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AOI selling UW-Housings now

Started Jun 17, 2020 | Discussions
LarsPolarBear
LarsPolarBear Contributing Member • Posts: 585
AOI selling UW-Housings now

Dear Forum Members,

just a service announcement:

Just saw that AOI Ltd. is now selling UW-Housings directly to consumers, so far they only offered ports and wet lenses.  They are starting with a housing for the Olympus PEN E-PL 9/10.  This could be an interesting option for people how wants to travel light or beginners looking for a reasonably priced entry into UW-Photography.

AOI is the OEM for Olympus and behind their housings.  However, since Olympus has stopped offering new housings for their current MFT models, I guess AOI took it into their own hands to market their products, which is kind of good, since they can offer it at a lower price without the Oly markup.

I heard rumors that a housing for the relatively new Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark III is in the making and perhaps also for the new E-M1 Mark III.  Considering that Olympus has catered to the UW-photography market for some time (e.g. the 8mm f1.8 was designed with underwater application in mind), it is nice to see that there will be some continuation.  We will see what the future will bring.

Just as a disclaimer, I am not associated with AOI or Olympus in any way whatsoever, just a client following the market.

Cheers,

Lars

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LarsPolarBear
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oh, forgot to put the link to their website in the above post:

https://www.aoi-uw.com/products/housings.html

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