Cameras Underwater

Hi,

Just want to give a quick plug for www.camerasunderwater.co.uk

I have been trying to buy a housing for my Olympus C5050Z, when I
contacted them they told me that there was a problem with a large
percentage of the housings and would not sell any more until the problem
had been fixed. They've now fixed the problem and I have ordered one.

It makes a refreshing change to deal with a company who aren't just
interested in taking your money, over the last 2 or 3 weeks they have
been incredibly helpful and always upfront about what was happening.

Nick
P.S
I have no connections with www.camerasunderwater.co.uk apart from being
a satisfied customer

On Mon, 06 Oct 2003 10:58:20 +0000, Nick Bruton wrote:
>
> I have been trying to buy a housing for my Olympus C5050Z, when I
> contacted them they told me that there was a problem with a large
> percentage of the housings and would not sell any more until the problem
> had been fixed. They've now fixed the problem and I have ordered one.

Good to hear that the problem's been fixed. I had been thinking of getting
the 5050, but now the 5060's on the horizon, so I think I'll be getting
that.

Jason

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Some underwater pics taken with an Olympus C5050Z in its PT015 underwater
case.
http://www.uwdiver.com/maia.htm
Pics are from my wife...
Regards
www.uwdiver.com

"Nick Bruton" <nick.bruton@bristol.ac.uk> escribió en el mensaje
news:HMC158.702@bath.ac.uk...
> Hi,
>
> Just want to give a quick plug for www.camerasunderwater.co.uk
>
> I have been trying to buy a housing for my Olympus C5050Z, when I
> contacted them they told me that there was a problem with a large
> percentage of the housings and would not sell any more until the problem
> had been fixed. They've now fixed the problem and I have ordered one.
>
> It makes a refreshing change to deal with a company who aren't just
> interested in taking your money, over the last 2 or 3 weeks they have
> been incredibly helpful and always upfront about what was happening.
>
> Nick
> P.S
> I have no connections with www.camerasunderwater.co.uk apart from being
> a satisfied customer
>

On Mon, 6 Oct 2003 10:58:20 GMT, the cup of Nick Bruton
<nick.bruton@bristol.ac.uk> overfloweth with the following:

> Hi,
>
> Just want to give a quick plug for www.camerasunderwater.co.uk
>
> I have been trying to buy a housing for my Olympus C5050Z, when I
> contacted them they told me that there was a problem with a large
> percentage of the housings and would not sell any more until the problem
> had been fixed. They've now fixed the problem and I have ordered one.
>
> It makes a refreshing change to deal with a company who aren't just
> interested in taking your money, over the last 2 or 3 weeks they have
> been incredibly helpful and always upfront about what was happening.
>
> Nick
> P.S
> I have no connections with www.camerasunderwater.co.uk apart from being
> a satisfied customer

Did they happen to mention what the problem with the housing was? I have one
myself which I bought from tehm about 8 months ago, and it's worked OK for
me, but if it has a known problem then I would like to know about it!

Stan

G Winstanley wrote:
> Did they happen to mention what the problem with the housing was? I
> have one myself which I bought from tehm about 8 months ago, and it's
> worked OK for me, but if it has a known problem then I would like to
> know about it!

<aol>
me too
</aol>

Since the PT-015 looks so close to my PT-016 (same technology
but for a slightly differently shaped camera) I'd love to know.

nigelH

In article <3f816397$1@news.star.co.uk>, news@REMOVETHISnigelhewitt.net
says...
> G Winstanley wrote:
> > Did they happen to mention what the problem with the housing was? I
> > have one myself which I bought from tehm about 8 months ago, and it's
> > worked OK for me, but if it has a known problem then I would like to
> > know about it!
>
> <aol>
> me too
> </aol>
>
> Since the PT-015 looks so close to my PT-016 (same technology
> but for a slightly differently shaped camera) I'd love to know.
>
> nigelH
>
>
>

having spoken to Cameras Underwater last week, apparently the problem
was with the mode selector dial - i.e. the dial that changes between
Aperture Priority, Shutter Priority, playback etc and the o-rings in the
dial which were leaking.

