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@RomiK im not familiar with X6 I-log color correction and davinci.. i was just trying to genuinely understand whats causing the magenta/pink, because ive seen other videos from X6 underwater with same outcome..

Bit of a bump, but anyone fancy a 160mm hemispherical dome: https://rovmaker.org/product/underwater-optical-glass-dome-lens/

Here is something interesting. While thumbing through Marelux’s website yesterday, I happened to see on their Wet Lens page a listing for a MacroView MV-24 Wet Conversion Lens. I don’t know when this was added to their site, but this new mystery optic is described as another conversion lens for a 90mm to 105mm macro lens designed to provide the equivalent focal range underwater of a 24mm wide-angle lens. https://www.marelux.co/products/macroview-mv-24-wet-conversion-lens

A bit over a week ago Marelux released the 3.0 version of the Apollo III strobe - but there doesn't see to be any information from there about how it differs from the Apollo III 2.1 previous version - @Phil Rudin or anyone else?

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Finally getting a chance to reply once again - someone else has been spending time ON my laptop today Many thanks for all of the replies - it is good to get some really great feedback. Cheers to @Phil Rudin for the detailed explanation of how shorter MFD is needed for smaller domes etc. I'm keen to avoid the need to carry a 230mm dome, but am happy to carry a 180mm dome (especially as Nauticam make a N100 180mm dome), so I guess what would be useful is everyone can add to the list of lenses for Sony full frame that will work with a 180mm dome (Sony or third party). So far - - Sony 16-25mm F2.8 G - Sony 20-70mm (F4 G model?) - Tamron 17-28mm Any others? The Sony 16-25mm F2.8 G would be fine instead of the 16-35mm, the 20-70mm would be fine for the archaeological work although oddly the Nauticam port charts only offer a N120 180mm dome solution with N100-N120 adaptor instead of a N100 180mm solution. I am planning to add the new Sony 8-14mm Fisheye once a port becomes available.

Have you not read about NO LUT for manta clip? 🤦‍♀️ I-log processed and conformed to Davinci wide gamut by resolve studio. They already have I-log provisions. More so I don't understand why then you have need to post silly jpeg to show highlight blowout. You can see on that clip and on your screen that sun is shining through the water and crispy. JPEG will show you none if it... 🤦‍♀️ 12m is not that big of a water column and it was sunny that dive. What else do you need to have explained. Magenta in water? Have you ever not seen one when looking up on a dive? Listen I can see you are a fan of GoPro from your past posts, thats fine. I am not a fan of Insta360, in fact X5 underwater with their domes was a bit letdown, not improved by much with nauticam housing. But with X6 they just nailed it. Will action cam be better for certain things? Off course it will. Say macro for example. But for majority of divers who document their dives and want to create nice memories or document wrecks and caves there is no upside in using action cams compared to X6. Not in color, not in dynamic range, not in sharpness, not in low light performance.

Did you test also the Tamron 17-28mm? How is performabce against the Sony 16-25mm, if yes? Thanks, Wolfgang

Are you sure about the 140mm dome (I cannot find this dome as beeing compatible in the Nauticam charts)? What extension are you using? Would be great, one small domeport for both fisheye and rectilinear WA...

and thank goodness for raw files hopelessly underlit image of a black frog fish hiding in a hole. wrestling with 90mm macro focus and strobe arms but play around on lightroom and there’s an image there

Gili Air was a great place to stay less spectacular but my first experience of muck diving in two dives and less current and easier to find a spot to stop and take images first frogfish!

If you are interested in a review I did on this new lens you can check it out here

Gili Air and Komodo are not the easiest for photography, especially macro - I love Komodo and it has great macro, especially in the south but it's Komodo and not many sites are protected. With a 90mm, in the central part a site like Waeniliu is great for macro but not dived that often, not in my days anyway. And the south is more seasonal. I've never been to Gili Air but did dive Gili Meno in 2014, and I imagine it's not very different. Good "fun diving", lots of courses but not the best settings for imaging (unless you work there that is) and a little lacking in subjects perhaps? Yes, I definitely second Tim's Lembeh recommendation - otherwise Bali's Tulamben will have plenty of subjects and good spotters, and lots of photography oriented resorts and diving When it comes to dive operations, Lembeh and Tulamben are probably the most photocentric diving areas in the country. Plenty of others of course (Triton Bay, Alor, Raja4 to some extent, etc) but in terms of imaging-friendly areas, these two areas really stand out I think.

I agree with Phil that the Sony 16-25 is worth a look if you are OK with the shorter range, and cheaper too. Not only does it work nicely with the 180 dome, it works equally well with the 140 dome.

Based on my tests with the manual version, it needs a full hemisphere dome for proper alignment. You can order a custom one, but I don't know of any off the shelf full domes. The Sony fisheye seems a much better option.

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Since (from what I understand) the projection on this is skewed closer to a rectilinear do you think it would benefit from a larger dome? Added to that does anyone think it would de-fish with less correction than say the 8-15mm lenses while retaining corner sharpness? Reviews above water are impressive.

@RomiK i think the Lut you applied is not specific for the X6, that has bigger sensor and more dinamic range than X3,X4,X5, or did you apply the Lut before stitching ?

Its HDR, the reddish/magenta is there, also the blow highlights means the light had excellent water penetration (midday perhaps) but you saying you had poor visibility and light... https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/15u8jzse3skcr51v9njc7/Captura-de-ecr-2026-09-11-s-20.14.28.png?rlkey=6s27psff20nxkr7uywdgnryw6&dl=0