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Considering that so many lenses is rather intimidating for a new MFT user, I'll add my view on macro. The Olympus 60 mm is a fantastic lens, but I almost never use it any more since I bought a Panasonic Leica 45 mm. Such a versatile lens in many occasions and much easier to aim then the 60mm. Easy to combine with a CMC-1 or 2 for more macro. In that case I would go for the CMC-2. I own a CMC-1, but the DOF is soo small.

Aloha and welcome @Smstelzel !

Aloha and welcome @mdo905 !

There is very real value in having a Spare strobe. Backup, loaner, flexibility, etc. Getting 2 Atoms and an MF-3 seems like a great combo to me. The MF strobes will not replace a full powered strobe like the Atom, HF-1, or similar high-powered strobes. The MF strobes are strictly Macro and Snooting machines.

After spending a week last year in Anilao without a snoot, I realize how important a tool it is. I currently run a compact with YS-01s, but will be upgrading to a m43 in the next year or two. I'm planning a trip to Lembeh for this coming September. I was planning on buying a MF-3, but the Atom Flash just appeared. It seems to have the same qualities as the MF-3, may be powerful enough for wide angle , and also has a relatively small form factor. I'm looking to buy before the backscatter black friday sale ends. I have a couple questions. I would rather buy and travel with two strobes (Atom Flash x2), than buy and travel with three strobes (MF-3 + higher power strobes (YS-D3 Duo x2 was recommended by Bluewater)). I want to do both wide angle and macro on a trip, so could anyone guess if the Atom Flash x2 be enough for a m43 with a fisheye lens? Unfortunately, there are no reviews out there for the Atom Flash since it's so new. Since I don't have snoot experience yet, would the bigger size of an Atom Flash be a detriment compared to the smaller MF-3? As we all know, the MF-1 had significant issues and this is the first generation of the Atom Flash. Should I hold off on even thinking about an Atom Flash because it just came out?

DETAILED PICTURES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. Attached Photos show only parts of equipment available more details here: https://www.kleinanzeigen.de/s-bestandsliste.html?userId=10836287 ITEMS LOCATED IN GERMANY WORLDWIDE POSTAGE POSSIBLE I've accumulated quite a few items. Prices range from approx. 30-80% of the original price, except for the new S45 viewfinder. Underwater housings: Nikon D800 underwater housing, very good condition, €1500 Nikon D2 underwater housing, new/unused, €400 Nikon D7100 underwater housing, very good condition, €1000 Underwater viewfinders: ProG, used, €100 S45 new generation, new, €1700 S10, used, very good condition, €1300 Underwater ports: Superdome little signs of use, glass without visible scratches €1400 Fisheyedome normal signs of use, glass in very good condition, €850 Wideport normal signs of use, glass without visible scratches, otherwise in very good overall condition €700 Marcoport 60mm old version with wet diopter/wet lens Glass without visible scratches, otherwise signs of use, with wet lens holder for Seacam flash arm 285,-€ Dome port for Sigma 17-70mm with lens 450,-€ Port extensions: PVL30 PVL35 PVL40 PVL50 PVL60 €110 per PVL Underwater flashes: 5x Seacam 150D flashes with S6 flash cables, spare batteries, spare cables, chargers, neoprene protection, spare O-rings... ++++ much more Retra Snoot with Seacam connection with mask set Flash arm spare parts/O-rings, etc. I also have various Nikon DSLR cameras and lenses (ASP-C and full frame) to offer 2x D800E bodies (one like new with approx. 50 shots) 2x D7100 bodies 1xD300 body Nikon AF-S 60mm Nikon AF-S 105mm Sigma 17-70mm Sigma 18-250mm Tokina 10-17mm GPS receiver for Nikon ++++++ We can also put together a complete DSLR (full-frame or APSC) underwater camera kit on request Cameras/lenses are in very good condition. Some come with the original box. I`m happy to send you more photos. I`m happy to answer all questions. Br Markus

Please see the pictures. I can send also a video with the functioning and more pictures. Akkus included (4 original).Located in Vienna, shipping in Europe. Price is 1500 Euro. Including all parts except spare o_rings and packaging.

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In Germany ? 🤣 Welcome to Waterpixels

Hi everyone, I started into serious underwater photography in 2019 when I bought my first real camera rig (but had been diving for almost 20 years at that point) and read several underwater photography books. Now, most of my diving is focused on getting photos, but I love lionfish hunting when I have the opportunity. I was on wetpixel.com as mdo905 for a long time, but that forum is obviously now defunct.

I’m in West Hartford, CT

I wrote it live so to speak but I did have to scroll up and down quite a bit to see the prev mssgs super keyboard challenged

Yes I am in South East Connecticut.

Fixed it - I copied and pasted the text, copy using ctrl-C then pasted using Ctrl-Shift-V. Did you paste the text in from somewhere? If so try pasting with ctrl-shift-V.

somehow I screwed up and the text goes beyond the page!

