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Proven 3D printed Parts For Underwater Imaging
Proven 3D printed Parts For Underwater Imaging
Davide DB, January 9, 20242 yr
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Paul s

March 12Mar 12
Fibre Optic Cables? Make your own....
Fibre Optic Cables? Make your own....
TimG, December 21, 20232 yr
- 110 replies
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ScubaTom

November 9, 2025Nov 9
Custom battery Solutions For Our Housings
Custom battery Solutions For Our Housings
Nikolausz, April 12, 20241 yr
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flowdesign

October 29, 2025Oct 29
Books on Underwater Photography
Books on Underwater Photography

Kraken de Mabini, January 11, 20242 yr
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jlaity

September 12, 20241 yr
Methods to determine the appropriate dome port for a wide angle lens in an underwater housing
Methods to determine the appropriate dome port for a wide angle lens in an underwater housing

Guest, January 6, 20242 yr
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Guest

January 6, 20242 yr
DIY Dome Port?
DIY Dome Port?

brightnight, February 27Feb 27
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Marc Furth

March 10Mar 10
Nikonos III 15mm lens (seeking forgotten knowledge )
Nikonos III 15mm lens (seeking forgotten knowledge )
Adventurer, May 8, 2025May 8
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FOTOSUB

March 3Mar 3
Mfo-3 hood
Mfo-3 hood

Paul s, February 24Feb 24
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Dave_Hicks

February 26Feb 26
MFO-3 Cap and Hood
MFO-3 Cap and Hood

CaolIla, November 3, 2025Nov 3
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Raph

February 24Feb 24
WANTED: 3D Plans for Nauticam Canon 8-15 Zoom Gear + TC
WANTED: 3D Plans for Nauticam Canon 8-15 Zoom Gear + TC

ChipBPhoto, August 31, 20241 yr
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waso

February 18Feb 18
Design for a Universal Dome Port Hard Cap
Design for a Universal Dome Port Hard Cap

Dave_Hicks, February 9Feb 9
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Adrian Gresores

February 13Feb 13
What's wrong with this picture?
What's wrong with this picture?

Dave_Hicks, February 12Feb 12
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Dave_Hicks

February 13Feb 13
Traces or fogging inside an AOI diopter
Traces or fogging inside an AOI diopter

bghazzal, December 14, 2025Dec 14
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bghazzal

February 11Feb 11
How well do 3d printed funnel style snoots work?
How well do 3d printed funnel style snoots work?

shokwaav, June 9, 20241 yr
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Tino Dietsche

February 9Feb 9
Strobe electrodes cleaning when abroad
Strobe electrodes cleaning when abroad

Architeuthis, February 2Feb 2
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Chris Ross

February 8Feb 8
Subtronic Batteries
Subtronic Batteries

atus, February 25, 20242 yr
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FOTOSUB

February 4Feb 4
Nauticam WWL-C replacement rubber collar with Lanyard Loops
Nauticam WWL-C replacement rubber collar with Lanyard Loops

Dave_Hicks, September 12, 20241 yr
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JohnN

February 3Feb 3
Anthis Nexus Nikon D7500 Housing Conversion for Nikon Z6iii
Anthis Nexus Nikon D7500 Housing Conversion for Nikon Z6iii

JohnN, January 31Jan 31
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Sokrates

January 31Jan 31
Dumb Idea - Strobe Trigger
Dumb Idea - Strobe Trigger

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FOTOSUB

January 30Jan 30
Backscatter Atom Accessories
Backscatter Atom Accessories

Dave_Hicks, January 13Jan 13
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Dave_Hicks

January 13Jan 13
Holiday Prototype Blowout!
Holiday Prototype Blowout!

