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[olivierattal]

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At which depth did you take your X-U without problem?

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[biglenslittlelens]

Mine drowned with water in the lens at 5m, i assume it had a fault and was replaced under warranty. I have since had a waterproof housing built for mine as the water pressure in the surf is higher than just diving down a couple meters.

[tom0511]

I would (and do) much prefer a small sensor TG-6 for anything other than snorkeling (and even for that). It takes better images that one would imagine.

I See the X_U as a tough adventure camera, but not a divers camera. Even if it stands the pressure, the lens ist too long, the AF too slow, the short distance too long,... IMO

[biglenslittlelens]

I use manual focus / zone focus in the surf with it. Works fine, and 35 mm is a good all round focal length but it depends on what you want to be photographing. You have full manual control with a larger sensor which for me gives more control and image quality than the TG series. If you want a full dive camera though you will need another housing for it.

Edited September 17, 2022 by biglenslittlelens

[tom0511]

I can imagine that 35mm  works fine for surf but under water it is pretty long. Under water you want to get close, even on the TG I use a wide angle converter on the housing.

Also under water there is not much light, so you often might have to shoot wide open (except close distance) - so zone focus would be difficult.

I love Leica cameras on land, but under water there are better solutions IMO.

The small sensor in the Oly TG-6 is better than I would have expected.

But sorry I am off topic...

 

[biglenslittlelens]

Just depends on what you photograph. I  still zone focus at f11 underwater for surfers and people and it works fine. The sensor gets enough light in the top 3-4 metres and images are not noisy. But if you want to do macro then forget that.

it might be marketed as waterproof but I wouldn’t go deep without a custom housing. I know of others that had the same issue with drowning them.

[tom0511]

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Am 17.9.2022 um 23:19 schrieb biglenslittlelens:

Just depends on what you photograph. I  still zone focus at f11 underwater for surfers and people and it works fine. The sensor gets enough light in the top 3-4 metres and images are not noisy. But if you want to do macro then forget that.

it might be marketed as waterproof but I wouldn’t go deep without a custom housing. I know of others that had the same issue with drowning them.

visited your insta- cool images!

[biglenslittlelens]

Cheers , hopefully we get a decent summer but I doubt it with another La Niña so not much in the way of underwater/surf  pics again I expect