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Yes, the Retra Maxi strobes would be quite sporty with such lovely blue accesories! 😁

I am using the MFO-3 with a Z8/105mm in an Aquatica housing on a flip holder. It works better than I thought it would. As others said, it is like having two very different lenses on the same dive. I sold my Nikon 60mm micro lens since the IQ of the 105 + MFO-3 is better, and it is more convenient.

Do you use the EVF exclusively, or do you use the back screen? And do you have the camera in Airplane Mode? I also rotate between 3 batteries to reduce wear. I only use the EVF, which I suspect uses less power than the rear screen. And no need for wifi/bluetooth underwater. Even shooting some video for a few minutes across dives, I've still only run down the Z8 to zero once in about 300 dives with it to date. I was stretching it out on a 4-dive day and had several rapid action encounters were I really racked up the shutter count.

A big advantage of the Kraken bulkhead over the Nauticam one is that the Kraken is compatible with a higher number of Nauticam housings than the Nauticam plug because the cable on the Nauticam is not removable and the one on the Kraken is which makes a huge difference in favor of Kraken. I experienced this on the NA-GH5: the 90° USB-C plug simply won't go through the M16 port while on other housing like NA-Z8, it inserts well into the M16. The difference on the housing is just the thread length on the NA-GH5 that is longer than its equivalent on NA-Z8. I wish Nauticam has made a bulkhead with a removable cable. I've solved this issue on the NA-GH5 by using Kraken bulkheads. With the proper adapter (like I it), you can even fit it on a M14 port.

Those strobes need some bumpers and more Blue Accents to match the floats!

Prepping for a pool day to get the new strobes wet. Does not look outlandish! Getting the NA-6400 ready for Cozumel in a few weeks. You know, Nauticam, would you please offer silver anodizing! I am so sick of black. I bought a black 15" MacAir and it shows every finger print and scratch. Meanwhile my old silver MacBook Pro 15 from 2012.5 looks new. And while at, maybe do a little better job on the anodizing.

These PD bulkheads are double sealed, the inside is sealed and then there is a cap with an O-ring seal. Two seals would have to fail to flood the camera. LOL, Kraken stuff, Intova stuff, expect it to fail, I did get several years of use out of my Kraken focus light before it flooded through the lens. Same with my Intova light. I bought new ones recently, fingers crossed I get some years from them. My Nauticam PD bulkhead charges my camera fast enough. I have to use an adapter from C to mini anyways. Does the new Kraken PD have a plug on the bottom of the bulkhead or is the cable integrated and cannot be removed?

Still have a DUI drysuit and a few boats and 2 compressors and lots of tanks at age 73-started in 83-thats 1983 for you youngsters .I'm getting weary of heavy weights and cold water (not yet giving it up). I'm diving with divegypsy for that month in Bali with 3 ikeilte strobes and 5 ports and a full frame d850 in a Nauticam housing that weights 25# on land. along with lost of extension rings and lights. Tim G when you decide you are old and weak its over. Like that classic line -you better get busy diving or dyeing .My two bags are 69# each flying from California. to Bali. When you move tons of clay for 50 years its all heavy stuff-Life is heavy

If those rumors are all true, I might look into one as a spare body.

It is amazing how far the technology has come, and how inexpensive the machines are now.

Obviously i had it stuck to my head for some reason that you need a high end expensive machine to do any of the prints. Maybe that was the case years ago. If i had realised that something like A1 can do most (if not all) of the printing i need, i would have bought one long time ago. And to be honest, that X2D isnt too pricey either. Have to see what the company decides and maybe ill just buy one for myself.

Hi, thanks for getting back to me, but I've just landed back in the UK (soooo happy....) which is a shame as I would have been up for a chat Given that length of stay I'm sure you'll cover most sites but I found Batu Niti and Baturinggit to be the most productive sites this year for photography. Sheep nudis are at Melasti and Cantik point and rhinopia can be found a short boat ride away from Gerombong which normally involves a short jukung ride with a guide called Nengeh

Only after a few days GOPRO released infos on their new Mission series including the ILS version with MFT lens (without electric contact), a few infos have leaked from Insta360 about a compact camera with MFT mount and this time with electric pins on the MFT mount. The Insta360 model is bigger than the new Gopro and probably not aimed at the same public, it could be a nice compact camera on a segment that has been left behind by Panasonic and Olympus in favor of bigger and more expensive camera bodies like the GH series. https://thenewcamera.com/insta360-mirrorless-camera-first-hands-on-photos-rumored-specs-and-expected-release-date/

I have the older one but looks like gotta get me the new one. And reasonably priced still.

