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List of Underwater Monitors
List of Underwater Monitors
Davide DB, May 20, 20251 yr
- 45 replies
- 9k views
CCRphoto

July 25Jul 25
Autofocus For Video: What's Your Take?
Autofocus For Video: What's Your Take?
Davide DB, July 7, 20242 yr
- 26 replies
- 4.4k views
Paul

11 hours ago11 hr
Help for my first video setup
Help for my first video setup

Alessio Peluso, August 10Aug 10
- 6 replies
- 279 views
Chris Ross

August 13Aug 13
Sony FX5 released
Sony FX5 released

ColdDarkDiver, July 22Jul 22
- 18 replies
- 897 views
RomiK

August 4Aug 4
Video on Sony cameras - shooting profiles for artificial light / macro (other than S-log3?)
Video on Sony cameras - shooting profiles for artificial light / macro (other than S-log3?)

bghazzal, July 10Jul 10
- 8 replies
- 940 views
bghazzal

August 1Aug 1
Tips for shooting in Ambient light with an action camera?
Tips for shooting in Ambient light with an action camera?

LeftyMD, June 14Jun 14
- 2 replies
- 656 views
LeftyMD

June 14Jun 14
Blackwater video shooting techniques?
Blackwater video shooting techniques?
bghazzal, January 5, 20242 yr
- 73 replies
- 18.9k views
ACHiPo

June 1Jun 1
DiveVolk SeaLink monitor kit
DiveVolk SeaLink monitor kit

RickMo, March 30, 20242 yr
- 6 replies
- 2.6k views
Nando Diver

May 31May 31
New Canon EOS C50 Cinema Camera
New Canon EOS C50 Cinema Camera

Davide DB, September 8, 2025Sep 8
- 19 replies
- 4.8k views
RomiK

May 27May 27
DIY Nauticam Trim Sled
DIY Nauticam Trim Sled

danka94, June 30, 20251 yr
- 21 replies
- 4k views
RomiK

May 15May 15
Open gate, underwater, and corner sharpness
Open gate, underwater, and corner sharpness

ColdDarkDiver, May 13May 13
- 2 replies
- 525 views
Chris Ross

May 14May 14
Nauticam's new ugly child - meet Insta360 X5 housing
Nauticam's new ugly child - meet Insta360 X5 housing

RomiK, April 17Apr 17
- 0 replies
- 554 views
RomiK

April 17Apr 17
VR180 anyone?
VR180 anyone?

RomiK, April 6Apr 6
- 1 reply
- 672 views
ColdDarkDiver

April 16Apr 16
Free/Low Cost Video editor that can change White Balance
Free/Low Cost Video editor that can change White Balance

Dave_Hicks, April 7Apr 7
- 8 replies
- 970 views
SwiftFF5

April 9Apr 9
Kraken 5.5 "ultra bright"u/w monitor
Kraken 5.5 "ultra bright"u/w monitor
Tobyone, August 20, 20241 yr
- 26 replies
- 6.2k views
Johno1530

April 6Apr 6
Ultra Wide Angle Lenses for Sony Full Frame
Ultra Wide Angle Lenses for Sony Full Frame

Paulkzk, March 28Mar 28
- 1 reply
- 698 views
Chris Ross

March 28Mar 28
Editing Software - DaVinci Resolve and Pinnacle Studio
Editing Software - DaVinci Resolve and Pinnacle Studio

SwiftFF5, March 25Mar 25
- 6 replies
- 1.4k views
Davide DB

March 28Mar 28
Panasonic S1Rii
Panasonic S1Rii

Hugh, March 14Mar 14
- 4 replies
- 781 views
Chris Ross

March 16Mar 16
New Nikon ZR Cinema Camera
New Nikon ZR Cinema Camera

Davide DB, September 9, 2025Sep 9
- 14 replies
- 4.1k views
Davide DB

March 12Mar 12
Sony A1 overheating during video
Sony A1 overheating during video

Michi, October 6, 2025Oct 6
- 7 replies
- 2.4k views
Michi

February 8Feb 8
GH7 HDMI Out
GH7 HDMI Out

SwiftFF5, January 25Jan 25
- 10 replies
- 2k views
SwiftFF5

February 7Feb 7
Best screens for macro videography in surge or currents?
Best screens for macro videography in surge or currents?

DiversLens, January 29Jan 29
- 3 replies
- 893 views
aquabluedreams

February 2Feb 2
GoPro Tray with Glove-friendly Trigger (shutter actuator)?
GoPro Tray with Glove-friendly Trigger (shutter actuator)?

