Experiences - Sony A7Cii / A7CR

[RVBldr]

@Phil RudinWill that also work with YS-D1 and 3 via fiber? 

Edited March 22, 2024 by RVBldr

[Tino Dietsche]

14 hours ago, Phil Rudin said:

Regarding all the talk about the max sync speed of 1/160th you could buy the UWTechnics Sony A7C/R flash trigger for Nauticam housing which is about $190.00US more than the Nauticam trigger and get HSS with your MF-2'S, Apollo III or Retra strobes using fiber plus other features like TTL with many other strobes. You need the same trigger to get above 1/250th with the A7R V so not a bad future upgrade.

For me the sync time isn't such a huge problem, you can deal with that too. Since I almost exclusively spend time in freshwater in Switzerland, I don't have to struggle with too much sunlight under the surface of the water.

Despite everything, I bought the Turtle with TTL for the flash trigger. It can also do HSS. My MF-2 can do this too. At the moment I'm still wondering whether sooner or later I'll replace my old INON's with two new flashes that can also handle HSS, TTL etc.

 

Until now I only had the manual Nauticam trigger. Especially for macro I would like to test TTL with the new Turtle, I think that should work with my two old INON's (Z-240 and D-2000) and the Turtle trigger.

[sea_ledford]

On 3/10/2024 at 9:50 AM, Tino Dietsche said:

On the subject of taking photos with a monitor, I have been working this way for more than three years now and have done over 160 dives with the setup. When I take photos, I see the image from the camera display 1:1 on the monitor. When I'm filming, I no longer have the settings, but I work with fixed settings and MF focus and that worked perfectly for me.
The alternative to the monitor would of course be a 45° angle viewfinder. But from my point of view, this cannot be used as flexibly as the monitor.
I also have Micro-HDMI on my A7III, so it's not new to me and hasn't been a problem to this day. In my opinion, the cable routing inside the camera is crucial.

 Could you tell me more about your monitor set up? Looking at getting one fore an a7iv for video, and not fiding too much info on them for UW use. What is so crucial about the cable routing?

[boduoguo]

On 3/22/2024 at 10:13 PM, Tino Dietsche said:

I did it! And last night I was in the water for the first time...

 

Sony A7CII, Sony 90mm Macro F2.8G, Nauticam-Housing, MF-2 Flash

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The photos are very sharp!nauticam A7CII can be used with N100-N120 37303?

Edited July 20, 2024 by boduoguo

[TimC]

On 3/17/2024 at 6:27 AM, Keith Johnson said:

Tino. I'm using the 28-60mm Sony lens with the Nauticam wet lenses: WWL1 and CMC1 & CMC2. All these work brilliantly with the 28-60.

I saw that setup listed in the nauticam port guide but couldn't quite figure out the effective Macro ratio or working distance when using the CMC. I'm typically shooting with the Oly 12-50 in macro mode (about 43mm)

[Phil Rudin]

Getting back to the A7C II/CR I now have the Marelux MX-A7CII/R housing in house and as you would expect it is a bit larger than the Nauticam housing due to the fact it uses the five inch (127mm) port opening rather than the NA-N100 port opening. I find the Marelux standardized ports and extensions to be an upside for switching between all systems and brands. Marelux offers a 32 flat port that works well with the Sony 28-60 zoom and wet lenses like the WWL lenses along with Port adapters to mount wet lenses like the WACP-C, WACP 1/2 and so on. I have attached photos of the front and rear along with shots of the back hinge and rotary locking system. This locking system reduces size and lowers cost to $2898.00 for the housing in black.

 

This housing also allows you to use the FlashFuel system a combo of manual flash trigger and extended (over double) battery life. I see all sorts of debate over which strobes have the best battery life but the face remains that if you are using mirrorless cameras most strobe batteries way outlast the camera battery shooting stills and for video run time is also extended.

 

I have added the 45 degree finder, vacuum system, and the LumiLink wireless flash trigger for the two Apollo S strobes (shown with the yellow color caps 4900K). LumiLink allows me to easily trigger two on housing strobes and two off housing strobes all at the same time without any additional slave units or long fiber cords. This is a feature that can be put to good use both for wide lenses or macro.