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Tell us more about the logistic. Ho many lights? On the bottom?

Welcome to the forum! That's a serious upgrade, Focusing on video and documentary work aligns well with that gear. Nowadays, documentaries that tell direct experiences of citizen science are very popular. Both from the researcher's side and the participating citizen's side. Perhaps your previous university experiences are an excellent starting point for finding subjects. I've tried to document several citizen science projects myself. The problem is finding funding, and if you want to do professional work, you need money. Sometimes it's the university projects themselves that have dedicated funds for communication. Feel free to share specific questions or details about the type of projects you're pursuing. We look forward to seeing your work.

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At the suggestion of TimG, I thought I would share this. Many, many years ago I got into photography and for a while, was a photographer for a major newspaper chain, doing mostly sports photography. Later I pursued other career options and recreational activities and did little photography. Eventually, I began taking pictures on beach vacations with my wife and kids and while snorkeling, using a compact camera in a cheap waterproof housing with no external flash or auxiliary lenses. I was not impressed with the results and when I later learned to scuba dive I went down the rabbit hole of dive photography, moving from compact to M43, to DX formats and now full frame. My very recent change has been to a Nikon Z8. That change was not prompted by format size...I find APS-C just fine for my purposes. But my vision has changed and underwater find it hard to use the back LCD screen as well as before. I have only taken one dive trip with the Z8, so am still learning the camera and adjusting a couple of lens changes that go along with that. Here is what I have found so far: The electronic viewfinder is great. Bright and contrasty and highly adjustable. The ability to use just the viewfinder when I want to has been great and has allowed me to make adjustments and reshoot a subject more quickly and efficiently than with the DSLR. For Caribbean diving, I have been enjoying the fairly compact WWL-C. On a given dive I may shoot blennies, jawfish and nudibranchs and then a loggerhead turtle or shark or reef scene and the flexibility is nice and the optic pretty compact. My general belief is that it is better to have one type of photography in mind on a given dive, but I seem to end up on a lot of smallish dive boats where I don't know what dive site I am going to until I am on the boat that morning, and often can't really plan on being able to change lenses and ports on the boat and will need to keep up with the guide and group in the water, and not spend 10 minutes minutes getting a shot or looking for a specific subject. On other dive trips or when I am shore diving, I will take the 105 or the 60 macro lens or the 8-15, FTZ and a 140 dome and the WWL-C will likely stay home. I believe I can alos use the 60 and 8-15 in DX mode if I want, giving some additional flexibility and permitting me to use a kenko 1.4. Not sure if that will be worthwhile, but I like experimenting. Overall, I think I am enjoying the Z8 a little more than the D500, and the size and weight difference is minor. Of course, great photos can be taken with much smaller cameras and simpler setups. It is the person not the equipment that matters, but I am something of the photo equivalent of a motorhead (lenshead?) and can get carried away with the toys pretty easily. I may have more insights after my trip next week.

Sea & Sea MDX Underwater Housing for SONY A73 or A7R3 Reduced to $1900 includes the installed Sea & Sea Optical YS TTL Converter (Internal) Retail price: $4,025.90 Sale includes Housing with left and right arms, ttl converter and body cap, only. (Note that you will need to buy a port appropriate to your lens.) The housing is well maintained, never flooded, dropped or otherwise abused (although it is so solidly constructed it could probably be used to drive nails, or as a jack stand for a full sized sedan or mid-sized SUV!) The only real signs of wear are brassing (black finish worn thin) on bottom plate and corners due to rubbing in Pelican case, boat decks etc. The installed optical converter allows for ttl (through the lens) exposure metering to communicate with your strobes. Included in the sale is the SONY Hot Shoe Adapter Adp-maa. This is required to connect the Sea & Sea Optical Ys TTL Converter to the A7RIII hot shoe. The controls on this housing synch up with those of the SONY A7III and A7RIII, only. The A7III and A7RIII were the first to use the extended life Z battery, which is still used in the latest model A1ii. This battery is a breakthrough in improving mirrorless camera battery life to get closer to that of DSLRs. The implication is that you do not have to open the housing to replace the battery after each dive. The SONY model A7RIII’s high resolution sensor and processor still compare favorably with later models. Reduced to $1900.

So first the Canon RF-S 18-45 is supported with a zoom gear because Marelux has a housing for the Canon EOS R7 APS-C camera. The RF 24-50mm FF lens works with several Nauticam wet lenses but I don't believe WWL-1B is one of them. It works with an N120 27mm flat port and WWL-C which is designed for 24mm lenses not 28mm and the rest are direct mount like the WACP-C and others. To make the RF 24-50 work on a Marelux housing a flat port in the 13mm range would need to be developed. The Nikon Z 24-50 will not likely be supported with a flat port (67mm) because it would need to fit inside the the Marelux housing. The Nauticam port is only 6mm so it would need to be about 9/10mm inside the Marelux housing.

We did a Bonfire dive on BON with Martijn of Twilight Diving - Private and Personalized Night Diving Trips in Bonaire. Good guy and a fun dive. Similar to blackwater but done from shore in 40 feet of water. Not as many critters as we've seen in offshore blackwater dives, but still a lot of larvae and much more convenient.

@Phil Rudin Thank you! I understand the goal to support Marelux Wet Lens. If they can be proven any close to the WLL, this would be awesome! But Canon shooters are still facing a challenge outside of Nauticam! Especially FF... Not sure what the RF-s 18-45 would do with an R5, but even if the 24-50 is a low-end lens, it seems this is the only one which work at this point with a wet system (again as in Nauticam). I was told the 60222 zoom gear is soon available for the RF24-50 ? This is key for a Marelux decision, assuming there is a way to get it with a proper port, and at least some testing with an Aquista wet lens. There seems to be a decent number of Marelux Ambassadors using the R5 and R5ii, and I have seen the test from Masa Biru with the 18-45 (I think), but again, using a FF lens for a FF system should be best, shouldn't it ?