ACHiPo, January 7Jan 7
- 12 replies
- 1.4k views
ACHiPo

January 25Jan 25
How to remain steady, avoiding a 'bopping' motion filming underwater
How to remain steady, avoiding a 'bopping' motion filming underwater

DiverTess, December 30, 2025Dec 30
- 10 replies
- 1.3k views
Davide DB

January 3Jan 3
A1 II or A7v as a video camera
A1 II or A7v as a video camera

Susa, December 15, 2025Dec 15
- 5 replies
- 7.3k views
Davide DB

December 16, 2025Dec 16

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Shooting a Snoot
Shooting a Snoot

TimG · October 30, 20232 yr

Shooting a Snoot Underwater photography is an absorbing form of photography. For some, it’s a technical issue of capturing fish portraits. For others an art form about capturing the beauty and mystery of the underwater world. Whichever you aim for, it presents unique challenges. Everything moves: you, the water, and the subject. Photography is all about capturing and controlling light. In the underwater world lighting and highlighting the subject is often impacted by either a
TimG

October 30, 20232 yr

TimG

August 12Aug 12
- 4 comments
- 3,288 views
UWT Trigger for Nauticam/OM System OM-1
UWT Trigger for Nauticam/OM System OM-1

TimG · August 8Aug 8

Having recently written about installing the o-Turtle trigger into a Nauticam housing, I’ve now had a go with a UWT internal trigger for the Nauticam NA-OM1 housing. UWT describes it as the 11072-22-HSS TTL-Converter for NAUTICAM for OLYMPUS/ OM SYSTEM. The UWT trigger arrives in a bubble-wrap envelope in a small cardboard box. No frills functional. It consists of a small electronics board with two LEDs and a cable leading to a hot shoe connector. The manual explains that strobes are selected
TimG

August 8Aug 8

Chris Ross

August 12Aug 12
- 3 comments
- 335 views
Strobe Triggers for OM System/Nauticam: o-Turtle and a Fitting Tip
Strobe Triggers for OM System/Nauticam: o-Turtle and a Fitting Tip

TimG · August 4Aug 4

Having bought a Nauticam housing and OM System OM-1ii recently as the base of my new underwater camera setup, I needed an LED trigger to fire the strobes. Although I havn’t used TTL underwater for many years, I did want HSS as I often include the sunball when shooting wide-angle. This usually requires high shutter speed to avoid exposure burn outs. HSS options for an OM trigger seemed to boil down to the Turtle or UWT. The Nauticam flash trigger, although an attractive option, doesn’t provide
TimG

August 4Aug 4

Nir Friedman

August 10Aug 10
- 2 comments
- 410 views
Nikon defends the patent it tried to destroy and loses anyway
Nikon defends the patent it tried to destroy and loses anyway

Davide DB · August 7Aug 7

Panasonic achieved a result that Apple, Sony and Nikon did not. The Japanese Intellectual Property High Court invalidated a major RED patent concerning raw video files. RED had historically used this patent to demand licensing fees and stop competitors. Nikon initially challenged the patent in court but purchased RED before a ruling and dropped the case. When Panasonic recently challenged the same patent in Japan, Nikon defended the claims it had previously opposed. The court ultimately rejecte
Davide DB

August 7Aug 7

Davide DB

August 7Aug 7
- 0 comments
- 320 views
Liveaboards: A Word to the Wise
Liveaboards: A Word to the Wise
TimG · May 17May 17

You may have read or seen pictures of the fire that broke out in the Maldives on the Emperor Explorer liveaboard on 9 May. My partner and I were on it as part of a group of 25. Like many members, we’ve been lucky enough to have been on lots of liveaboards. During the pre-departure safety briefing we were given the usual advice: If an alarm sounds do not return to our cabins to collect stuff: head immediately to the muster station by the dive platform; put together a grab bag in case of emerge
TimG

May 17May 17

TimG

August 7Aug 7
- 45 comments
- 5,019 views
Adobe Lightroom Classic: v 15.5
Adobe Lightroom Classic: v 15.5

TimG · August 4Aug 4

It's almost hard to keep up with the updates. Version 15.5 for LR Classic now available. Adobe report the update: "includes enhanced crop tool, mask refinements, render to DNG option, support for newly released cameras and lenses, bug fixes, and more".
TimG

August 4Aug 4

TimG

August 4Aug 4
- 0 comments
- 329 views

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