- Tight O-ring main seal with safety lock
- Stainless steel and nickel-plated brass hardware
- Features a large, responsive shutter button, precision zoom lever, and durable controls
- Great for diving, snorkeling, surfing, skiing, fishing, sailing, or even in certain industrial situations
- Durable transparent polycarbonate housing
Product Description
Now you can take your digital photography to even greater depths with Olympus Digital Underwater Housings. This stylish and durable transparent polycarbonate housing is for anyone looking to pursue underwater digital photography when diving, snorkeling or surfing – and it is also ideal for use during activities that call for ultimate protection from the elements such as skiing, fishing, sailing, or even in certain industrial situations. No Worries.A clear and durabl… More >>
Olympus PT-016 Underwater Housing for Stylus 300, 400 and 410 Digital Cameras
This product was fun to use with my Olympus camera. Fish came right up to the lense in shallow water and the underwater environments when snorkeling even in Minnesota freshwater lakes were astounding.
Rating: 4 / 5
The camera case worked really well, I went on a scuba trip to Mexico and it took wonderful underwater pictures. Easy to use and didn’t leak a drop.
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Rating: 5 / 5
Item worked great for a recent snorkeling trip to Hawaii. All the controls were easy to access and the pictures turned out great. The only recommendation would be to bring along an extra battery as you have to leave the camera open to fit into the case(at least on the Stylus 410 that is).
Rating: 5 / 5
I’ve owned my stylus and it’s housing for over a year. It has been on over 80 dives many to 90′ plus and it’s always been a real trooper. I don’t change out the silica packs terribly often and have had the lense fog only a couple of times. Love it. Wish I loved the camera just as much.
Rating: 5 / 5
Last year we bought the PT-016 for use with our Digital Stylus, and have now had it in the ocean 4 times and once on a river raft trip, and it works great!
With this housing you can take your camera underwater at the lake or the reef. Almost every function is available for use, but not POWER ON/OFF – the camera times-out, then when you need it, a button push awakens it. The weight that comes with the housing nicely counter-balances the camera, so it doesn’t seem to want to float or sink; land-based shots are still possible with the housing on.
The minuses, besides the power on/off – the manual is warning after warning after warning, followed by test procedures (probably a good idea, but it’s BORING); one of the warnings says to not toss the housing & camera or jump into the water with it, which might sometimes be impossible to avoid; the o-ring seal seems sensitive (per the directions) and sand, grit or hair (!) may cause the seal to fail.
Overall the product performs just as you would want it to. We’ve had the camera in it for up to 8 hours, 3 of those submerged, with no fogging, and the camera stayed completely dry. Because of the sleep mode, the battery didn’t drain, but it takes a couple of more seconds to respond from its sleep. It comes with a spare o-ring, grease, and silica gel packets, but you’ll want to order more if you’re going on multiple dives.
I highly recommend this housing if it’s in your budget, and you wish you could take your Digital Stylus underwater. Don’t bother with this if you want to be taking pictures in stormy weather – remember the Digital Stylus is already “weather proof”!!
Rating: 5 / 5