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Wow! Thanks for the response Davide! I guess I'll have to dig into to the top-side tutorials to try learn and understand the basics of color grading and see how to apply that to underwater footages. What you mentioned with not using the standard primary wheel totally makes sense. I was wondering why my footages ended up with such crazy "noise" pixels and what you said makes sense. One thing that I feel like I'm missing though is using a red filter when shooting - do you use one or is it just me that I find "bringing back the reds" quite artificial because of the absence of it through the lens

I’m fairly close to pulling the trigger on a Marelux housing for the R5II, upgrading from an Ikelite for R6. I’m interested in getting a monitor for the Marelux, but haven’t found much info about their options. Does anyone have experience with the Marelux monitor housings? There’s a number of used Nauticam monitor housings available, but I’m unsure if they’re cross compatible with the Marelux housing. Appreciate any insights!

A friend of mine was using the OG WWL-1 on it with great results.

In Germany, there’s Optik Pingel in Düsseldorf. They’re a regular optician, but one of their specialties is prescription diving masks. They help you find a mask that fits and can add lenses matching your prescription, including varifocals. You can meet them at the Boot Exhibition in January (which is also in Düsseldorf). I got a mask with varifocal lenses, and the result is great! As you can see, the glasses, glued to the back side of the mask, are really big. I can read my camera screen and still see distant objects sharply underwater. I barely notice the progressive correction at all. The only drawback is the price: it’s very expensive.

Both lights now sold.

It went through renovation couple years ago. It’s quite nice now.

Hi Tim, All dive shops in Rome, in agreement with the customer who bought the mask, mark the upper limit of the lens to be applied on the mask glass and then send it to Ottica Berti, specifying the correction. The shop has the lenses, glues them on, and sends it back. Ottica Berti - Da oltre 60 anni il tuo negozio di Ottica a RomaMaschere da Sub Graduate - Ottica BertiTrova maschere subacquee graduate di alta qualità. Comfort e visione chiara sott'acqua con soluzioni su misura per i tuoi sport acquatici.(Linked Page is about whole prescriprion mask but they also apply the correction lens in the lower part of the glass) In my opinion, if you send an email, they will do it for you without any problems. Alternatively, if you want a Cressi Occhio, I can buy it for you from my trusted shop, do all the work, and ship it to you. If you like, I can let you know the total cost.

Right I'd forgotten that so back to a converted 8-15 if you want a TC option.

Amongst all the items I lost in a liveaboard fire was my Cressi Big Eyes mask which Seethesea had bonded +2 readers into the lower element of the mask. The mask was perfect. Does anyone know anywhere in the EU who bonds lenses into masks? I don’t need a full mask lens, just readers. Otherwise it’s going to be an old pair of readers on a cord I guess.

I was one week on the C-Echo 5 or 6 years ago... it was not the cleanest I saw... what you say is really good. Thank you for the information..

I haven't checked anything online, but I believe this is the question that all underwater accessory manufacturers for GoPros will have to answer and probably they are working on it already. Mainly Inon and AOI. Will the wide and macro wet lenses be able to cover the 1" sensor? AOI had just introduced that universal housing with the interchangeable internal camera template. Will it be able to fit the new GoPro Mission 1?

Thanks to all, I'll have to get a read on the L10 section when I have some dead time ( I am using for the last days my setup in Egypt, part of the reason I change, I found a buyer 😁) I am still not excluding the mission 1 option, but to really consider that, I need to be sure, that the lens adaptors for the inon lenses will be available in the near future. And the price also is a clear decking factory, since by the time I add the cost of the 3 lens, + the new mission 1, I am probably better spend my money on the compact option

⬆️⬆️ Like Davide - in your situation I would go for a Lumix L10 - it's almost what I did a few years back, building a rig around the Lumix LX10, but the new L10 has so much to offer. You can work with this camera for a few years for sure, and go from wide to real super macro on the same dive if you're so inclined (in reality you probably won't). This is the amazing thing about compacts. And full manual control. Two major downsides: 1. weight - compacts are bricks in the water and you'll need a lot of + buoyancy 2. battery life for video

😱 good point about disconnect thank you! Another thing to find out for sure. 👍 Yep, WB button exactly where is needed. I am so used to this position from A1 - custom button 3 next to the Menu button.

