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Not for the faint of heart 😈 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentax_F_17-28mm_lens https://www.pentaxforums.com/reviews/monster-adapter-la-ke1/autofocus.html MonsterAdapterLA-KE1 - Pentax K-mount lenses to Sony E-mount cameras ad...MonsterAdapter LA-KE1 electronic adapter is designed to adapt Pentax K Mount KAF lenses to Sony E Mount mirrorless bodies with the features including auto-focus, aperture control and EXIF recording et

@Luko @Muellema thank you, great tips Lisbon to Manila > Flight to Cebu > Malapascua (5 days ) Return Cebu > ferry from Cebu to Bohol (5 or 6 days ) fly from Bohol > Manila > Lisbon We are scooter fans, we always rent scooter and explore the islands / beaches/ secrets places 😀 We prefer local places, local culture, local food... away from tourist areas.. Im planning 2 dives in early morning.... and sightseeing in the afternoon.. We are pointing june to august, due the school holidays... but its typhoon season 🥶 Lets see..

I do both. My catalog (and hard drive) is organized by date / trip / location, then I have separate collections by genus or theme, e.g. “turtles” or “walls”. I’m too lazy to keyword individual images.

@Chris Ross I've been looking into fisheye options more and the Canon 8-15 is quite intriguing, as well as the Tokina 10-17. Did you also consider the latter and what was your reason for going with the Canon? Thanks!

I was replying to NandoDiver asking for general tips in the Visayas. But to your question about Moalboal, not a specific critter but for me outside of teh sardines school the hightlight would be the coral walls on Pescador island, which is one of my favorite dives in the Philippines. Go the earlier you can in the morning, ther used to be operations that scheduled early morning dives on Pescador for REAL divers, however I don't think anymore as all the dive centers are now waiting for the truckloads of Asian group divers coming from Cebu around 10 AM. = where you can find HUGE spanish dancer nudibranches (I really mean HUGE like 40-50cm large!!!), but you need to go deeper around 35-36m to find them .. or the usual giant frogfish on a sponge in the shallower parts.

Pentax did have a 15-28mm full frame fisheye before the appearance of the Tokina 10-17.

15-30 AF fisheye would be a dream lens underwater. It's a wonder one of the housing manufacturers hasn't had one one made in an easily adaptable format.

Hi everyone, dear Dave, I am new to 3D printing, but I have access to freshwater diving here at home and can take any housing down to 40 m. If you would like, I can give it a try. I may also be able to print the part, provided it can be printed on a Bambu A1 Mini. However, I do not have an enclosure for the printer, so I am not sure whether a more advanced setup would be required to achieve the desired level of quality. Warm regards Selim

Thanks a lot for your tips, the trip is already organized, and due I only have 2 weeks and I hate rush we will do only Moalboal and Malapascua. I don't care about white sand beaches, big 5 star resorts, sunsets, banana boats...I live in Ibiza, I already have this at home. I'm looking for diving nos stop, 2 dives in the morning, one in the afternoon and a night dive if possible. I don't need big luxuries, a proper bed in a clean room with good beers and friends after diving. I contacted Savedra divers in Moalboal and they have organized everything, accomodation, diving and transfers. We are going to stay in Tipolo resort in Moalboal and in Blue Coral in Malapascua.. So we are finally going to do 4 complete days of diving in Moalboal and 4 complete days of diving in Malapascua. I have one complete day to go from Moalboal to Malapascua and another complete day to go from Malapascua to Cebu where I will sleep for a night and the day after take the flight to come back to Spain. What I don't know is what to expect exactly on each site. I know, and that's the reason I'm going to, is that Moalboal is for Sardines and Turtles, but is there something else easy to find really interesting ? pigmy seahorse, electric clam, seahorses, reef sharks... Also in Malapascua, there is obviously the Thresher shark, and if you are lucky a tiger shark, is there something else really interesting to see ?

Thanks, Alex. I'm considering upgrading my A7RIV to either the RVI or the AI Mark II. Any thoughts on pros/cons between those two cameras? Brett

Hi everyone, Disclosure up front: I work with CYME, a French software company building tools for photographers. We’re currently testing Specio, an offline desktop tool / Lightroom Classic workflow that helps identify species in wildlife and underwater photo collections. I’m posting here because marine identification is exactly where expert feedback matters most. Fish, nudibranchs, crustaceans, corals, juveniles, regional variants — these are the cases where we need real underwater photographers to tell us what works, what fails, and what should never be guessed. What Specio does: analyzes photos locally on your computer, with no cloud upload suggests species identifications across batches of images lets the photographer review or correct results before applying anything adds common names, scientific names and taxonomy as Lightroom keywords helps explore a photo archive through the taxonomic tree The goal is not to replace expert knowledge. It’s to make large underwater photo archives easier to identify, search and reuse, while keeping human validation at the center. We’re looking for a few underwater photographers willing to test the beta on their own images and give honest feedback, especially on marine species accuracy and whether this fits naturally into a Lightroom workflow. If you’re interested, you can tell us a bit about your workflow and apply here : https://survey.zohopublic.eu/zs/U3CA15?Source=Forum&[email protected] I’d also be very interested in hearing opinions directly in this thread: which marine groups or regions do current ID tools struggle with most?

Thanks a lot for your answer ! I'll have a look at this post, if you personally want a software to try now or just help me to get your workflow, you can apply here to try it : https://survey.zohopublic.eu/zs/U3CA15?Source=Forum&[email protected]

Ok, we're working on video features, so I'll come back to you once it's done :) A huge thanks for your commitment !

