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I just got a Sony lens from Digital Camera Warehouse. Good price at EOFY sale. Crappy website for ordering on a Mac. Good service getting the lens in. I bought my camera secondhand via Marketplace

Don't know if diving and snorkeling spots are also discussed on the WaterPixels forums, but if so, I would greatly appreciate tips on the best, most photo-friendly snorkeling spots in the Seychelles. I'll be going there in early May next year and hope to bring back loads of beautiful underwater photos, including material for magazines and newspapers.

Digi Direct used to be a go to, these days they sometimes don't have stuff in stock and don't always tell you till after you order. They used to be cheapest but not always these days. Avoid grey market importers - you often won't get warranty service locally as the warranty is through the retailer not the official importer. Digital camera warehouse is another to checkout, they have been around a long time. Another is Camera Pro. I've bought from Camera pro, digital camera warehouse and digi direct, sometimes Ted's George's or diamond have the model you are after at a good price. Best bet is to go to google and type in the model you want, then "price australia" and a bunch of options will pop up. you can look at online reviews but looking recently they all seem similar. Best to physically call them to check for stock prior to ordering.

Kudos!

It goes back to the discussion on the use of your images. If it for pleasure viewing, sharing with friends, artistic creation, some sales, then I would argue that for the vast majority of u/w photographers, FF is unnecessarily expensive and creates problems for travelling in terms of weight and volume of gear. But if you feel that not having FF is somehow missing out and just disappointing, then fair enough. But in terms of real, viewable quality, naah. You'd have to be a serious pixel peeper or have very demanding clients to worry about noise, pixel size and density. On a modern camera with modern lenses the water turbidity creates more problems than those three ever will! The series camera bodies and lenses produced now are capable of producing amazing imagery irrespective almost of the sensor size. I came to the conclusion that underwater the FF thing is a marketing trick which harnesses the old 35mm standard. Topside, why not have FF? (Unless you decide the much smaller M43 is handier/travel friendly - and I can sure see the argument for that)

Ta - will look them up! Digidirect stuffed you around with order fulfillment or unreliable product information or ...

I can get by...

As long as you speak Mandarin.... 😆

This could be my new signature 😁

Hi CCRphoto, I used to use Digidirect but they stuffed me around a few times and lately I have used Digital Camera Warehouse and found them reliable with good service. Cheers.

And they is an other problem... some of us works... and that's take a big part of our time 😁

HI, @Michi , Yes, I have a Sony a1 in a Nauticam housing and use the UWT trigger. I do not use TTL. The durability and dependability have been flawless! In fact, the main reason I chose the a1 over the a7rV at the time was the ability to use strobes with the electronic shutter at up to 1/400. My Inon Z-330s did support HSS, but at 1/400 I had a good control over lighting. NOTE: I now use Backscatter HF-1s. They do have HSS and UWT will fire the strobes in HSS mode, it is not a true HSS. If you end up with HF-1s you are better off with their own trigger as that is the only way you can get true HSS and be able to control the output. Retras, on the other hand, do include true HSS with the UWT trigger. Like TimG said, I find the 2x CR2032 batteries last many months and are super cheap to replace. I personally prefer these batteries over requiring to charge a rechargeable trigger. I also like that the trigger is mounted in the housing so that is one less piece to keep track of when assembling the rig. Enjoy! chip

Sorry Caolla, we live in different part of the world, ss soon as Rich will be online he will gives another try. In the meantime I'm writing you from MS Edge on my Win11 laptop and it works. I'll Try later with another user.

IIRC all 14-42mm zooms except the Oly pz pancake were discontinued. At one point Pana decided that kit lens were 12-32mm or 12-60mm zoom and WWL was designed on FF 28mm. Yes it's plenty of used lens out there but It is a shame not to be able to use a modern lens. With 12mm the situation gets complicated and the price goes through the roof. Edit: For the 12mm zooms we have two options: 12-32mm + WWL-C. I guess similar results as 14-42 + WWL-1. This lens is discontinued as well. 12-35mm + WACP-1 Really pricey. Virtually no compromises but I've never seen one out there. The 12-60mm has a lens excursion too long for a useful port configuration.

but here not... IT is not the entire waterpixel who have the problem... only in the replies I'll make the other test after my work

I tried to send you an screenshot here.... It works

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I've got no camera gear retail shops anywhere remotely near me (apart from a Hardly Normal), so what online camera gear retail shops do those of you living in Australia recommend? I've stumbled on webpages for - - https://www.digidirect.com.au/ - https://www.ozdigitalonline.com/ But I haven't really searched yet, and frankly I'm more interested in recommendations from people in Australia that have dealt with online retailers rather than searching a thousand different online retailers for the best price.

I reckon it would be pretty amazing to visit a big photography trade show in China! I've been to a couple of trade shows in other fields in Shanghai and Beijing and they were totally amazing!

@Phil Rudin could be a good influence😃

It gets a bit like that! My CCR will probably end up about equal with a new Z5ii setup that I am eyeing.

To me the first question became mirror or mirorless, followed by then choosing FF, APS-C or M43. I was initially leaning towards an OM-1 MkII and thus M43, however I'm heading to the GoDiving show in Sydney in a couple of weeks to take a good look at the Nauticam Z5ii housing with a view to going FF. The main reason for this is after reading some posts on here about noise and how pixel size and density have a fair bit to do with noise and then doing some research - it seems to me that the best pixel to sensor size ratio is a fullframe 24.5 megapixel sensor. I could be miles wrong though.

Hi Michi I used a UWT on my Nikon system(s) for around 9-10 years. Flawless. It had Manual, TTL and HSS - the latter when paired with Retras. It was easy to install (two small screws), used 2x CR2032 batteries which seemed to live for ever and just sat there and did its job without complaint. I did about 1000 dives with it and never once a problem. Tim

Thx for your research! Does anyone have real life experiences regarding liability etc of those triggers??? I don’t need TTL…

Poked around on their site and the 10mm fisheye link is still up in Chinese. Change the site to English and it vanishes but I did find this: https://en.7artisans.com/shop.aspx?nid=2&typeid=68 Looks like they are offering a 7.5mm f3.5 APS-C MF fisheye to influencers to review. Reported to have a 205° field of view.