Dave_Hicks, December 20, 2025Dec 20
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Dave_Hicks

December 20, 2025Dec 20
Servicing an Housing Button/Wheel
Servicing an Housing Button/Wheel

Davide DB, December 13, 2025Dec 13
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- 478 views
Chris Ross

December 14, 2025Dec 14
"Lite" version of m82-holder-for-mfo-3
"Lite" version of m82-holder-for-mfo-3

flowdesign, November 10, 2025Nov 10
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Sokrates

December 5, 2025Dec 5
International Travel Battery Case
International Travel Battery Case

foetusmachine, November 23, 2025Nov 23
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- 716 views
CaolIla

November 26, 2025Nov 26
Lens gear customizer for 3D models
Lens gear customizer for 3D models

rlmalisz, November 24, 2025Nov 24
- 6 replies
- 630 views
Dave_Hicks

November 25, 2025Nov 25

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Adobe Lightroom Classic - update to v15.2.1
Adobe Lightroom Classic - update to v15.2.1

TimG · 14 hours ago14 hr

An update to LR Classic was made available today. This is to v15.2.1. According to the usual blurb, this update includes "critical fixes". This has loaded without a problem on my Mac system
TimG

14 hours ago14 hr

CDRRidg

6 hours ago6 hr
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Diving with the Weefine 3000 CCW Ring Light
Diving with the Weefine 3000 CCW Ring Light

bvanant · June 10, 2025Jun 10

I have long fascinated with shooting ring lights underwater starting with the Inon Quadflash, through the various Athena modifications to Sea and Sea strobe heads, continuing to the Saga fiber optic rings and now to the Weefine 3000. The Weefine 3000 is the latest version of the LED lights made by Kraken and Weefine. The Weefine 3000 CCW Weefine 3000 CCW Ring Light It's similar to the earlier 3000 lumen LED modules but has adjustable color temperature and a 3000-lumen burst (strobe) mode. It
bvanant

June 10, 2025Jun 10

Mike Saunders

March 10Mar 10
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Waterpixels - the 23,000 post!
Waterpixels - the 23,000 post!

TimG · February 16Feb 16

Not sure if this truly a landmark or not, but thanks to all the activities of members, the 23,000th Waterpixels post was recorded today.
TimG

February 16Feb 16

Maria Munn

February 27Feb 27
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Adobe Lightroom Classic, Mobile and Desktop - updates
Adobe Lightroom Classic, Mobile and Desktop - updates

TimG · February 22Feb 22

Yet more updates to Lightroom were released on 20 February. LR Classic to v15.2, Desktop to v9.2 and Mobile to v11.2 Brief highlights (courtesy of The Lightroom Queen) Assisted Culling (Classic & Desktop) - improvements for Group shots Send/Share to Firefly (Classic & Desktop) - you can add a prompt to edit the photo using a variety of AI models. Topaz Gigapixel / Generative Upscale (Desktop) - an alternative method to using Super Resolution. Crop (iPhone and Android) - there are new
TimG

February 22Feb 22

TimG

February 23Feb 23
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ULCS Releases Three Underwater Camera Accessories
ULCS Releases Three Underwater Camera Accessories

RichN · February 18Feb 18

Oxnard, California – February 17, 2025 – Ultralight Camera Solutions (ULCS) has released three new accessories designed to solve recurring challenges in underwater photography: the Camera Dome Weight Trim Kit, the Stabilizing Plate for Video and Still Photography, and the AC-AQD04 Quick-Release Adapter. All three products were developed in direct response to requests from dealers and photographers who identified specific gaps in the underwater camera accessory market. "We had dealers asking f
RichN

February 18Feb 18

RichN

February 18Feb 18
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Fibre Optic Cables: Keeping them Happy and Firing
Fibre Optic Cables: Keeping them Happy and Firing
TimG · August 5, 2025Aug 5

Some time back, I wrote an article about creating your own fibre optic cables: a quick, easy, inexpensive and very satisfying process. In case you missed it it, a link to the piece is here. https://waterpixels.net/articles/articles_technique/diy-fibre-optic-cables-easy-r32/ Now, many months on, a couple of additional suggestions: BURPING On entering the water and descending the plugs at both ends of the cables often need burping. Tiny air bubbles seem to be able to block fibre optic light tra
TimG

August 5, 2025Aug 5

TimG

February 13Feb 13
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