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The L10 has a different sensor (many say it's the GH7 sensor) without extra crop: f = 10.9 - 34mm (24 - 75mm in 35mm equivalent in 4:3, 3:2, 16:9) (28 - 88mm in 35mm equivalent in 1:1) https://www.panasonic.com/uk/consumer/cameras-camcorders/lumix-digital-cameras/premium-compact-cameras/dc-l10.specs.html

https://waterpixels.net/forums/topic/847-housed-smartphone-as-a-budget-monitor/#comment-3662 I actually bought this Divevolk solution after having terrible experience with Weefine's WED7 couple years ago. The problem with workarounds like divevolk is that they do not tend to work when one would need them. Forget about the lag, it's not that bad, the connection and the reliability of establishing it over and over - at least on Sony - is the real issue for me. So when I imagined logistics on a live aboard where most of my dives are with 3-4 dives per day checking the footage in between the dives - it was a real nightmare. Plus the element attached to the housing should be placed on acrylic effectively blocking access to camera monitor..

I use the CMC-1 on a LX10, which has a crop in 4K - so the 24-72 mm equivalent lens becomes roughly 36-108 mm equivalent in when shooting 4K video. It works great, and now that I have a flip adapter there is virtually no vignetting (40mm instead of 36mm). However there's a catch: you will need to get close to your subjects, veeeeery close. Shaun the Sheep and other nudis won't really mind, but other more reactive critters will, and lighting will also be tricky (not impossible, but takes a bit of getting used to). On the LX10, I shoot macro only in MF, using focus peaking. These are the working distances I measured at different focal lengths with my diopters on the LX10 in 4K on the AOI double flip adapter I now use. I tried to measure working distances at 36mm (choosing the minimal focal length to avoid vignetting otherwise), 50mm and 108mm equivalents, 4K, f/11. Working Distances on the Lumix LX10, diopters mounted on an AOI double flip, 4K video — NO DIOPTER f11 36mm min: glass <10mm max: infinity 50mm min: 90mm max: infinity / > 260mm 108mm min: 170mm max? — AOI UCL05 LF +6 f11 (vignettes to 55mm) 55mm min: 10mm max: 450mm 108mm min: 90mm max: 200mm — INON UCL165 +6 f11 (no vignette) 36mm min: glass max: infinity / >220mm 50mm min: 30mm max: 210mm 108mm min: 75mm max? — AOI UCL09 +12.5 (vignettes to 55mm) 55mm min min: 15mm max: 90mm 108mm min: 45mm max: 88mm — NAUTICAM CMC1 +15 (vignettes to 40mm) 40mm min min: 5mm max: 60mm 52mm min: glass / 5mm max: 60mm 108mm min: 37mm max: 54mm As for some actuall examples of high magnification footage using the CMC-1 on the LX10, here a couple recent ones. if you know these critters it will give you an idea of the magnification range. (I do have some Costasiella / Shaun the Sheep shots but nudis are not my favorite subjects for video, so I haven't done much with them. But yes, possible, at least on the LX10 with its cropped 4K - stills might be a little different). Need to see how this would work uncropped on the L10... Hairy Shrimp and Skeleton Shrimp (CMC1, possibly stacked with a +6 on some shots, can't remember) Green Turnicate Shrimp (really tiny - this was stacked CMC1 and +6) Ryukyu Sea Dragon (same size as a Lembeh sea dragon) Emperor Shrimps (slightly bigger subject) Skeleton Shrimp and Juveniles (these are older shots, from my time in east Bali) Hope this helps cheers!

The answer is in the port charts, Nauticam publishes this data for all their wet lenses. The CMC-1 and L10 covers a field 33 x 25mm approx with the CMC-1 and working distance is 51-72mm. So a Shaun the sheep at maybe 3-4mm long will fill around 10% of the frame. With the working distance of 50mm, getting more magnification with other wet lenses will be a challenge as it will eat into working distance. Diopters work by allowing you to focus closer. You can review the port chart to see what cameras allow more magnification - some of the Canon compacts will get you about 23x13 at similar working distance and the Sony RX100VII will get 16x10 at 90mm and even closer with more powerful diopters but lacks working room. The downside of the RX100 is the need to swap ports to get the best out of the lens with wet wide optics. The parameter here is the focal length of the lens, the longer the focal length the more working room and the higher the magnification with a given diopter. If you really want some magnification you can't beat a interchangable lens camera, the olympus 60mm macro will cover 17x13mm without a diopter 10 x 7.6 with a CMC-2 with 30-93mm working room. Port chart is here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1m9xE92aU7oWuZ5SohUoXAudpZSK_7EaX/view

Anyone tried to use the Divevolk camera link Underwater WiFi Signal Transmitter (SeaLink Kit is something else) and use smartphone/iphone has monitor for Gopro 13 while using Gopro Quick app heres a review with TG-6 + Divevolk camera link (divevolk sealink is something else) https://www.anomadspassport.com/sealink-phone-underwater-monitor/ DIVEVOLKDIVEVOLK Camera Link Contact Type Underwater WiFi Signal...Stay connected below the surface with DIVEVOLK’s Camera Link WiFi Transmitter. Engineered for stable data transfer under dive conditions.