Another data point: I have the book titled Free Diving by Rebikoff translated by Mervin Savill. Published in London 1955, first published in 1952 in French as Exploration Sous-Marine Ch. VII (the last one) is titled Underwater Photography and Filming. He writes a lot about his underwater flash units but not a peep about corrective optics Interesting that Ivanoff lived so long but what did he do from the 1960s onward? Searching his name I came up with a living artist. Another data point; See: https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/conference-proceedings-of-spie/9192/91920P/Afocal-viewport-optics-for-underwater-imaging/10.1117/12.2061445.short Read the abstract!!! He calls them "the Ivanoff corrector lens" Lens is a bit vague since it can be one piece of glass or a whole unit like a camera lens, but for lack of a better English word lens has to be used (Abstracts often have a word limit (based on a lot of experience)). This is from 2014 so relatively recent. At Chris: the Nikonos opinion is from a current web page so would seem to be not too out of date but maybe limted to the experience of the author(s). I remember when the blue housings were released! It was during the 2 years my family lived in the US (Germany before and Japan after) when I bought the Hasselblad issue (house magazine) on it at a local camera store. This was between Sept 1970 and August 1972. So it is about 2 decades post Ivanoff earliest dates from the patent. BTW the first Hasselblad to use the 38mm lens was called the Supreme Wide Angle or SWA. The SLR was the 1000F. I have seen a SWA in person - it had a more primitive shutter. From the early 1950s. The SWC, the later camera, has to be used in the blue housing that takes the corrector lens. SWC/M and newer, no, because the tripod mounting shoe was moved to allow fitting of Polaroid backs.

Another vote for Helicon. We shoot (on land) several hundred shots for a single stack and it works reasonably well and fast. Bill

Hi smsteizel! Welcome to Waterpixels. Great to have you with us. CT? Connecticut? We hope you really enjoy the forum.

I suppose that makes more sense, I know the 8-15 is still available used but Nauticam seems to be trimming their products a fair bit and I would guess things that work only with discontinued lenses would be high on the list of of things to cut. But that is just guesswork. Back when I was shooting M43 I was strongly considering getting the bits together to use the Canon 8-15, but then I moved to APS-C and a Nikon 8-15.

Hi all. Been diving since 2015 and starting to get into photography. Have had a go pro and taking frame grabs for about 3 years but recently moved over to a TG-5 for better Macro ability. Looking forward to learning and honing my skills.

Excellent thank you.

Wow, amazing!

Hello, Welcome aboard! Regarding the eternal fisheye dilemma among you photographers, you will find tons of content in the forum but I'll give you a small spoiler: teleconverter + Canon 8-15 fisheye zoom. For the details, I'll leave you to the search function. Ciao

Good point, the patent was granted January 10th 1956 without mentioning the name Rebikoff. The reasons for that are highly speculative. However the Rebikoff / Cherney book you brought up called it "System Ivanoff" in 1955 according to you @Tom Kline as a trusted source. With that book being out prior to the patent and my other research that Rebikoff's Poodle ROV (dated approx. 1953–1954) had such or similar optical system mounted in front is an interesting circumstantial evidence of something I am not sure how to interpret. Rebikov and Cherney would have clearly exposed the US Patent US2730014A by Ivanoff et. al. to a prior art risk. This is a serious issue preventing any patent from being granted or after it has been granted preventing the owner from successfully enforcing or licensing it. This is also called risk of invalidating / novelty-destroying prior art or „risk of anticipation/obviousness in view of the prior art" -> meaning you cannot patent what's already out in the public domain. A book mentioning or prototype displayed on a trade show prior to filing is a common mistake by inventors for this. A comparable rule existed in the United States both in the 1960s (under the Patent Act of 1952, §§ 102/103) and already since the earliest patent statutes in the 18th and 19th centuries. As the patent also says "Filed Feb. 19, 1952" your book copy needs to be inspected more closely for the exact publication date and edition index. I would be interesting to learn if this book was actually the first edition or earlier publications are flying around. It might also be a potential reason why the image caption was renamed from Ivanoff to Rebikoff in a later edition. We do not know though, if this was done by Cherny, Rebikoff himself or some clerk at the publishing company. Seems not like that, .. contrary to what you wrote: Alexandre Ivanoff (1917–2003) outlived Dimitri Rebikoff (1921–1997). There are some Patents by Demitri Rebikoff online, his last filing looks like Oct. 31, 1990 for an optical diving mask restoring peripheral vision, citing the Ivanoff patent from 1956. No. Cannot be, as that patent is too recent for having been applied to my lens. As I initially wrote my Ivanoff-Rebikoff broadcast camera corrector front port is from "around the year 2000". I actually did not realise that it is an underwater corrector port for a long time, as IR corrector ports look very similar to obscure flat ports from the outside. You have to inspect them more thoroughly or "weight-lift" them to get the idea that they might be something different.