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For Sale... good stuff that needs a new home... 

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, maybe you can meet up with us on one of our dive trips?

Flashtrax XT 80GB card downloader/picturebank/media player - £125

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...

Back to index...Play AND record videos and downloaded films for 7 hours
...Play AND record audio from analogue sources OR it's own built in FM radio OR downloaded songs, a
udiobooks etc for 12 hours
...Play your pictures back and let you copy files back to other cards
...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

...Play AND record videos and downloaded films for 7 hours
...Play AND record audio from analogue sources OR it's own built in FM radio OR downloaded songs, aduiobooks etc for 12 hours
...Play your pictures back and let you copy files back to other cards
...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?

It's not a current product but some people are still selling it... they seem very optimistic!
At least this lot concede they can't get you one! They have more info :-)

Olympus C-5060WZ Camera - £150
Back to indexA real digital classic, a great lens and very 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


Olympus C-7070WZ Cameras - 1 left - £225. (1 SOLD)
Olympus PT-027 Underwater housing - standard £85
SOLD - Olympus PT-027 Underwater housing - Sea and Sea strobe connector - £150
Back to indexThe 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

Back to indexThese kits includes 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



Inon UCL-330 Macro lens - Including IKEA tupperware box! - £90
Back to indexAmazing quality 67mm screw-on macro lens. A multi element apochromatic(!) lens which allows use of the full zoom range at super macro (sub 5cm) distances.
Camerasunderwater product page - http://www.camerasunderwater.co.uk/general/lenses/inon_m67.html


SOLD - Inon UWL-100 Wide angle adaptor lens - £220
Another excellent Inon lens, much higher quality than Epoque equivalents. Gives you the equivent of a 19mm lens, can be fitted with a dome port for greater coverage.
Camerasunderwater product page - http://www.camerasunderwater.co.uk/general/lenses/inon_m67.html


Epoque DS-150DS slave strobe - includes simple DIY arm - £95
Back to indexA totally manual digital compact or SLR compatible slave strobe. Very small, simple and easy to understand though you have to do some exposure work yourself.

The included arm is just simple piece of aluminium which turned out to be just right for use it clear water with a small camera.


Sea and Sea trays modified for the 5060/7070 - probably best included with housings above
Not as easy as it sounds, they add a right hand 'hook' which takes the weight of the strobe etc off the camera case and protects it from shocks and having its tripod mount torn off - which can happen! Those little screws aren't meant to take big weights, these allow you to hold the strobe and handle while the camera just secures itself.

Sea and Sea YS-60TTL/S Strobe - £100
Back to indexThe standard bullet proof divers strobe, simple and able to sync up to 1/1600th with the 5060/7070 when used with a Matthias Heinrichs adaptor. Full TTL exposure in all modes, just the best for super macro!


This is an S model with the black plug - the version shown on the right.


Matthias Heinrichs Digital adaptor for 5 pin Nikonos connector strobes - £75
Back to indexBought in a fit of over enthusiasm, never used as we never found the Nikonos strobe we wanted. Great if you had a Nikonos and want to reuse the strobe with a new digital camera. Can be programmed for various modes and cameras - we found the Sea and Sea fit equivalent to be excellent, it saved our first Raja Ampat trip (photographically speaking)


As you can see from the picture our unit fits a metal 5 pin Nikonos plug NOT the black plastic 4 pin plug on the strobe above.


Olympus E-330 Digital SLR + 14-45mm lens - £250
Olympus PT-E02 Underwater housing - £700
Olympus PPO - E01 Port for 14-45mm lens - £150
**Obviously we'd do a deal it you wanted the whole lot!**
Back to indexOur spare E-330 and case. Surplus to requirements now we use an E-420 as well as the main E-330. We've both enjoyed the E-330 and found it the ideal bridge from compact to SLR photography underwater and on land. Unsurpassed as a land macro and street photography SLR because of the low profile and tilting screen it produces rich, sharp results in air or water - see our 2007 galleries for evidence and see our reviews for more details. 

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Back to indexThis selection includes the standard kit lens and matching port which are a good starter although you'll need extra lenses for macro or really wide angle work, an external flash is also required.

Our review  http://www.1townhouses.co.uk/pelagicpixels/reviews/camerae330.htm
The same review appears in slightly different forms on the BSAC site and UWP magazine

Camerasunderwater product page - http://www.camerasunderwater.co.uk/slr/olympus.html
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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.

PB040523.JPG 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. PB040517.JPG
PB040511.JPG 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. prev28.jpg
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prev14.jpg All this could have been yours for a mere £285!  What were you waiting for?

(To a good home only : ^ )
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It also has this fantastic panorama function... never again will fat relatives hang over the sides of your pictures!

Constructive comments and corrections are welcome, as always :-)

Rob and Dawn

Feel free to email using the following address: hello (at) 1townhouses (dot) co (dot) uk please use the usual symbols, this odd format is just to reduce the risk of spam.