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But where does that end? No adjustments of any kind in LR? No exposure, cropping, white balance, saturation/vibrance, clarity, etc? I know some locations make it easy, but here in the more dark and green temperate waters, silt and junk in the water is just a way of life for us. I think there's a somewhat fuzzy line between the provided tools in LR and some of the more powerful generative fills/removals that are also available.

You can see it's not a 90° connector but a 180 ° ;)

I hope this give you some ideas

I ve no time for more info over the Retra connector now but will give you more details if you want later If someone want the 3D STL file for the connector ask. I fogot to say to part are printed with TPU only the bolt is in PETG. It is easy and fast to mount and unmount It is a very important point in my setup then the fiber is going throug the arms.. The idea is to protect a maximum the cable

here at the Retra side

Yes yes it's comming.. I needed to restart my PC (sometimes when it don't want...;) The Onedrive sync had a problem. Yes I know with Retra I show you an other connecter for it Mounted on my Isotta housing

Do you have a real photo? Some strobes like Retra really require a 90deg connector.

Hi after the technical problem I had during the first attempt I start a second time (Thanks again to @RichN for the help ) I make a model with Autodesk 3D Fusion the same As you can see I have 3 green parts 1 for double fiber 2 for single fiber but with 2 different diameter

The Canon R50 specs incorporate many features of higher $$$$ models and I currently own one. It's fast and small and a joy to shoot above and below. I had the Nauticam NA-R50 housing to make nice photos trying a few less expensive wide angle lenses plus the Nauticam WWL-B a friend loaned me. You can search under either Canon R50 or my name for some previous posts. A few sample pics are below. I have an AOI UH-R50 on order as I prefer lighter weight and cost these days. Just my choice and I have 3 friends who own the Nauticam NA-R50 and like them. People dismiss the Canon R50 choice as you're locked into the Canon RF-S 18-45mm IS STM "kit" lens but it works well for small (5" or so) creatures to larger fish with the lens alone behind both Nauticam and AOI housing's flat ports . Adding a wide angle lens for more versatile scenic images is easy. You use the built in 67mm threaded port or buy an adapter to "bayonet" those on and off. I've had both lens mount approaches on housings and will use a straight 67mm thread on wide angle lens initially on the AOI UH-R50. "Burping" an add on lens has been discussed with some touting the bayonet choice but I'd done plenty of dives with a 67mm thread on lens never removing it. I enter the water and look for any trapped air bubbles behind lens rear element and port front glass. There has to be a thin water area there so just swish it around a bit and any trapped bubbles that could cause OOF (Out Of Focus) elements are gone..... I'm not a macro shooter these days so can't comment on adding close up lenses but I'm sure for most people they'll work fine. Both Nauticam and AOI use the Canon R50's but in pop up flash to trip strobes in TTL or manual flash triggering. Works every time, no hot shoe flash trigger dilemmas to sort through...... Looking forward to getting my new AOI UH-R50 housing soon :) David Haas Sample shots using the Nauticam NA-R50 and a Canon R50. Some with my borrowed WWL-B lens, several with a less expensive but not full zoom through Inon UWL-H100 adapted lens. I own that lens and an AOI UWL-09f lens which IS a ZOOM through focus lens going from approximately 130 degrees angle of view to 60 degrees.

Hi JB, Could you upload on YouTube a small unlisted video showing the problem? P.S. An Unlisted video on YouTube is a privacy setting where a video is hidden from public discovery but remains accessible to anyone who has the direct link (URL).

Hello everyone. Just three months ago, I bought a brand new Nauticam EMWL Unit 3 with the 160° lens. I've used the setup for about twenty dives and I'm starting to have some problems. The 160° lens is becoming increasingly difficult to properly fit into the Focus Unit 3. I can no longer align the centering rings. I should mention that I thoroughly rinse my equipment after each dive, everything is perfectly maintained, and the EMWL shows no signs of salt or anything else. I was wondering if any of you have encountered this problem before? Or will I have to request a warranty claim? Thanks

Absolutly.... but Donate is for me a better way as paying for each photo. The target is clear "I support the site I donate" if I pay for participating to the contest.... hummm, it is to win or to help the site ?

