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For Sale... good stuff that needs a new home ...for Hire too
As camera lust victims we have a pile of great stuff that has just been overtaken by new toys without being worn out or abused. The pricing is negotiable and of course we'd be happy to strike a deal if you fancy several items - why not get together with some friends? We're more than happy to show the stuff to buyers, and give you coaching after you buy or hire. If you'd like to hire then the terms are simple - you buy anything you damage. Any hire cost is knocked off the purchase cost if you decide to buy - that's only fair.Flashtrax XT 80GB card downloader/picturebank/media player - £75 An intriguing little unit which can download cards to its own 80GB hard disk as fast as most PCs and then connect to a PC as an external USB2.0 disk too. This means you can either forget the laptop or use this as a safety backup. It's not wafer thin and delicate - using a laptop drive not a tiny slow disk like an iPod - with a 3.6" flip up LCD screen and a dirty great rechargeable battery which will last for many, many downloads or... | |
...Play AND record videos and downloaded films for 7 hours ...Play AND record audio from analogue sources OR its own built in FM radio ...Play your pictures back and let you copy files back to other cardsOR downloaded songs, audiobooks etc for 12 hours ...has connections so pictures and video can be played back to a TV or projector and audio can be fed to a TV, hi-fi or headphones | |
It
has a Compactflash slot and as well as reading those cards it
will digest data from any adaptors which fit too. It comes with a
reader for SD/MMS/MS cards and works with those for xD and Smartmedia
too. 80GB should be enough for about 40,000
8Megapixel jpegs... but we're upgrading as now that we're being
pretentious and using RAW files we can fill it between us if we go
away for a couple of weeks. Progress? At least this lot concede they can't get you one! They have more info :-) |
![]() | Our E-330s and matching Olympus PT-E03 60m underwater housing. Surplus to requirements now we use an E-620 and various Pens. We've both enjoyed the E-330 and found it the ideal bridge from compact to SLR photography underwater and on land. Almost unique in that it has liveview like a compact - not the clunky version that current SLRs do. But autofocus as fast as an SLR how ever you use it. Looking back we've taken some of our very best pictures with this camera and lots of our exhibition prints (up to 30x20") were taken with it. It might seem that an 8 Megapixel camera is a bit old school but good pixels are better than more pixels :-) The E330 was unsurpassed as a land macro and street photography SLR because of its low profile and tilting screen. It produces rich, sharp results in air or water - see our galleries for plenty of evidence and our reviews have lots more detail. | ![]() |
![]() | This kit includes the standard kit lens and matching port
which are a good starter although like any SLR you'll need extra lenses for macro or
really wide angle work, an external flash is also required (as with all SLRs). We have two wired flash options which will work with the E-330; housed land flashes and via a convertor bulkhead to use Sea and Sea or Inon strobes. We have other ports and lenses too, we can talk about that. Our review: http://www.1townhouses.co.uk/pelagicpixels/reviews/camerae330.htm | ![]() |
Olympus E-330 Digital SLR body + 14-45mm lens - £225 Olympus PT-E02 Underwater housing for E-330 - £350 Olympus PPO-E01 Port for 14-45mm lens - £120 It's tricky to list arms and trays for all permutations, but we can talk about that :-) Strobe option 1: Olympus FL-36 Flash - £110 Olympus cable - £45 Olympus PFL-E01 60m housing - £150 Strobe option 2: Nikonos adaptor bulkhead connector - £175 Total: Option 1 = £850, Option 2 = £950Sea and Sea YS-120 strobe - £200 Sea and Sea strobe cable - £25 Hire rate: £200/week | ||
![]() | After
the E-330 we moved onto the E-420 (In fact the housing can work with
the E-400, E-410 and E-450 too). It's surplus to requirements now we
use an E-620 as
