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I have talked to Scott and while they list it as in stock it certainly isn’t and they have no contact with Recsea. Nannette needs a new housing and I am trying to find one

I dive with someone using one with an XT5 and he has nothing but praise. Compared to the Salted housing I had there is no comparison. I'd be very tempted by one at a future date.

Agree - I would call Bluewater

Here are a few shots with the MFO-3. The black water Crab zoea "stickhead" crab is uncropped. The Lionfish larvae is barely cropped for composition, and the larval Flounder is cropped to maybe 88% of the frame. I've only ever shot 100mm underwater, but I don't notice any image quality difference between the RF 100mm/L with or without the MFO-3. In theory it should be a bit sharper with since it does corner correction. Using it with a teleconverter seems like cross purposes, like walking the wrong way on an escalator and ending up where you started.

“Please call the Bluewater Photo team with any questions, or email us at” Or maybe they scraped the description off Bluewater before trying to scam you? I’d ask Scott if he knows about this site before considering giving them a credit card number.

I was curious to see what the housing looked like and found this link: https://www.photoexperter.com/product/recsea-sony-fdr-ax40-axp53-axp55-4k-underwater-video-housing/ seems to be connected to Bluewater photo somehow, otherwise I would probably disregard it as it is an odd website.

This was the original premise behind the WWL - the degredation of the image by the a plain dome is such that it makes a kit lens look good UW. Whether this is still truly the case with all the new wide lenses coming on the market I don't know, I have seen several posts that I recall expressed the opinion that a really good lens behind a well positioned dome could out perform the kit lenses behind the WWL and also stating that the long ends were not as good. The Canon 8-15 also gives the performance of wet optics a run for their money. The Sony 28-60 and the Canon 28-70 if you look up tests on these lenses are rated as surprisingly good for kit lenses or words to that effect. The Canon 8-15 is also a highly rated performer behind a small dome. I'm wondering if what these wet optics (WWL type) do is effectively make these lenses into moderate fisheye lenses, they do produce the barrel distortion after all. In a fisheye lens the zone of sharpest focus is not a flat plane but rather a partial hemisphere wrapping around the front element - the shape is similar to the shape of a virtual image with a dome port. From all of the posts talking about this type of topic it seems that the Canon 8-15 is very hard to beat for sharpness - however the downside at least on full frame is that it lacks reach, but some posts indicate people are willing to compromise and use the 8-15 with the Sony 2.0x and are happy with the performance. This is where wet optics come into play giving something with similar quality to the 8-15 albeit a little narrower maximum field and the ability to zoom in for subjects you cant get close to.

Looking for a Recsea housing for Sony ax53/ax55. I know you have one sitting in your closet. Price negotiable. Bill

This is a used Nauticam N120 sized macro port 87. The glass is unscratched. There’s a cold shoe mount on top for a snoot or focus light. The filter rings are in good condition for attaching a flip adapter or water-contact optics like the SMC. The optical quality is great. I’m just using a different-sized macro lens now so it needs a new home. $445 including shipping in the USA only. Reach out with any questions. Thank you.

Looking around.... https://www.leeminglutpro.com/downloads/Leeming_LUT_Pro_4_GoPro_11_12_13_Setup_Guide.pdf It seems interesting, a bit more expensive. Ictu oculi Bye

Cool stuff. Thanks @Christian K !

30 meters of multi-core fiber appeared on my doorstep: I'll package up and mail out to those who wanted some Monday morning.

I would also put the Sony 28-60 in that same group. While I understand the theory that layering additional glass may not improve uw performance, I have not experienced that when using the uw specific optics, especially the WACP-1. I have been shocked at how well the ~$300 lens performs behind it, especially on a high MP camera such as the Sony a1 and a7rV.

I think you need to judge the results of the system, not just the lens alone with pincushion charts. The sharpest underwater photos I've seen are WACP-1 with Canon EF 28-70 f/3.5-4.5 or the Nikon equivalent, a modest kit lens.

IIRC still no sighting of it here in central Italy but I read several catches in the South. It is a Lessepsian species. The Suez Canal, the Aswan Dam and now climate change have done the rest... Regarding the baby pinna, I am sure that one is a Pinna rudis. They are the only ones left and after the death of the nobilis they are occupying their spaces. Notice that the ribs are more pronounced, the nobilis does not have them. Furthermore the top edge is almost straight while in the nobilis it is very rounded. There is a major artificial reproduction project for the nobilis in Italy. It takes a long time. Where I am it was full of them and they all died. Specimens one meter tall. Now only pinne rudis. Months ago we found a small nobilis and we are keeping a close eye on it 🤞🏽

Will Sea Frogs save us from breaking the bank account? 😂 Looking forward to read you feedback. Which port did you buy? Which lens will you use?

