Hello,

I own a Saga M67 triple flip adapter, which is very good in principle.

Unfortunately, it has a design flaw: at a vertical tilt of approximately 45°, it can't support the weight of heavier close-up lenses, causing them to flip forward.

This can have serious consequences, as the lenses can get scratched because they collide with each other.

Besides, there are rare situations where you actually want to shoot vertically.

Does anyone know of another manufacturer of triple flip adapters that doesn't have this problem?

I have the Nauticam triple flip holder, no problem yet (with the MFO3, MFO1 and a +12.5 diopter) in positions I've tried.
Only issue I found so far is that the central flip isn't compatible with the 100mm port's cold shoe mount - you can mount the triple flip + a cold-shoe ball mount attachement for instance, but the flip's central hinge is partially blocked by the ball mount's screw (one solution would be to mount the triple flip upside down, so that the central flip is under the housing, but it's not the safest for diopters)

Edited August 9Aug 9 by bghazzal

26 minutes ago, bghazzal said:

I have the Nauticam triple flip holder, no problem yet (with the MFO3, MFO1 and a +12.5 diopter) in positions I've tried.
Only issue I found so far is that the central flip isn't compatible with the 100mm port's cold shoe mount - you can mount the triple flip + a cold-shoe ball mount attachement for instance, but the flip's central hinge is partially blocked by the ball mount's screw (one solution would be to mount the triple flip upside down, so that the central flip is under the housing, but it's not the safest for diopters)

Thanks for your reply!

Does the Nauticam triple flip have dedicated, fixed(!) 'detents' for each flip that hold the flips in position?

The Saga has detents, but they are far too soft and therefore can no longer hold the weight beyond a certain tilt.

12 hours ago, waso said:

Thanks for your reply!

Does the Nauticam triple flip have dedicated, fixed(!) 'detents' for each flip that hold the flips in position?

The Saga has detents, but they are far too soft and therefore can no longer hold the weight beyond a certain tilt.

Yes, it has a "locked" position, like this:



All the other positions are not locked in place, but this is a sort of retaining position, and is quite sturdy.

Edited August 10Aug 10 by bghazzal

10 hours ago, bghazzal said:

Yes, it has a "locked" position, like this:



All the other positions are not locked in place, but this is a sort of retaining position, and is quite sturdy.

May I ask how strong the lock is?

The Saga adapter also has a lock, but it's too weak to hold, for example, the SMC1/SMC2 in a vertical position underwater.

4 hours ago, waso said:

May I ask how strong the lock is?

The Saga adapter also has a lock, but it's too weak to hold, for example, the SMC1/SMC2 in a vertical position underwater.

The locked position is sufficient to hold the MFO3, CMC1 and MFO1 in this position underwater. I enter the water with the lenses in this position as well.
It's the same design as on standard single and dual Nauticam flips, and I don't think users are having issues with the lenses flapping around, unless the flip gets old perhaps.