well verious Pens. The E-420 has been our workhouse for the last couple of years. It is the lightest and smallest housed dSLR available, by some margin. That's not surprising as the E-400 series are the smallest dSLRs ever made. It's a very sharp 10 megapixel SLR which gives great colour and epic battery life. Small size is no handicap as this is a great travel companion - due to lack of bulk and weight - and great camera too. It can use wired or optically triggered strobes and even run Olympus' clever remote, multi-flash TTL system. It has the modern style of Liveview which is quite useful occasionally (but not as good as the systen on the E-330). This housing has been modified to allow it work with the newer E-420 and E-450, though it still works with the E-400 and E-410. As we still have an E-410 that is available as a spare body. What more could you want for a turn key camera system? See our galleries for evidence of what it can do and read our reviews for more details. | ![]() |
![]() | This selection includes the standard kit lens and matching port
which are a good start although you'll need extra lenses for macro or
really wide angle work, an external flash is also required (as with all SLRs). We have two wired flash options which will work with the E-420; housed land flashes and via a convertor bulkhead to use Sea and Sea or Inon strobes. We have other ports and lenses too, we can talk about that. Our reviews (E-410 and E-420 underwater) http://www.1townhouses.co.uk/pelagicpixels/reviews/camerae420.htm http://www.1townhouses.co.uk/pelagicpixels/reviews/camerae410.htm The same reviews appear in a slightly different form in UWP magazine | ![]() |
Olympus E-420 Digital SLR body + 14-42mm lens - £250 Olympus PT-E03 Underwater housing for E-330 - £350 Olympus PPO-E01 Port for 14-45mm lens - £125 It's tricky to list arms and trays for all permutations, but we can talk about that :-) Strobe option 1: Olympus FL-36 Flash - £110 Olympus cable - £45 Olympus PFL-E01 60m housing - £150 Strobe option 2: Nikonos adaptor bulkhead connector - £150 Strobe option 3:Sea and Sea YS-120 strobe - £200 Sea and Sea strobe cable - £25 Sea and Sea YS-120 strobe - £200 The E-420 can trigger this in slave mode - for use in A or M modes only Total: Option 1 = £900, Option 2 = £1000, Option 3 = £850 (advanced) Hire rate: £225/week | ||
![]() | A
real digital classic, a great lens and wonderful solid build. Not our
original. This one was bought as a back-up when we found 7070's
in short supply and we've never used it underwater. For me this
was the camera which started our 'serious' photography, razor sharp
pictures with real depth. You can get more pixels now but its not
possible to get the same combination of pixel, lens and body quality
for such a flexible underwater case... well maybe with a 7070 :-)
Ready to use or an ideal as a back up body for a 5060 or 7070
user. Our review for BSAC - http://www.bsactravelclub.co.uk/photography/testc5060.htm |
![]() | Amazing
quality 67mm screw-on macro lens. A multi element apochromatic(!) lens
which allows use of full zoom at super macro (sub 5cm)
distances. Not for sale as we have things it will fit again! Camerasunderwater product page - http://www.camerasunderwater.co.uk/general/lenses/inon_m67.html |
![]() | Any
camera nerd will know that the big news is that there's now a type of
camera that combines some of the best bits of compacts and SLRs. They use SLR sized sensors to take great pictures but without a mirror that goes clunk they can be much smaller. This is unexpectedly up for grabs as we have the newer models! Like those it has a popup flash and can run S-TTL, plain slave or RC controlled flashes and strobes. It pretends to be an entry level camera but while you can turn it into a very simple to use pussycat it can also be confirgure to within an inch of its life and makes a lot of SLRs look very, very basic. You can fit any of the micro Four Thirds lenses which makes for a proper grown up baby system. It also shoots 720P HD video, which is nice although it has more of an SLR than camcorder feel so you need to shoot thoughtfully because of the shallow depth of field - its cool honestly :-) This comes with the first version of the kit lens which may not be the fastest but does focus closer, and all the boxes of course. | ![]() |
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housing is half the size of a regular SLR housing (about 2/3 the size
of the E-420 system). It weighs about 1.5kg all up before you add
strobes and trays etc. As a 'stop gap' before shelling out serious money,
which works pretty well, you can use a wet macro lens on the outside of
