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Custom battery Solutions For Our Housings
Custom battery Solutions For Our Housings
Nikolausz, April 12, 20242 yr
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Chris Ross

Yesterday at 05:51 AM1 day
Proven 3D printed Parts For Underwater Imaging
Proven 3D printed Parts For Underwater Imaging
Davide DB, January 9, 20242 yr
- 171 replies
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Francy1505

Saturday at 09:45 AM1 day
Books on Underwater Photography
Books on Underwater Photography

Kraken de Mabini, January 11, 20242 yr
- 11 replies
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Architeuthis

July 28Jul 28
Fibre Optic Cables? Make your own....
Fibre Optic Cables? Make your own....
TimG, December 21, 20232 yr
- 162 replies
- 38.6k views
bvanant

July 17Jul 17
3D Printed n120 Port Body Extensions for Nauticam
3D Printed n120 Port Body Extensions for Nauticam

Dave_Hicks, April 28Apr 28
- 6 replies
- 883 views
Dave_Hicks

June 10Jun 10
3D Printed Macro Port Buoyancy Float for Nauticam n120
3D Printed Macro Port Buoyancy Float for Nauticam n120

Dave_Hicks, May 10May 10
- 19 replies
- 1.4k views
Dave_Hicks

May 14May 14
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
Fibre Optic connector for 1 or 2 fiber
Fibre Optic connector for 1 or 2 fiber

CaolIla, Saturday at 08:15 AM1 day
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CaolIla

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test please delete this topic

CaolIla, 2 hours ago2 hr
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CaolIla

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AOI UIS PI Rotary switch 3D STL file.
AOI UIS PI Rotary switch 3D STL file.

TURTLE-Balage, 21 hours ago21 hr
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TURTLE-Balage

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Backscatter Atom Strobe to HF-1 Accessory Adapter
Backscatter Atom Strobe to HF-1 Accessory Adapter

Dave_Hicks, Yesterday at 05:31 AM1 day
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Dave_Hicks

Yesterday at 05:31 AM1 day
Focus Gear for Nikon z105mm in Nauticam housings
Focus Gear for Nikon z105mm in Nauticam housings

Dave_Hicks, Saturday at 07:26 PM1 day
- 1 reply
- 56 views
Davide DB

Saturday at 08:25 PM1 day
Underwater photographers: how do you identify species after a trip?
Underwater photographers: how do you identify species after a trip?

HugzzPictures, July 23Jul 23
- 12 replies
- 574 views
HugzzPictures

August 6Aug 6
Protective Bumper for the Backscatter OS-3 Snoot
Protective Bumper for the Backscatter OS-3 Snoot

Dave_Hicks, July 26Jul 26
- 4 replies
- 252 views
Dave_Hicks

August 4Aug 4
Printed n100 extension rings
Printed n100 extension rings

Dave_Hicks, July 16Jul 16
- 7 replies
- 365 views
SlimSelim

July 28Jul 28
PVC Foam Floats
PVC Foam Floats

Davide DB, July 7, 20251 yr
- 20 replies
- 5.2k views
CCRphoto

July 27Jul 27
Design for a Universal Dome Port Hard Cap
Design for a Universal Dome Port Hard Cap

Dave_Hicks, February 9Feb 9
- 21 replies
- 1.9k views
SlimSelim

July 21Jul 21
3D Printed Curved Glass Macro Port - Nikon 60mm n120
3D Printed Curved Glass Macro Port - Nikon 60mm n120
Dave_Hicks, June 19Jun 19
- 41 replies
- 1.9k views
jyuny1

July 20Jul 20
Damaged thread on a Nauticam 100 port flat port 45
Damaged thread on a Nauticam 100 port flat port 45

bghazzal, July 17Jul 17
- 5 replies
- 309 views
Luko

July 19Jul 19
Nauticam Shackle
Nauticam Shackle

Lauren Wang, May 11May 11
- 8 replies
- 903 views
Architeuthis

June 23Jun 23
Old Gates SWP44 into DIY
Old Gates SWP44 into DIY

Sokrates, June 17Jun 17
- 2 replies
- 645 views
Sokrates

June 18Jun 18
DIY Dome Port?
DIY Dome Port?

brightnight, February 27Feb 27
- 18 replies
- 1.9k views
brightnight

June 10Jun 10
3D printed Float for Backscatter Atom Strobe - Add 140 grams buoyancy!
3D printed Float for Backscatter Atom Strobe - Add 140 grams buoyancy!

Dave_Hicks, June 2Jun 2
- 5 replies
- 583 views
Dave_Hicks

June 2Jun 2
3D printed Float for Backscatter HF-1 Strobe - Add 220 grams buoyancy!
3D printed Float for Backscatter HF-1 Strobe - Add 220 grams buoyancy!

Dave_Hicks, June 2Jun 2
- 0 replies
- 387 views
Dave_Hicks

June 2Jun 2
Artisanal Warming Gel Filters
Artisanal Warming Gel Filters

Dave_Hicks, May 15May 15
- 1 reply
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Dave_Hicks

May 17May 17

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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

Wednesday at 09:22 PM4 days
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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

Wednesday at 01:26 AM5 days
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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
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- 375 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
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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
- 4,984 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
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