Ikelite releases TTL compatible housing for Olympus XZ-1

by adamhanlon Friday, September 9th, 2011

Article Summary:

Ikelite has announced the release of a housing for the Olympus XZ-1 compact camera which features built-in electronic TTL flash control. A conversion circuit allows two-way communication between the camera and strobe and Ikelite claims that this provides accurate automatic exposure control, a faster recycling time and longer camera battery life as compared to that of fiber optic TTL systems. Currently, the circuit will only work with Ikelite branded strobes. In addition the housing features access to all camera controls except the Flash Open Switch.

The Ikelite housing for the XZ-1 is available now at a suggested retail price of $550.

Umm, doesn't look like they've included the rear dial control like they did on the LX-5 housing. So stating that "all controls are accessible" is misleading. There is a work around that is fine and that's to push the +/- button and then the left or right arrows to move the aperture up/down in Manual mode. Both the Nauticam and 10Bar XZ-1 housings do have all controls. Jack
Posted by JackConnick on 2011-09-09 16:23:03