the port. It's a really nice little housing to hold and use. Rated to 40m, officially. This is the only Pen housing which will allow you to add an eye level viewfinder inside. It works fine without and we didn't feel the need - you may like the idea more. This includes the standard port which works with the kit lens and the 9-18mm wide angle lens. Contrary to what Olympus say it can be changed quite easily for a dome or macro port. An external flash is also required (as with all SLRs) and the housing has two fibre ports moulded in for you to use. It doesn't have a connetor for wired strobes - it's not fashionable anymore - but you can modify them if you just can't live without :-) Our reviews: On land: olympus-pen-e-pl1-review/ Underwater: olympus-pen-e-pl1-and-pt-ep01/ The underwater one includes quite a good bit on strobes... | |
Olympus E-PL1 camera body + 14-42mm kit lens - £250 Olympus PT-EP01 housing - £425 It's tricky to list arms and trays for all permutations, but we can talk about that :-) Strobe option 1: Good if you are confident in Manual mode (which is fairly easy) Sea and Sea YS-120 strobe - £200 The E-PL1 can trigger this in slave mode - for use in A or M modes Strobe option 2: I wouldn't do this! Nikonos adaptor bulkhead connector - £150 Strobe option 3: (Would be a bit top heavy)Sea and Sea YS-120 strobe - £200 Sea and Sea strobe cable - £25 Olympus FL-36R Flash - £125 Olympus PFL-E01 60m housing (modified for fibre) - £175 Strobe option 4: (I need to prove this will work, but it would be a nice set up!) TTL adaptor - £80 Sea and Sea YS-60 strobe - £125 Total: Option 1 = £850, Option 2 = £1000 (advanced), Option 3 = £950, Option 4 = £875 Hire rate: £250/week |
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Evolution of the 5060, almost identical physically but with a few
refinements and 2 million extra pixels. Does what the 5060 does
and more, maybe a little faster macro and slightly sharper - easily
makes A2 prints (those are the largest we've tried) . These were used
for most of our show pictures before we went SLR and have had a fault
free trip to Raja Ampat before they were retired. Our review for BSAC - http://www.bsactravelclub.co.uk/photography/testc7070.htm |
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kits
include the later PT-027 case which has various improvements over the
PT-020 which some people (not us) had trouble with. One case has the
standard Olympus flash connector and the other has a replacement
connector allowing direct use of 4 pin Sea and Sea YS-series
strobes (the original connector is included and easy to refit - we'll
do it for you if you don't fancy trying). The case is notable for
having a 67mm threaded port which allows the use of screw-on adaptor
lenses so you can cover super-duper-macro and wide angle subjects on
the same dive. Our review for BSAC - http://www.bsactravelclub.co.uk/photography/testc7070.htm |
Canon S70- Sold!
I've left this part here as we haven't done a review of this and someone might it informative.
Award winning Canon S70 Powershot digital camera. We're only got rid of it because after the great flood of 2006 we decided to have camera redundancy built in to our kit and to both use Olympus 7070s. This little camera has given me some of my best shots, which were very successful in the 2005 BSAC Photo competition. Thus it has great sentimental value and I'll be very sad to part with it.
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It has been looked after by Rob for its entire life so it''s in perfect condiition. It's mint and still includes everything it had in the kit when it was new (April 2005). |
The case was bought new for this camera and has been cleaned and greased whenever needed and never leaked. There are no significant surface marks only very slight signs of handling and careful use. | |
An ideal camera for the ambitious beginner, has easy to use automatic modes as well as full manual control and everything in between. I have found it especially useful for fast moving subjects such as fish and buddies. | |
The macro mode was also very good . Focussing down to 5cm and allowing some very nice pictures of pygmy seahorses on our last trip. | ![]() |
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All this could have been
yours for a mere £285! What were you waiting for? (To a good home only : ^ ) |
![]() It also has this
fantastic panorama function... never again will fat relatives hang over
the sides of your pictures!
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