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It's a fair amount of work, but doable now that i have a pattern. My issue is more about the motivation to spend the time. For passion projects I get caught up, but not sure I can invest the time for a commission. Reprints of existing designs I do all the time however.

Any interest in printing a port to accept the BluROV acrylic domes? They have a 130mm which seems like it could be suitable for a fisheye.

Price dropped US$1,900

Thanks for replying! Sounds like I’d need to starting build a real rig for a mirrorless camera then! I wonder if anyone tried taking photos and can share a fullres image that I can try inspecting.

Good news. Although the diameter lens spec for the 20-50mm is 80mm and 14-35mm is 84mm, the marelux zoom gear for the 14-35mm fits the 20-50mm (snugly). I took 3 of the rubber shims off the inside of the ring that contacts the lens barrel. Next will be figuring out the extensions required.

RF20-50mm lens arrived. I do not yet have a zoom gear. Tried mapping the PZ zoom in/out to custom buttons, but the R5 does not allow this option, even with the latest firmware. I see Nauticam has a zoom ring for the 20-50. Marelux does not list it, and I haven't heard back from them on whether they plan to. Does anyone know if the Nauticam zoom ring would work inside my Marelux housing?

Thanks for the respond. I have the Nauticam LX100 mark 1 housing. The short port is fused to the housing because I didn't remove it for weeks after diving, so the salt built up etc. makes it impossible to remove. I brought the housing in for service, they tried everything and even broke the red release tab, charged me $150 for labor and not resolving the problem. I have some decent 67mm wide angle wet lens, similar to Fantasea/AOI that I would like to reuse with the L10 housing, by buying the 67mm treated short port (I think it's this one: https://www.backscatter.com/Nauticam-Short-Flat-Port-N50) Thanks for pointing out the Nauticam Bayonet adapter, I'm surprise the store didn't tell me about it. I'm going to ask them about it and investigate the spacing

Any idea what the purple fish are/will be, or the translucent shrimp?

I like the turtle and the snapper. Nice shots. Those who have never dove Cozumel might not appreciate how difficult it can be to deal with the current. Pretty much fly by shooting often difficult to get framing and settings adjusted, one chance at a shot and zoom away.

Yep, I added them 👻

Hi, Toki 10-17mm is a good choice. I used it for many years with my Nikon D300 but sold it when I changed to FF. I know SA Sardine run and Mexico Sardine run are different. But also last year in Mexico we did all trips snorkeling. Once the hunt starts most of the time the Bait moves often very fast. So go jump in the water, go back into the boat....... many times per day. So no good idea to gear up diving equipment. To swim after the bait...... good luck😜. May be if you are lucky and find static baits. From my experience most of the time where there is action there is fast movement. Here two examle photos. First action bait, second with static bait (no hunters). First shot is about 17 years ago with the Nikon D300. Not a good shot. Water was boiling/murky and really hard to get some halfway sharp shots. Anyway just to give you an idea what could happen. Have fun in SA (if you have time do some diving at Protea). Great shark diving over there. Br Markus

Thanks Romik! WACP-C is the option I will go with :)

Hi @vkalia - Sounds like a fun trip. Curious, which Canon body?

Are you going to add them to the store?

That's catch 22 I will stick to my small sensor GoPro

Thanks, Markus. I am told that for the South African sardine run, there is a good amount of snorkelling on the surface with the bait balls. There, a smaller setup would likely make it easier to swim after the bait ball. In the end, I have decided to take the Canon/Tokina 10-17 system after all. The faster AF and more modern sensor swing the deal for me.

Hi, have two Sola 2000 and checked charger polarity just now with multimeter.1 = plus, 3 = minus. Pin 2 is is only to prevent plugging in the wrong way round. Had the same problem with defect charger a couple years ago and found third party one at ebay. This charger is still working fine. Will try to find out which one I had bought back then. Br Markus

Ive been working on an article titled " The Ocean Still Has Stories To Tell" SLOWLY.. time is tight these days but eventually ill get it posted. But while working on it the other day a Storyteller came to mind.. and inspired a new design for some t-shirts, now in the shop. 🤪 Got test prints today to check it and they came out great.

I also have an additional Subal T4 machined port (screen shot above). @Atanas_Petrov

If you look at the port charts, they list short port 22 and 25 for both the LX100_II and L10 and they can zoom to either 30 or 40mm respectively on both cameras while the standard port zooms to the full 75mm. You mention your LX100 port is fixed to your housing - presumably that is a type one LX100? - which it seems also had interchangeable ports, so presumably that short port is discontinued You say you can't get your off the LX100 housing? Have you tried a strap wrench? What are you trying to achieve, are you looking to use an M67 wet lens other than a WWL? There is the Nauticam bayonet adapter: https://www.backscatter.com/Nauticam-Bayonet-Mount-Adaptor-for-SMCCMC-Lens which says it works for SMC/CMC/MFO M67 lenses, though it may not end up with the right spacing for other wet lenses. Looking at the M67 short port it mentions there is no zoom, so it may be shorter and not allow you to zoom in or perhaps the L10 lens protrudes a little more at minimum zoom.

If your light still has some charge you should be able to use a multi meter to work out which socket on the light is positive, that then tells you which pin is positive.

That's exactly what i used. If you are interested i can set you up with the port itself and you can insert the glass. If you know the height of the adapter we can figure out the required additional extension. You will need the distance from the mounting ring on the camera to the housing port base. If it's different from Nauticam we need to account for that. Message me if interested.

Thank you, Dave, Yes, the glass I have is from the Zen WA-100-EP PEN DOME, and I measured it as 103.8mm. I will try to find a Subal to n120 adapter, as it will be a quicker solution.

I once charged a buddies Sola with another similar spec charger on a trip to Indonesia. To make contact i made a "connector" with paperclips, a wine cork, and rubber bands. 😃