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I think this has been discussed or requested before, but i couldnt find from this feedback forum atleast. Could the editing of topics be enabled in the classified forum, as now all that are sold doesnt distinguish themself from still available ones. Just pain in the ass to go through the posts, load all pictures, scroll down and see "sold" post at the end. Or some "mark as sold" button if the board has a feature like that.

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Hi Markus, thx a lot! That´s very helpful! Greetings

Hi Michi, I bought my cerium oxide on an online platform called hood.de (similar to eBay), though that was a few years ago. I don't recall the brand name. However, during my research at the time, I found out that there are quality differences reflected in the color of the cerium oxide. Yellow and light cream-colored varieties are the purest and are used in the semiconductor and optical industries. Reddish-brown versions contain slightly more impurities and aren't as pure. These are primarily used in the glass industry for polishing glass. I have the reddish-brown type (see photo), and in my opinion, it yields very good results on the ports. Br Markus

Just feels its "too little, too late" upgrade from the 330's.

Proprietary batteries are the worst! I dumped by Kraken spotting light for that reason.

Certainly the episode on Anand Varna and his innovative way of telling stories about macro subjects. Amazing!

You probably are right and It is okay with me. As long as they use over the shelf batteries that I can at least order and not some sort of $ proprietary pack that will be discontinued next year. But, regardless, the Inon Z360 is AA batteries :(.

You can download the manual which will include how to setup the strobes - just go to the S&S website. They have a few procedures to customise the strobe to work with various cameras.

You can't buy a smaller flash than the Backscatter Miniflash. Single 18650 or 21700 lithium ion battery.

Regarding the forgotten O-rings, here's the anecdote: I was in a camper van at a perfect spot for unloading my camera and diving gear (without carrying for miles), but not exactly a perfect spot for the police. Consequently, there was maximum pressure to assemble all the equipment, including the sweltering heat of around 45° Celsius inside the camper. In Addition, there were the police, my wife, and kid, who were asking every two minutes when I'd finally be finished, when the car could be moved, and when the family could finally get to the sea… Yes, in that situation, something like that happened, something that hadn't happened in about 1500 dives before and about 700 dives since. I've even seen supposedly waterproof battery compartments that were clearly broken when they turned out not to be. With Sea & Sea and inon, I can say from my own experience (also with other people's equipment) that after water flooding and cleaning all was fine... the point is that you can buy double AA batteries anywhere and anytime (and there have also been cases here in the forum where too many batteries were taken at the airport and it wasn't possible to buy replacements at the arrival point)! I am Open with Brands and not a Fan boy. More power and faster recycling time is always nice but comes with a price… but keep also in mind: with bigger strobes for example carrying and cfwa can be more challenging…

I'm not sure what the lesson is for buying extra batteries. It's not hard to carry extras, which I usually do on a trip. I can't imagine how you could forget the orings. They really should never be off the caps except for once in a very long while if you need to clean the cap. I probably took off my Inon orings like 2 or 3 times in over 500 dives with them. As for flooding and cleaning the battery compartment, sealed battery chambers is standard on most strobes. This is not unique to Inon. Always carry an extra strobe cable in spares. I often have a spare trigger and soldering iron on long trips too. I've fixed several solder joints on other divers triggers and hotshoes in the last few years!

I am an owner of 4 x z330… Recently on of my little kids turned on both of my strobes. Both empty... I realized at the dive spot when I wanted to take my test photo… I was able to buy in a tiny tiny shop (doesn’t deserve the name) in front of an amazing dive side 8 double AA batteries… that safed my day and made even a dive mag article with nice photos possible! Another story: once in Australia I was super stressed before a dive and forgot both my o-rings in both strobes… all batteries broken. Cleaned with WD40 and replaced accus fast and able to continue working for the Whole trip. I can trigger with optic cables and electrical… that safed me many trips with issues with broken cables/triggers/connectors… I am a big fan of Inon (even while owning several Ikelite strobes) and for traveling and in remote places it’s a good choice because so reliable, compact, lightweight and flexible wit AAs… I am now about to buy The Marelux Apollo because of its recycling time and speed but have no plans to sell my Inons… I think each strobe has its pros and cons…

Hi Markus, what’s the exact product name / manufacturer for your ceroxyd? Where do you find it? Greetings and thx Michi

Personally, I am very sure about this. I predict that within a year or two there will be few to zero UW strobes powered by AA cells still being manufactured.

Not sure AA batteries are a handicap. What with all the evolving regs. The case and battery chamber are as always so it is surely four AA batteries. So is the Retra Pro Max with a booster for eight. I am kind of burned on Inon due to the lack of support and warranty in North America. I have tried to get repairs, no go, sent off in desperation to a popular repair place and he has had my strobe for over three years now. Photo from Bluewater Photo site:

Must be very interesting series. Many Ideas and technique can apply to UW photography.

Inon still has not shown more than a mock up of this strobe and zero specifications. It is highly likely that it still uses 4 AA batteries, which imposses a ton of limits that will yield a non-competitive product in today's market. I loved my 330s and keep them for backup, but they are not a good choice today.

dropping price to $290 shipped to CONUS

lewis88 - is there any special trick to getting the d3 to work ttl with pop up on a sony? what camera settings do you use? rear curtain synch? manual aperture and shutter speed?

Thanks Rune, much appreciated Mike

Of course they did because I just bought Retra Maxi strobes. I knew it! Darn, well, it was past due a couple of years. And I wanted power but I would have been okay with this 🫤, maybe.

Hi @Pavel Kolpakov , Will these work with the Retra Maxi with the same functionality of the other Retra strobes? I was going to email, but realized that multiple people probably have the same question. Thank you.

It's been a long time coming interesting to see if it was worth the wait, so far I can only find pre-order with some basic pics on the two sites mentioned.

Inon has announced the successor of the Z-330: the Z-360. No big announcement from them, but you can find the Z-360 using google. Some shops already have it listed as pre-order. Strobe seems to use the old houising with new technique. Available july or august. Should be GN36. Somebody has more news on this?