Heyo! I'm a marine science grad from Sydney who's been working in a mix of marine related things since finishing my degree almost couple of years ago. I've been shooting for quite a few years on a trusty a6000, but have decided to upgrade to an FX30 in a Nauticam suit, in an attempt to combine two unstable careers into a semblance of a secure income. Wanting to focus on video and doco work - any advice, recommendations and contacts absolutely welcome and appreciated. Cheers!

Yes, it works for Sony. Not yet for Canon. They mentioned they might support a zoom gear for the RF 24-50, but without a confirmed date yet. Then the type of port to accomodate that lens with the WLL1c will need to be checked, so this doesn't seem to be for tomorrow!

Hi Chris, This is bit of a work in progress and no port chart or owner manual has been released. In the case of Sony FF mirrorless cameras the flat port 32 is used with the bayonet mount converter which threads to the 67mm port. Marelux has zoom gears for Sony 28-60mm which I use, this port also supports the Sony 28mm F/2 and the Sony 28-70mm with the addition of a 20mm port extension. The same port and lenses can also be used with WWL-1B as shown above. I believe Canon RF-S 18-45 (APS-C) is also supported with the same 32 port and can be used with Aquista 120 at about 120 degrees max rather than the full 130 degrees for full frame. In Nikon Z 24-50 is not yet supported with a zoom gear. The Aquista 120 I am testing is a prototype and did not include any type of float collar. I have used five float blocks (2oz each) and one 1500ml Flexibuoy on the strobe arms for best balance and balance.

Aloha and welcome Sabrina!

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Just bought 2 new Pro Max strobes about 3 months ago. Doesn't feel great haha.

Great to have with us, Sabrina. A warm welcome!

Since at least last year Isotta can be used with the WWL-1B without modification with the correct port (e.g. H59 B120 for Sony 28-60mm). The WACP can also be used with an Isotta made adapter. There is actually a video that shows this ... Insider DIvers Youtube channel "Do Nauticam Wet Lenses work on Other Housings? YES, THEY DO"

So Phil, I had a look at the Marelux wet lenses just now, is there some sort of port chart to work out which lenses they will work with? At the moment there is just the lens posted with no additional information I could find.

Welcome!!

Recent trip to Anilao. Have cut it down from "our" 20min version to 7mins for the web, lol. Feel free to comment and critique.

Nauticam Optical Mini Manual LED Flash Trigger for Sony Full Frame Cameras New Price $330 plus tax, I'm selling for $195 LED Manual Flash Trigger Compatible strobes: INON: Z330, D200, Z240, D2000, S220, S2000 Sea&Sea: YS-250, YS-D3 Duo, YS-D3 II, YS-D3, YS-D2, YS-D2J, YS-D1, YS-01 Backscatter: Hybrid Flash, Mini Flash 2, Mini Flash 1 Cleaning out my gear box, let me know if you need a spare! US only, buyer pays shipping Wunderdiver@gmail (add the .com, just trying to ward off the bots!)

Nauticam N100 Flat Port with Focus Knob $400 used $560 plus tax, new - I'm selling for $400 N100 Port, Focus Knob Included, 67mm Threaded Front Nauticam M67 to Bayonet Mount Converter II $90 used $120 plus tax, new price - I'm selling for $90 used This Bayonet Mount Converter II is designed for M67 threaded ports (compatible w/ WWL-1 and WWL-C) to use with Water Contact Optics. Nauticam WWL-1B Wet Wide Lens $1700.00 plus tax, new price, I'm selling for $1100 used 130° Wide Angle Lens, Built-in Float Collar, Hard & Soft Lens Cover Included, Mount System: Bayonet Mount II, Depth Rating: 150m/490ft $1590 for all three (less than the original price of the lens alone) Buyer pays shipping, US only, please Can be reached at Wunderdiver@gmail (don't forget the rest)

Marelux has a zoom gear for Canon RF-S 18-45 which has been used on APS-C with a wide way lens. Have not heard at what point the RF24-50 will be supported. Marelux focus is on supporting Marelux wet lenses at this point. Marelux has several wet wide lenses including the Aquista 120 which I used Saturday’s (May 30th 25) for the South Florida Underwater Photography Society Meetup Dive at Blue Heron Bridge. The day was a bit overcast, water temp was a bit on the cool side and visibility was not the best. So a wonderful day for some close-focus work. My tools of choice, the Sony A7CR and Sony FE 28-60mm zoom in the Marelux MX-A7CR housing, with two Apollo S strobes and the new Aquista 120 Wide Angle Wet Lens. This lens is 130 degrees at the 28mm setting. Cushion Starfish at 28mm, ISO-320, F/20, at 1/160th sec. Octopus, horizontal shot at 48mm, ISO-320, F/14, 1/60th sec. Octopus, vertical at 60mm, ISO-320, F/14, 1/60th sec.

Inon S-2000 strobe $275 Includes ball mount and sync cable buyer pays shipping - US only please Can be contacted at Wunderdiver@gmail (you know the rest, I'm trying to keep the bots away from my junk mail)

Inon Z330 Set consisting off: 3x Inon z330 1x Inon ballmount 2x Nauticam ballmount 2x neoprene covers 2x spare O rings 2x 404 Inon Z-330 & D-200 Light / Circuit Knob covers Buyer pays shipping - US only please

Inon Z330 type 2 strobe $400 Set consisting of: 1x Inon z330 1x Inon ball mount 1x spare O-rings I also have a set of two Z330s for sale. Reach me at Wunderdiver@gmail (you know the rest).