Makes sense. One other thought is that perhaps lenses with high undesirable distortion when used in air could benefit from mitigation of the that distortion, or simply the lessened visual impact of it, when used in water. Maybe not? I shoot pictures and know very little about designing lenses.

I ”roll” with my camera in my lap. One hand on strap, one on camera. I also giant stride with my camera in hand, have perfected technique to hold it as low/close to the surface as I can and then lift it as I jump and giving it a gentle entry. Has worked perfectly for me. YMMV.

Went on her for a week in March 13-21. They run a pretty tight show, which is needed because the boat take 26 guests. We were 24 divided into three groups. The trip was called ’sharktastic’ and focused on channel dives in S Male, Vaavu and Meemu atoll. A few dives in N Male as well. From a photographic perspective, not a very productive trip which I knew beforehand. We did see a lot of reef sharks (grey, wt, bt), nurse sharks as well as eagle rays and a rare sighting of scalloped hammerheads (group) off Foteyo kandu in the blue, but they all keep their distance (besides the nurse sharks) making it difficult on this type of dives with a lot of hooking in. Nice sightings nevertheless. Had a manta ray passing by on one dive and we also did an extra day with two dives on shark tank in Male after the liveaboard, where we had a quite big tiger shark, lemon sharks and a shovel nosed ray. Went with Ocean Warrior dive centre in N Male for shark tank and they do not use bait, which many others do. So no sharks close enough for any good photos. But very good local dive center that arranged a larger rinse tank especially for me on their boat. Good and relaxed guide who’s name escapes me—young Maldivian guy. Emperor Voyager is what it is. A solid liveaboard that works pretty ok for someone shooting/videoing. Spacious dive dhoni with a fairly big rinse tank. Would be too small if there had been 3-4 ff rigs at once though, I was the only one carrying a ’bigger’ camera (Nikon z6iii in Nauticam house with 2x strobes and wet optics). Had a lovely french guide named Margeaux, very attentive and she tried to make the most out of the trip. Cruise Director a meticulous man who definitely rivals the longest and most detailed briefings in the history of scuba. Delicious food. Good crew. Friendly atmosphere, but a little ’machine like’ operation, which is to be expected. But all in all a great trip for seeing some classic Maldivian channel dives. Courtesy of Ocean Warrior (from GoPro)

Installed on macOs, DR20 free. First tests: the optimal result depends by the correct workflow adopted. At the moment color Management is set to DaVinci YRGB, timeline color space rec709 and gamma 2.4. Bye

Thanks @divegypsy - DM sent

For a project i have used a Sony FX3 with the sea frogs salted line housing. The issue was when i was going around 30 meters deep one of the buttons (i quess it was the record button) was pressing itself and was stucking. My nails were not strong enough to take it out so i was using an empyt mussle shell to pull the button out. BUT i still ordered a gh7 aliminium housing from sea frogs. it arriwed 2 days ago . it looks ok but i dont think i can get the camera before 2 months. After i use it i can sheare my experiences from here.... Thanks

Really great work, congrulations again. While diving for that documentary, did you see any of those species? One is a puffer fish (Torquigener flavimaculosus) which is everywhere here on sand especially . They eat everything , and the other is a baby pinna nobilis which were started to dissappear from mediterranean a few years ago... At the moment i know 3 babies in Fethiye . So i just wonder how is the situation there about these 2 species .. Thanks a lot for your reply about the equipment you used for the documentary...

An interesting lot for anyone fascinated by the history of underwater photography and film making. The auctioneers are reputable and specialise in photographic equipment (I have bought from them myself). See: https://www.flintsauctions.com/auction/lot/lot-526---a-vinten-type-z-underwater-camera-for-hans--lotte-hass/?lot=49266&so=0&st=&sto=0&au=107&ef=&et=&ic=False&sd=0&pp=96&pn=6&g=1

Hi Lutfu, I'm still on the GH5 😇 We were always in pairs. One GH5 and one GH5S and to try to have the best coverage, one would go down with the 24-70 (Pana 12-35mm F.28) and the other in macro. Typically the Panaleica 45mm and CMC-2 on the flip or with the flat port and the 14-42mm and the CMC-2 on the flip. For certain problematic animals such as shells we used gopros and the AOI UCL-03 macro lens in time lapse mode or just plain video mode left unattended.