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We're more into photography than dive gear at the moment, maybe we'll add some boring opinions about fins later on : - )

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PB251828.jpgAnother new review, topical too! Some picture re-ordering to do but text all finalised
Some trips down to Devon were a chance to dunk the Olympus E-420 and PT-E03 housing It's an update of the smallest digital SLR and made a great debut. The seas were a bit soupy but it did really well.
PB251828.jpg Olympus E-410 SLR This one was new only a month or so ago! How unfair!
Our trip to Plymouth was a chance to try the Olympus E-410 and PT-E03 housing It's the smallest digital SLR and we felt the benefit in some lumpy seas. The kit lens was a pleasant surprise and the E-410 did well on our chilly trip - we're sure it'll be great in clear blue water too.
12-60Olympus SLR lens range
As a bit of a guide for SLR newbies and those considering the move from a compact camera here's a  brief run down of some of the lenses we use under and over the water. Whichever SLR camera you like you'll probably consider a selection like this - even if you aren't obsessive enough to actually collect them. There's two of us, so it's only half as bad!
RS059296clean.jpg A full review of the Olympus E-330 and PT-E02 housing It's our first dive SLR and we think it's great for macro as well as building up biceps! It's unique as a real-Live-view SLR which made it easy to move to from our little cameras :-)
thumb36.jpg Our review of the Olympus C-7070 Widezoom was overdue, it's only just been supplanted by an E-330 dSLR which can't match it's flexibility. We'd still very much recommend it, it has a great lens and our photography really grew up with it - Links to the BSAC site where the review is hosted.
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We have added an 
Olympus Mju770SW to our household and are mightily impressed. Watching people's horrified faces as you dunk this tiny, unhoused camera in the sea is hugely enjoyable.
 thumb56.jpg Here's a run down on the Olympus Mju720SW and PT-033 housing the first of the Mju range to be ready for a swim without a case. It's only rated to 3m but makes it tough enough to handle in wet conditions and we tried the dive housing too.
thumb21.jpg Dawn has sold her beloved Canon S70 Powershot it could have been your start in underwater photography... not a review page but shows what it could do.
To pad this page out here are some links to camera reviews I wrote for the BSAC website:
Thumbnail30.jpg I still have a soft spot for my first digital camera...  the Olympus C-920Zoom Life was so much simpler then, but not easier :-) 
Thumbnail30.jpg Our first upgrade was the Olympus C-40Zoom a tiny camera which did a lot of things very well. It bore the brunt of our photography for several years and got us into macro and manual control.
thumb20.jpg We bought a Canon Powershot A80 as a stand-in whilst waiting for a major upgrade and it did a grand job. Great for snap shots of medium and large fish.
Thumbnail36.jpg I couldn't believe what a difference the Olympus C-5060 Widezoom made to our macro shots. It's just a great camera, we still have one in our backup kit.
thumb4.jpg There will be reviews to follow of the new Olympus E-410 SLR and our old Canon S70 as well as Epoque DS150 strobe, TTL and optical interfaces for Sea and Sea YS60 strobes and Olympus FL-36 cabled strobes.

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

Rob and Dawn