Welcome aboard Maurice. P.S. On the diving boats I go to, with my camera, I have become the unit of measurement for stress. Ciao

Why not make diving more stressful and bring a camera along? Because sometimes it’s worth it.

My understanding is the FLP-06 is a glass port, not acrylic. BVA

Thanks! I don't do macro video so I'll have to give both a try. Tempted to design a focus gear to try DMF which requires Advanced mode.

Welcome Barny! I know your YouTube channel and I've seen some of your videos. Congratulations, you have some brilliant ideas. Ciao

@Phil Rudin Any update on experiences with this optic? Thank you.

Good choice - in the compact world, I'd say the main competitor would currently be the Canon V1 in that price range - it does 4K 60fps, but with a hefty crop: https://waterpixels.net/forums/topic/2147-canon-v1/ https://personal.canon.jp/product/compact-digital-camera/powershot/v1 https://www.nauticam.com/products/na-cv1-for-canon-powershot-v1-digital-camera You also have the Sony RX1 R3, but the camera itself in a totally different price range...

Aloha and welcome @BarnyD

Do you think that the L10 paired with a cmc-1 will be enough for a "Shaun the sheep" macro level? @kc_moses I am still trying to understand all the new parameters (for me) mm, dioptres etc.. coming from GoPro, I never really cared about a lot of those spec 🫠

After reading the L10 post, I am almost convinced on going that route for the camera + the nauticam pro housing, since it will be officially available at the end of June, I will use this time to check the details and if there is any competitor that are valid to consider in this price range (~4000€) Any other advice from the forum will be appreciated meanwhile

That's a supercool results! Does it work also starting from video?

Hey Barny! Swarm welcome to Waterpixels. Great to have you with us. We hope you enjoy the forum. Best wishes

I'm a videographer and YouTuber based in the UK and Indonesia! You can check out my work at youtube.com/@barnydillarstone

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I normally use Advanced mode due to occasional video. With that said, I have not seen a focus difference between Green and Advanced for photos with newer bodies. The Metabones adaptor has both a White and Red mark for the mounting the lens. As the 60 is an APS-C lens it matches the White mark. The Red mark is for EF full frame lenses. (i.e. Canon EF 8-15 or EF 100 macro)

Are you using it in Green or Advance mode?

Hi all, We just had a last minute cancellation on our August 25-31 Southern Right Whale Expedition. Here's the link for info: https://www.bigfishexpeditions.com/trips/snorkeling/southern-right-whales/ Please note this trip is open to professional photographers and we do have some prerequisites that need to be met before signing up/obtaining a government permit. Feel free to ask me here (I'm the guide) or submit via the Big Fish Expeditions website (link above)

When I shot the Panasonic 8mm with Zen dome and also with the 60mm macro currently I used a pair of INON mega floats with 390 gr each buoyancy which was about perfect for both setups, being about 100-200 gr negative. I do see they now have a new model which has 460 gr which might be a little too much, though the Olympus fisheye is about 150 gr heavier which is about equal to the additional weight. I actually switched to using the mega arm with a 135 gr float arm I have since adding the 45° viewfinder, so I'm fairly certain the 460 gr float alone would work. I pair it with a standard 8"arm plus a long clamp between the two. The arm is the Mega arm model S: INON_globalINON Arm System [Arm]Official web site of INON INC. Manufacture of underwater imaging gears, strobes, conversion lenses, arms, housings and more.

I use the Metabones. There a catch on the lens that does not work with the MC-11.

I forgot to mention that Seacam said "This is not possible with a simple adapter", concerning my situation with Nauticam housing for Sony A7R5. I did not measure distances and compare to Seacam ( distance from housing mount to the sensor), but the information from Seacam suggests that the Seacam port, designed for Seacam housing, is too long for adapting to a Nauticam housing for Sony FF... I have no idea about Canon, but probably they will tell you when you ask them...