Hi everyone, I’m curious how underwater photographers handle species identification and keywording after a dive trip, especially when working in Lightroom Classic. After importing, culling and editing, do you manually add species names, scientific names or taxonomy to your photos? Or do you mostly keep images organized by trip/location? We’re testing an offline desktop workflow that helps recognize species in underwater and wildlife photo batches, then lets you review the results before adding common names, scientific names and taxonomy as Lightroom keywords. We’re looking for a few photographers willing to share their workflow and possibly test the beta on their own images. If interested, you can tell us a bit about your workflow here: https://survey.zohopublic.eu/zs/U3CA15?Source=Forum&[email protected]

It seems to me that the Inon lens (and I imagine its AOI cousin as well) literally sucks. IMHO unusable for wide shots. On the other hand, the GoPro without an additional lens does a great job. Did you have dive mode in the last clip too? In these dives a URPro filter or even a Keldan gel would work miracles in post. Interesting that the turtle searches for Cymodocea leaves among the cursed Caulerpa

I merged several topics on this camera

How is the M1 Pro for photography in the 60 metre housing? (when shooting things at about 2-3 metres range without any accessory lenses). Reason for asking is am wondering whether it is going to be an improvement over the Hero13 for photogrammetry work?

My take on the philippines Visayas which I haved dived regularly these 15 past years : Depend on whether you have itchy feet and want to see a lot or you want to settle in 1-2 places. In two weeks you could do at least three spots (even a fourth one if that is on the road and you optimize your itinerary, but let's not spoil it), traveling in the Phils is quite easy. It will also depend on the way you fly out (either Manila or Cebu) I would list thise potential places for diving with their pros and cons : Malapascua up north of Cebu is known for threshers, sometimes tigers, some macro it's a nice sandy beach island, however IMO there is not much., I would say plan 3-4 days diving not more of you want travel to other spots. Problem is that it will take you some time to get there in and out since it's 1hour boat+4 hours car drive from Cebu. You should go there first to secure your fly out since it's far out in the sea and not the most reliable place. If ever there is a storm or a typhoon you may not be able to cross the channel (been there, done that). Alona beach on Panglao/Bohol provides all range of resorts from small villas to huge 5 star resorts and restaurants. It's also a good starting point for sightseeing Bohol (chocolate hills, tarsiers, etc.) True it's busy, however to me it provides the best coral and blue water diving on Balicasag island, which has a limited number of diver per day. You'll find there schools of Jacks and Cudas as well as great corals, somtime sin feb if you're lucky a whale shark roaming around. ideal for both diving and family snorkeling. YOu'll have to be selective with the dive center and book your Balicasag trips beforehand, I can wholeheartedly recommend Philippines Fun Divers german/japanese run dive center (think reliable), they answer very fast and they are also very flexible., Since they own two large bankas they always have more "allocations" going to Balicasag, even other dice center join on their boat They will also dive other islands around such as Pamilacan or even Cabilao on demand. Alona local dive sites are not that interesting except for Napaling with sardines schools as well, sometimes a jack school at Doljo. You could stay anythying from 4 days to a week in Alona if you do some land tours with the family, it's also easy to get to since there is an airport that flies internationally or to Manila and a ferry at Bohol Tagbilaran port that takes 2hrs going to Dumaguete (Dauin). Otherwise Anda on the same island is only 2hours drive. It's much quieter (I would say too quiet) than Alona, has good beaches, However I was really disappointed with meh diving consisting of boring uncolorful tan/beige corals with limited fish life, although turtles are plentiful or white sand macro not nearly as productive as Dauin. Your family might like the place personally I haven't seen anything exciting to me. Another option off Bohol is Cabilao island, extremely quiet, used to have great wall diving with lots of coral and snorkeling option for the family but I don't know how it went after Odette typhoon in 2022. Cabilao divers at Cabilao Marine sanctuary beach resort would be my top choice. Excellent accoms and very flexible dive center. Only worth 3 days max on h s small island though. If you take a ferry from Bohol to Dumaguete on Negros island, you easily get to Dauin which is mainly black/whie sand macro diving, black sand beaches. there are a few upmarket options to stay there as well as mid range. Negros is quiet and tidy, however if macro is not your thing, I wouldn't recommand diving Dauin. Apo island is not far away (and day trips can be arranged with the dive centers) tahta said it doesn't compare with Balicasag with regards to schools of fish and fish life in general. Another less traveled option would be Sipalay which is on the opposite side of Negros. Good sandy beach, Good midrange accoms and dive center at swiss run Easy Diving. Deeper diving (in the 30-40m range) is great with schools of fish, however the shallower dives are not that spectacular, a mix of coral, white sand and algae rubble. It takes something like 4 hours car drive to either go to Dumaguete or Bacolod in order to fly out of Negros. Moalboal on Cebu is not that far from Cebu city, I wouldn't stay there with a family (been through I've been 5 times there) it's devoid of beaches. and used to have some "bar life". Lots people coming from Cebu in the morning by busloads or some other men staying overnight with "paid company". However Moalboal hosts two main dive attractions : the sardine school with is a shore dive in front of Savedra and Pescador island which for me used to be the best coral wall dive in the Phils (incredible colored soft corals on the southwestern corner of the isalnd). That said I wouldn't give it more than 2 days diving to flee the mix of backpackers, taiwanese & korean divers, the advantage is that you can do Moalboal just before coming back to Cebu for your flight out (4 hours drive from Mactan airport). I am ruling out Padre Burgos/Sogod Bay which IMO is too far to get to, doesn't provide any beachside and wouldn't advise to take your family too due to uncomfortable resort options (My non diver wife did not like at all the place although she was Ok with all the other ones and honestly I thought that divewise it suffered a lot from Odette typhoon)

The Tokina 10-17 reborn!

.... can a Pom wish you a warm welcome? If I don't whinge about something?