Wow. Speechless. One thing to live through and another deal with it emotionally in memories later on. Good luck 🍀 On the liveaboard as we speak. In Red Sea. It seems like they forbid use of charging in the cabins in Egypt so much so that our boat C-echo has no plugs in any cabin. Just light switches. Not that fires would not be starting by boat electrical system in engine rooms or elsewhere or in kitchen but a good step nevertheless.

Sobering report. I was on the Emperor Voyager mid March. That smoke, three breaths and you’re passed out. Five and you’re pretty much dead.

I fear even the Kenko TC is not possible with native Sony FE lenses. As far as I know, the Kenko TCs are produced only for Nikon and Canon EF, see e.g here: https://kenkoglobal.com/product/teleplus_hd_pro_1_4x_dgx/#specifications

Hello, I have a rig just like your, GP12 and wet lens by INON (macro and wide) with floating arms. I was considering the new Mission 1 but I'm not sure about the availability of lens adapters by the manufacturers. For my purposes GP system is the right choice Ciao

They already have a 10mm full-frame MF fisheye - https://7artisans.store/products/10mm-f-2-8-ii-ultra-wide-angle-full-frame-fisheye-lens-for-e-l-r-z-1 The projection is stereographic, 185 diagonal, 15cm, f2.8-16, 602g. This new lens is 15cm f2.5-16 so the design seems to have been slightly updated, but I expect it to be a full-frame lens.

Hello, like in the title, I think I am ready to start considering an upgrade on my equipment. I am currently using a GoPro 12 with 3 inon wet lens, with tray, floater, and a tripod for shooting macro and video with fixed camera I am now evaluating what will be my next system, since with the new mission 1 realese with new form factor, and new high price, I am oriented to go on the next level, but I feel overwhelmed a bit by the choice. I don't have an exact budget yet, but since it's an upgrade on the current one, I start evaluating system from 2500€ and up. I'd like a suggestion on the camera body, lens option, tray and lights, but mainly I have to decide the camera. I'd like to keep the GoPro flexibility under water, where I can swap the wet lenses from wide, to macro, to super macro, ( by this I mean I'd like to have a system that allow me to be able to shoot almost everything without the need for example of a lens change inside the housing), to have a good balance between performance and size, without being too heavy to travel. Also, the size of the setup underwater would ideally be not much bigger than the current one, to allow me to film in small spots. Here is a picture for reference of the current setup

That is what I am, thinking, otherwise the FLs make no sense.

No I'm talking about the Canon 8-15 with Metabones in reply to the original question about a Canon 8-15 with Metabones, with 2x nose fitting into the Metabones which requires the latest version if I recall correctly as earleir versions were smaller ID. I 'll edit the text to make this clearer.

The biggest issue is actually that if they make this lens in SONY mount, it will mount directly to a Sony body, no need for a converter incorporating the additional back focus needed for the DSLR lens. This is what allows the Canon 8-15 to work the Sony TC with the nose of the TC inside the converter. I think also the exceptional optical quality of the Canon 8-15 helps it work as well as it does with the 2x. TC magnify the image and the aberrations so the lenses that work well with them are exceptionally good optics.. Certainly be nice to have a native Sony fisheye, but it would be restricted to the Kenko TC, which as I recall doesn't have as good optical quality in the 2x version compared to the Sony TC.

The Backscatter HF-1 Float is done. I've done several test dives on a pair of floats and they worked well. I am making another pair now that drops about 20 more grams of buoyancy. This morning I designed the Atom float and sized them to provide 140 grams of buoyancy against the 160 grams weight of the Atom's in water. Leaving it 20 grams negative. The draft print came out great. I trimmed it bit more after the draft to fine tune the target buoyancy. Atom Float +140 grams: