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Aloha and welcome Luca!

Hey Luca! Great to have you with us! A warm welcome to Waterpixels. Best wishes Tim

Hi everyone — my name is Luca Crudeli. I'm a PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer and underwater photographer based in Bethesda, MD, just outside Washington, DC. I've been diving and shooting for over twenty years, mostly across Mozambique, East Africa, the Indian Ocean, Brazil, and the Pacific Islands. I co-authored and photographed Diving Ponta, a dive and photo guide to southern Mozambique's Partial Marine Reserve (available on Amazon), and an earlier book, Dive in Style, Swahili Coast, covering Tanzania's reefs. My photography has also taken me into exhibition spaces — solo shows at the Federal Senate of Brazil and the Contemporary Art Museum of Brasília, and work for BioFund Mozambique's marine conservation campaigns. When I'm not underwater I work in international development, specializing in blue economy and coastal livelihoods. I've recently relocated to the DC area after many years abroad and I'm looking to connect with other underwater photographers in the DMV — the DC, Maryland, Virginia area. If you're local and want to get out and shoot together, whether that's Lake Phoenix in Virginia, Lake Hydra up in Pennsylvania, or anywhere else within range, drop me a message. I'm as interested in learning from other shooters as I am in sharing what I've picked up over the years. Let's go diving together.

Because money isn’t really a problem in Zurich, there’s no reason to strike :)

No no... i'm a patriot... but for flying I didn't trust french airline/airport ... I mainly fly from Switzerland ... strike is a unkwon word for the people in Zurich

Love that patriotic loyalty to Air France! I use them a lot and love their chic style. I’ve found both AF and sister company KLM good on baggage allowance and cabin loading.

If it was me I'd be looking elsewhere for flights to the Maldives, all the Gulf airports are shutdown now, who knows how long before they open again? and will they remain open? Looks like you can connect through London and Istanbul among other places and I recall BA has a pretty generous carry on allowance. Travel insurance probably doesn't help if the airport closes due to war. The gulf airlines may normally be your best value, but if you hate spending on air travel you'll potentially hate being out of pocket due to travel disruptions even more. The point with domestic is many people may need to connect to a hub to depart internationally and once they are airside they remain that way at their connecting airport and are less likely to be hassled over baggage again and most international airports outside the US you only go through transfer screening when connecting who aren't going to hassle you over baggage allowances.

Like Singapore Air the "best" compagny is Air France 12 KG in economy. but you have other problem, you are never sure that they will not strike

Usually in Anilao, we (me+wife) had our own guide, and we were the only ones on the boat (except perhaps the time we went across the channel to Verdi, if I recall). But I agree, easier to test out stuff at house reef. Kind regards, Ajay

The Maldives was mentioned so I was not including (US) domestic airlines for a trip to the Maldives or similar. To which I am headed hopefully later this year. Emirates out of Dallas is telling me 7Kg and no other items for economy. I hate spending money even if I was Elon for riding on an airplane for a few hours.

Depends on where you are flying from and which airline, many budget airlines weigh baggage, it's a revenue stream for them to force you to check the bag. In my experience in the US on domestic flights it's a free for all and you need to be in an early boarding group to get overhead locker space, if you then transfer to an international flight you are usually home free. Basically you need to research rules and book accordingly. Of course if you can afford business class most airlines leave you alone.

Marelux has recently introduced the budget friendly ($549.00) Apollo Y strobes, the third strobe in the Apollo line. This is a very travel friendly strobe that uses 21700 or 18650 batteries. I have been shooting these strobes for a few weeks without using any diffusers with both macro and wide zoom lenses. I have attached a few images to illustrate the Apollo Y performance. Product Features 1. Support TTL, Olympus RC, HSS (The TTL, HSS, and RC modes require compatible flash triggers to be used) 2. With a special designed MTL mode, support continuous flashes at 10 FPS within a maximum brightness of GN9 3. Fiber Trigger: with one fiber port that supports M, Pre Flash(Compatible with compact cameras),TTL, Olympus RC(Supports RC-MANUAL, RC-TTL, RC-FP), M-HSS and MTL modes 4. Guide Number: 22 (on land) 5. Beam Angle: 120 °（140 ° with Diffuser ） 6. Color Temperature: 6000k (5500k with white diffuser,4700k with yellow diffuser) 7. Full Power Recycle Time: 0.6 second 8. Dimensions: max diameter 80mm, main body length 116mm, full length (including battery chamber ) 167mm 9. Weight in Air: 880g(with 2*21700 battery),834(with 2*18650 battery) Underwater weight :230g(with 2*21700 battery),184g(with 2*18650 battery) 10. Battery: 2x 21700 lithium batteries(The battery length must be within 75 mm) ,MAX discharging current 15A (Compatible to 18650 lithium batteries with adapter) 11. Detachable Water Proof Battery Chamber (Patented Design) 12. Full Power Flash Count: around 1500 times 13. Two Video Light Colors: 3000 lumens on white（Runtime up to 120 minutes） and 1000 lumens on red 14. Depth Rating: 100m

