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I updated yesterday. No issues so far.

Consider boosting the strength of a ball mount by including a long M3 bolt inside the shaft and with a nut and washer tightened at the far end. Leave an opening on top of the ball to tighten the screw head.

Sorry that you're facing this on location. Having suffered from 5 failed Sea&Sea YS-D2/D3 strobes at various times, my best advice is to get another brand when you're back home... Not very helpful for the problem at hand, I know, for which Chris gave great advice. In my case I suspect that Eneloop Pros were also too powerful for these strobes, and regular white Eneloop were preferable, with at one point a deficient set of batteries that also damaged a strobe. So if you have access to white Eneloops, use that for your remaining strobe. And in my case, when the strobes were fried, I could either manually trigger them but only at full power, or could only see a weak preflash but not the actual flash. So, when you use the optical cable between your working strobe and the dodgy strobe, are you able to adjust the flash power on the dodgy strobe? If so, that should be good news.

Perhaps the orientation might help with strength, I've seen some examples where people print stuff at 45° with a bunch of support, presumably to make the layer lines less likely to snap. https://youtu.be/7aJ4dDyyf20?si=3T__uJ_6qiGAqx85

When I was starting from zero on this I decided to learn free open source programs instead. Food for thought.

Thank you, Eduardo. I will send you a DM.

This has a paid course, but does cover all the basics to get you going as well as a couse in Photoshop. I took the Fine Art Landscape course at one time and it was pretty good. Many folks use PS in conjunction with the Adobe Raw product to do edits, so you have some flexibility. Raw is basically the same editing engine behind LR and the UIs are very similar, and if you have the Photo package with Adobe Creative Cloud, you get Raw as part of the monthly subscription in addition to other tools. Photoshop Course for Photographers | Learn Photo Editing Online

Well, it was a failure, The ball mounts were too weak, despite my reinforcing fillet, so I am currently redesigning it. Mk-II prototype coming up soon.

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I am on best of maldives. I am sure I can wrestle a macro lens in... Thanks everyone.

Hello everyone, My protective ring for the Nauticam MFO-3 lenses is now available online. The basic design idea comes from "flowdesign," whose ring I also used for a while. Tanks for this! Since I've designed various things for SMC, MFO, and CMC lenses, I completely redesigned the protective ring. Now I have excellent protection for my MFO-3 lenses both in the water and during transport. Tino https://makerworld.com/de/models/2548785-lens-bumper-for-nauticam-mfo-3#profileId-2806849 Cover for MFO-3 mounted on Nauticam Bayonet-Adapter for Transport MFO-3 Deckel.stl

there are plenty of youtube videos which I will crack on with but I wondered if there was anything that any of you specifically recommend?

over the years I have tended to JPEG photos but now I am getting more serious I am thinking of shooting in raw and using lightroom to import and then make better I have lightroom on the laptop but am woefully ignorant about how to use it is there a decent online resource to show me how to use it without too much pain?

Picking this thread up as I noticed that the new 24-70 ii is now in Nauticam's FCP-1 list (not sure about the others). I sent them an email to see if they could say something about the quality of the images using this lens vs the kit lens, especially at lower apertures. one gains a little on the narrow end of the FOV but interested to see if that's the only thing there is. Will post their answer here once I get it.

Well cared for and in excellent condition. More photos available on request. Any questions, just ask. Happy to ship internationally. 2000 EUR

As someone who lived in Bangkok for a few years, you can definitely have fun in a family-friendy way as long as you avoid Nana Plaza, Soi Cowboy, and Patpong 1+2 at night. The city is very diverse - the people are friendly (as long as you are respectful of their culture), and food is excellent. Koh Tao has the better diving, but Koh Samui has the better resorts, etc. Ironically, some of the better diving available from Koh Samui is taking the boat to Koh Tao. One way to get away from the crowds in Koh Samui is to rent out the entire boat and guide. You'll be able to dive your schedule, get away from any others divers, etc. This sounds expensive (and it can be), but if you ask the dive shops for a private boat and guide you might find a deal (although June is starting to become more popular with Europeans traveling to Thailand.

Hi Brandon, I do have a Zen 170 dome port for sale, it is in very good condition with clean glass. I use it on my Nauticam D850 housing with Sea&Sea extensions, but the dome port bayonet can be easily replaced for a Nauticam one. Dome port is located in Chile and I can ship worldwide. Attached are some photos. Best, Eduardo.

@Mike Saunders You might be right, 5 days in bangkok seems excessive. But Ive booked for different days, food tour, cycling tour, boat tour, and we staying in chinatown. On friday i might go to Amphawa floating market & Maeklong railway market outside bangkok

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Never had an issue as well, but have heard a couple of stories over the years, mostly related to work permits (suspected undeclared professional work projects in Indonesia) more than actual imaging gear. Other than that blackwater photographer's post I reposted, looking into it I did find these AI-flavoured wise-words by Mr. Lucas White on... alibaba.com 😅 https://www.alibaba.com/product-insights/how-to-pack-a-dslr-without-looking-like-you-re-smuggling-gear-through-customs-in-bali.html But yeah, doesn't really seem like the dreaded Mexican custom extortion is spreading, luckily.

5 nights in Bangkok? 😳 Only been once -I though the place was mental. Quite fun for a few days but I wouldn't want to live there. I suspect Koh Tao will be a bit touristy but better than Koh Samui. I reckon you'll have a decent time. We went to the Similans in December and although we didn't see any pelagics it was great in many other ways and the food is of course amazing.

Doing a week family trip Mid -June 2026 to Thailand Itinerary Lisbon - Bangkok - Koh Samui ( 4 nights) Koh Samui Ferry to Koh Tao (6 nights) Return to Bangkok (5 Nights) Ive booked accommodation at Asava Dive Resort for 3/4 days Diving in Koh Tao They dive 2x morning (up to 30m) and 2x afternoon (up to 18m) trying to go different diving spots everytime Don't go with many expectations, but i think i won't be disappointment, Sail rock or trident wreck seems to be the place to go for experienced divers...

Aloha and welcome Gary!

A set of used m10 nauticam 1 inch ball mounts for housing asking for the set $70 buyer to pay shipping and pp g&s 3% fee will take PayPal or venmo located in the USA

I recently looked at a Sony 28–60mm RAW file and was surprised to find that this lens also relies heavily on lens corrections and produces completely black corners on a full-frame sensor. I had always thought this kit lens was somewhat “holy” because it has a strong reputation for delivering very sharp corners, especially among underwater shooters using it with Nauticam water-contact correction optics.