Have to say that my PT-015 works fine (so far!) and I've not had any
problems, so don't know if it was just a specific batch or not.



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Simon Hanmer wrote:
> Nigel Hewitt wrote
>> G Winstanley wrote:
>>> Did they happen to mention what the problem with the housing was? I
>>> have one myself which I bought from tehm about 8 months ago, and
>>> it's worked OK for me, but if it has a known problem then I would
>>> like to know about it!
>>
>> Since the PT-015 looks so close to my PT-016 (same technology
>> but for a slightly differently shaped camera) I'd love to know.
>
> having spoken to Cameras Underwater last week, apparently the problem
> was with the mode selector dial - i.e. the dial that changes between
> Aperture Priority, Shutter Priority, playback etc and the o-rings in
> the dial which were leaking.
>
> Have to say that my PT-015 works fine (so far!) and I've not had any
> problems, so don't know if it was just a specific batch or not.

Magic. The PT-016 is all push buttons. Nothing rotates.
I'll stop worrying then.

nigelH

On Mon, 6 Oct 2003 16:52:19 +0100, the cup of Simon Hanmer
<sch@scubaplus.co.uk> overfloweth with the following:

> In article <3f816397$1@news.star.co.uk>, news@REMOVETHISnigelhewitt.net
> says...
> > G Winstanley wrote:
> > > Did they happen to mention what the problem with the housing was? I
> > > have one myself which I bought from tehm about 8 months ago, and it's
> > > worked OK for me, but if it has a known problem then I would like to
> > > know about it!
> >
> > <aol>
> > me too
> > </aol>
> >
> > Since the PT-015 looks so close to my PT-016 (same technology
> > but for a slightly differently shaped camera) I'd love to know.
> >
> > nigelH
> >
> >
> >
>
> having spoken to Cameras Underwater last week, apparently the problem
> was with the mode selector dial - i.e. the dial that changes between
> Aperture Priority, Shutter Priority, playback etc and the o-rings in the
> dial which were leaking.
>
> Have to say that my PT-015 works fine (so far!) and I've not had any
> problems, so don't know if it was just a specific batch or not.

Thanks Simon. Maybe I'll check for serial numbers etc. and contact CU and
maybe Olympus about it. Don't want a sudden flood when not expecting it, as
I tend to travel for months at a time and don't have the option of returning
it quickly.

Stan

Jason <jason.usenet.nospam@ntlworld.com> wrote:

> Good to hear that the problem's been fixed. I had been thinking of getting
> the 5050, but now the 5060's on the horizon, so I think I'll be getting
> that.

The C5060 is not an upgraded C5050. It in fact has several points that
for many make it a downgraded version

Some points from the Olympus4040_5050@yahoogroups.com mailing list

>>As far as I can see the 5050 still has many advantages over the 5060,
>>a f1.8-2.6 lens as opposed to f2.8-4.8 (I enjoy shooting in natural
>>light conditions indoors), cheap AA cells instead of an expensive
>>proprietary battery and for myself the fact that I can use my three
>>128mb Smart Media cards I carried over from my Fuji 2800.
>>
>>I don't think many 5050 users will switch to the 5060 as the only real
>>advantage I see is the wider angle and if like myself you have already
>>bought a decent wide angle converter you will not really need that.


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On Tue, 07 Oct 2003 17:27:23 +0900, Jerome Meekings wrote:

> The C5060 is not an upgraded C5050. It in fact has several points that
> for many make it a downgraded version

I think Olympus think it is. I've read the comments on dpreview.com. The
wider angle lens can only be better for UW photography surely? The
proprietary battery is a pain, but I couldn't care less about Smart Media.
It's obsolete. I don't own any and the camera takes Compact Flash.

But the main advantage is that it's supposed to be a lot quicker than the
5050. The forums are full of people complaining about how slow the 5050
is, particularly underwater.

And besides, no-one has actually seen one yet.

Jason

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