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It is quite a problem. Action cameras have fixed focus and everything works perfectly because the sensor is tiny, but even with a one-inch sensor, issues start to appear and so manufacturers make compromises. The matter reminds me of what happened with the old Insta with the one-inch sensor years ago. YouTubers noticed that they couldn't take selfies at arm's length because with the one-inch sensor, the minimum focus distance had been set to about one meter. To solve the problem, someone even came up with the idea of adding a small lens attachment to allow focusing at less than one meter. Probably the design of the new GoPro lens creates problems for the wet lenses currently on the market, and who knows, maybe they will have to be redesigned specifically for this camera. Strange that the same thing doesn't happen with the old one-inch Insta360 too or maybe it's there but nobody notice it. Here the old video:

Hello. I follow Sean Elliot's YT channel. Full lenght review this weekend, I suppose he's always reliable He says "The Mission 1 Pro has a lot to love but sadly the way they have set the focus for a more cinematic look above water has made it VERY difficult to use undewater. Everyone knows there is an issue with minimum focus but you cant fix that with lenses. The BIG issue is that it also has a very short maximum focus and once you put any of the current wide angle lenses on it makes it unuseable past a few metres and I have tried the AOI, Inon and Weefine." I'm speechless...

A good catch indeed. There is a significant inward force on ports at depth, 1 bar pressure at 10m as we know which is 14.7 psi differential between inside and outside of the housing. A 120mm dia port is 17.5 sq inches and with 14.7 psi differential that gives 257 lb force at 10m depth.

I ended up making a 20mm version of the Curved Glass Macro port and dove it tonight in an empty housing. Took it to about 80 feet in some of the worst, chunkiest, algae snow storm visibility I have every seen. We had record high temps and lots of sun in Seattle this week which leads to algae blooms. >sad< Less than 1 meter of visibility with all the snotty bits in the water. Still, the port held and worked perfectly. Next up is a proper dive with a camera and photos!

Just got back from a week diving with Dressel Divers in Cozumel. Here's a few of my favorites. Any feedback or editing advice is appreciated!

Thanks a lot Dave. I will definitely ping you next time!

Hi Giacomo, Could you please link the "bad news" ?

Hello, I'v read some trouble about close focus distance underwater... bad news for inon lens owners. Bye

Hi guys, My photo is in the running for the Ocean Geographic Public Choice Award. Would appreciate it very very much if you could vote for my photo THRESHER SHARK 🙂🙏 https://www.ogsociety.org/covers/OGPICOTY2026_PublicChoice_Vote Thank you very very much!!! 🙂🙏

Greetings from a fellow Northener and a warm welcome to Waterpixels. We hope you really enjoy the forum. Good to have you with us.

Hi, I’m a long-time overland photographer just starting my journey into capturing images under the surface. I came across waterpixels whilst trying to find out what was happening to what had appeared to be a major online resource for underwater photography and I’m glad to have made the discovery! I’m in full information consumption mode and very much looking forward to the learning curve of applying what I’ve learned in the last 25 years to a very different environment. I’m based in the North of England so a lot of my diving is in cold water with less-than-ideal vis but I occasionally to manage to get abroad and out of my dry suit

Would be interesting to know if the dryer was actually marine certified (more expensive) than just normal off the shelf fitted on the boat. I would imagine that dryer is pretty much running 24/7.

Welcome to WaterPixels. I am also in Washington State, here in Seattle. Both are great communities full of avid divers and photographers. Look me up if you need a dive buddy!

Glad that everyone is safe! I was in an Emperor boat before in Maldives...

Hi All, I have been a long time member in the previous forum. Lived in Singapore for 6 years and got into diving and underwater photography there. Recently trying to get better at codl water diving and do more UWP here in Washington state. Happy to meet everyone. Thanks!

Some more tests on it https://www.seacam.com/en/opp-test/ Includes also a huge 900mb pdf link to test images.

this is an interesting topic. I (now) always travel with two 8 cell chargers, and a backup 4 cell charger. Most recently in Lembeh, one specific slot on one of the 8 cell chargers "died" (wouldn't charge, regardless of which AA cell I inserted). I tried cleaning the terminals... no go. This charger is now disposed of... my guess it may have been an internal wiring issue. Not worth the hassle, and certainly not worth relying on without a backup when you're on location after significant cost & travel time. As to "boat" comments above - yep, I travel with three 8 cell chargers when I'm doing a liveaboard. Power can be flaky at times.

I successfully used the exact MH-C801D Powerex Charger discussed for YEARS, following previous use of various Powerex chargers. Sadly, ~2 years ago all my Powerex chargers decided they wanted to cook batteries, not charge them. After ruining several sets of white and black eneloops (all massively swollen and charge cycle never completed) - I dumped Powerex completely (different model charger did the same to some Energizer D rechargeables). Since then I have exclusively used a Panasonic charger/conditioner for my eneloops, and an Energizer brand charger for the Ds Sorry - I know that doesnt help in your situation, but I thought I might add my similar experience with Powerex products for anyone considering chargers...

When I was using Eneloop cells, i would buy a new set every year. I was doing about 100 dives a year at the time. I used two sets of 8, so replaced one of the sets every year. A few years on now, most of my old Eneloops won't consistently charge anymore even for use around the house in remotes, thermostats, etc

Dave, thanks for the tips on USB powered chargers, I like that approach and will follow it Tom, I believe the same issues are happening to mine, thanks for the data point. I think that I may have isolated one issue. I found two cells that were completely dead and couldn’t be revived. Although the charger is supposed to take any number of cells at any state of charge, and bring them all to 100% independently, maybe it’s not so smart and maybe one bad one in the mix stumped it. I’ve now got enough good cells to proceed thankfully. My next trip to the land of Amazon will give me a chance to update it all.