To whom may be concerned. Further upgrade as "tripod" by flex-arm

Many airlines have a 15 pounds (7kg) weight limit and some airlines, at least for economy, only allow a single item to be carried on (no personal backpack item and a carry on, one thing!). So my question, how are you carrying these huge, loaded backpacks aboard? I guess you are upgrading tickets to allow a carry on and still, there are weight limits are there not?

Selling my well-maintained, Olympus underwater photography setup. This is an Isotta aluminum housing kit that covers everything from ultra-wide fisheye to super-macro. The Package Includes: ✅ Housing: Isotta 3180 for Olympus E-M5 Mark III (Signature Red, Dual Handles) + spare O-rings ✅ Camera: Olympus E-M5 Mark III Body + 3 Batteries + 1 FM-LM3 flash ✅ Viewfinder: Inon VF45 (45-degree) ✅ Ports: Isotta 4.5" Dome Port (1429) Isotta Macro Port M67 H66 (3354) ✅ Extension Rings & Gears: 40mm w/ Zoom Ring (2548) 60mm, 20mm, and 15mm Extension Rings ✅ Safety: Vividhousings Leak Sentinel V5 Vacuum System + Manual Pump Lens Compatibility (Confirmed with this port/ring set): This kit is perfectly spaced for the best glass in the MFT system: Macro: OM Systems 90mm, 60mm Olympus, and 30mm Panasonic. Wide: Olympus 8mm Fisheye & Canon 8-15mm EF Fisheye (with adapter). Condition: Fair to Good. Everything is well-rinsed after every dive and O-rings are maintained. The Inon VF45 is crystal clear. There are typical signs of cosmetic wear from use. Can send additional photos on request as well as answer questions on compatibility, etc. I'm looking to get $3000 USD or best reasonable offer. I'm located in Manila, PH, can easily meet in Anilao. Willing to ship at buyer's expense.

Yes it's one of the reasons I posted here to hopefully get some real experiences. I came in leaning towards the Apollo S's, but discovered some limitations I wasn't aware of, and the availability of the YS-D3s at a lower price than I was aware of, and a very simple upgrade from my YS-110a's. I ended up ordering the YS-D3s after spending some time considering the YS-D130Rs and a few secondhand options, but decided I'd keep to the slightly more compact option with only a small premium for new ones as I still think I'm unlikely to go full frame anywhere in the near to medium future. They landed today, just over a week after ordering, and without additional customs which I expected to pay so extra bonus.

Hi yes I still do.

Aloha and forgive the late greeting @ubiquitous226

My review for the new Rokinon AF 14-24mm F/2.8 for Sony full frame is now active in the latest issue #149 of UWPMAG.com. Samyang/Rokinon. has collaborated with venerable lens designer Schneider-Kreuznach to create this new design. UWPMAG.com is a free PDF download.

geniales,poca luz y agua turbia,el 12mm cumple bien su función...

Yes ! I did interact with him a little. Upon his advice got myself the Tokina (also with metabones mark V), and was looking right now at the model in 3Dcults for the zoom ring. I need to find somewhere local where I can print it. Thanks for reminding me it's a fragile piece, and best way to carry it around would be fitted to the lens AND inside the housing :D Thanks for the reply!

Thanks! I had noticed some of your posts around the place. Feel free to PM me if you have any specific questions on the A6400 Salted Line setup as that's what I've been using for a little while now. I own the Tokina 10-17mm but haven't yet shot a bunch with it as I've been enjoying the Sony 10-18mm a lot, when I have taken it underwater I use the Metabones adapter and have 3d printed the zoom gear but managed to break it when I chucked it straight into my camera bag, and have had a friend re-print it, although I wasn't in a rush as I found myself using it most at 10mm anyways. I'm sure you've come across @Barmaglot across many different sites if you've been doing some research, they have some really useful info available too.

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CMC + Bayonet holder + Bayonet lens for compact. All three now $450 USD.

Bump lowered to $3000 USD for WACP. Can include extension ring and canon 28-70mm lens if required