills, and ever since my first SLR I’ve known there are pros and cons on both sides. I prefer a viewfinder for macro, quite like a screen for wide angle and enjoy that compacts don’t need the lashings of light that SLRs do close up. The holy grail (for me) is a camera which can slug it out on quality with the best and still travel in hand baggage. So for a c…