@Dave_Hicks It might just be me ;) I religiously change the battery in my Z-8 after each morning of 2 dives. I can stretch i to 3, but at that point I might miss a few shots at the end of a dive. I also always change before going black water diving. With the various updates I have noticed the battery draw getting better, however not to the point I'm trying 4 dives on a single charge. With the ENL-15C battery my older D850 can shoot multiple days without concern (my son is shooting with this camera now).

I’m assuming the D1’s?

Kraken has 2 now Older one fits m16 or m24: https://krakensports.ca/product/m16-m24-usb-c-pd-bulkhead-45w-fast-charging-data-transfer New m24 only but supports usb 4 (faster data transfer): https://krakensports.ca/product/usb-4-pd-m24-bulkhead-ultra-fast-xfer/?v=0b3b97fa6688

Those look pretty sharp to me!

I have just started using a Nauticam MFO-3 mounted with a flip adapter with a Nikon Z8 and Nikon Z 105mm f/2.8 VR S Macro Lens and found that it worked surprisingly well. The best testament to just how well it performed was during two blackwater dives of West Palm Beach, FL. Blackwater photography, as some of you know can be in creditably challenging. For me, the greatest test came when we found a small paper nautilus on the second night. Although the little sucker never stop moving except to rest on one diver’s fingertip, I came away with more than a five dozen tack sharp images with just a handful of throwaways where the focus didn’t nail. More I shoot with this lens, the more I like.

Which part number are you guys ordering please?

I have used the newest Kraken a few times with a Sony A1 II in Nauticam through the M24 bulkhead and it works well- charges camera and download images without breaking vacuum.

My SO and I both have the Kraken bulkheads, but neither have gotten them wet yet. In my case, I have mine on a NAZ50II housing (which only has one 16mm bulkhead port) through a Nauticam offset vacuum adapter (which is no longer sold and was a struggle to find). For me, the NA USB-C bulkhead was a nonstarter...the cable is permanently attached to the bulkhead, and the right-angle camera end was never going to pass through the offset adapter. The Kraken comes with two cables with different end angles and thicknesses, and those plug into the bulkhead's internal port. So I was able to mount the offset adapter, pass the cable through from the inside, plug it into the bulkhead, and then thread that into the offset. Put the camera in, wangled the flatter cable onto the camera and got it routed out of the way, and closed up the housing and vacuum-tested it. All good. For my SO, to go with the NA, she'd have spent almost twice the dollars to use her 24mm bulkhead port. Neither of us see any downside to the Kraken...more configurable, better PD numbers, and much less expensive.

To Pooley who asked when I'd be getting to Tulamben. I'm here now and staying at Paradise Palm Beach bungalows. Will be here until June 4th. Happy to talk diving and underwater photography. Shoot with a Nikon D850 in a Nauticam housing. And Ikelite DS-161 strobes. Shoot almost everything with TTL flash. Favorite lens is Nikon's 70-180 Micro-nikkor zoom. The other lenses I have with me are Nikon's 8-15mm fisheye zoom, Nikon's 16-35mm zoom, Nikon's 24-85mm zoom and Nikon's 200mm Micro-nikkor.

To revive this thread (and steer it slightly off-topic): is anyone using the Kraken USB-C bulkhead now? The Nauticam NA-A1 housing has an M24 bulkhead (currently occupied by a HDMI adapter, though I don’t have an external monitor yet and probably won’t for a while), so Kraken’s direct M24 compatibility and higher PD charging specs are tempting. As far as I understand, the A7SIII uses USB-C rather than Micro USB for power delivery/data, so no adapter for me. And are there still compelling reasons to stay with the Nauticam solution despite the adapter requirement and lower reported transfer speeds?