That would eliminate most high spec cameras, where automated subject selection tracking could be classified as AI.

Wow, well done, Michael. Scary moment. I hope the rest of the trip goes well!

Why not include a really tough category: No removal of ANY backscatter? Let's see who can place the strobes just right... This could be fun and perfectly honest. But at some point we have to acknowledge that we're no longer pulling the prints wet out of the developer. So as a general rule, I think it's too extreme.

The contest can (and should, probably) of course be starting next year or even later, no need to rush this. As for the rules - let's make that a community thing as well. "Excessive editing" is a purely subjective conclusion. This needs to be defined much more precisely to be a rule (which I find difficult). And "no AI" would downright exclude a categroy for smartphones / actioncams. Not sure we should go that way - but if that's what the community wants, these steps are easily removed from a standard workflow with a not too recent camera model. To me, this is not about perhaps winning a competitive event (there are enough contests out there for that) but to participate in a kind of fund-raiser within our small community. On this forum, we're discussing at length about equipment that costs thousands - so we should be able to cough up a few bucks from time to time to keep the site alive. "Featuring" someone's image(s) on the banner for money was not my intention, rather the notion that if we want to benefit from the site, we need to contribute as well. Just include an invitation that one should consider chipping in a small donation once in a while when uploading images for display. It seems that we're not paying with our privacy here and that's a fantastic thing!

Suggestion : In the shop all dimension are in inches. It's ok , but having also the cm can be good for the members not familiar with this unit (like me ;) ) If you have a topic for bugs or/and wishes feel free to move this post. ;)

Yeah, I really liked it. It was a pleasure to use and I got some terrific images from it. But..... I did find having to use a large domeport (230mm) for wide-angle images an utter pain for travelling. My partner found it an even bigger pain! I used the D800 for about 4 years but decided the travel issues were getting just too much - and switched to a D500. This got me back to a 100mm dome (just tiny in comparison) and a Toklina 10-17mm lens. This was a brilliant setup and I missed nothing from the D800. As you may have read in other posts I've made, I no longer see the point in having FF unless you have some specific reason for it. Having lost all my D500 gear, I've now gone for M43 in the rebuild.

found it in the shop... why not to put the "Donation" visible from all at a good place. I didn't see it before.

A question in relation of the incoming $... How many user and most important active member we are. Visitors / days.. It's to have an idea form how many $ the site need / active users (visitors and registered member will never pay anything) Where is the Donation point ?

I came across the R50 with an AOI housing for what seems to be a bit of a steal deal as I was looking at some versatile & budget friendly choices for a friend. Backscatter's AOI R50 housing She currently uses a TG6 for snorkeling and diving, but has an older Canon dslr that she definitely does not want to house (she says it can be too slow to focus and doesn't like the video); the only lens she has that would uw suitable is an old canon 100mm macro. What are the downsides of the R50? She loves garden bugs, birds & horses on land but underwater likes a bit of everything, rarely dedicating a dive to something specific unless it's like on holiday with the manta night dive in Hawaii or similar. What are downsides of the AOI housing (other than being poly)? It looks like one can still pop on wet mounts for macro and wider if need be, so it should be a fairly flexible system? As i am still dithering over my own options as I contemplate a move from a Canon 7dmkii/Nauticam with a whole bunch of lenses, ports & bits, I am getting a bit more confused and trying not to project too much on her quest! heck, maybe I should consider this, too 🙃 Originally budget was "what's the best I can get to get started for about 4-5 grand USD" but coming in with the gear at a nice fraction of that would mean a whole 'nuther diving trip. Really appreciate any input.

That's a rather extreme stance. I'm all for excluding generative AI, but masking is not creating or altering any pixels. It's simply automation of something that that is otherwise tedious.

Use of any AI should not be allowed. Including masking.