Text and Photos by Phil Rudin
8 mm fisheye with Athena 220 mm dome port
As a dedicated diver and long time underwater photography enthusiast I spend more time than I should keeping up with the latest in digital technology. It is clear that digital photography has created a hole new wave of underwater shooters and a need for equipment aimed at all skill levels from the professional systems level to the DSLR entry level. Top-of-the-line camera and housing systems can now exceed the price of a new car and change within month rather than years as the Nikonos film cameras and housed film cameras did. In July 2007 I posted a review on Wetpixel.com reviewing the High Quality, Low Cost Olympus E-410 camera and Olympus PT-E03 housing. Olympus has now completely updated the housing for the new E-520 camera with little change in the overall cost for the system and significant improvements to the new E-520 camera & PT-E05 housing.
