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If anyone has one of these I would like to purchase it. I did talk to Nauticam and they will make me one MOD (manufacturing on demand) at a 30% price increase, which is painful given how expensive their gear already is.

The painted anglerfish lure is on the end of a thin transparent rod: I've highlighted it aboveand the lure is fluffy. If you can find this on your fish it will confirm it is A. pictus. The thing poing forward is I'm thinking the second fin, but it is covered with growth?? I'm thinking maybe I can see the rod and lure on your final shot?? shown here, lure at double head arrow:

This one for the lure could help?

Thank you. I don’t have any shoot that shows full body, maybe this one could help? But is quite similar as the other one.

Kraken is with same/similar slow cable. They are coming with new version beginning of next year with better cable. Thats what i was told by one retailer. Theres also something from Dive and See, pricey but usb 3.2 see here Fotocore seems to have come out with their own also see here With the Fotocore one, you could add the M16 vacuum valve?

I'm thinking it could be faster, The Nauticam one is slower than my card reader, I got 28 MB/sec, while I routinely get 150 MB/sec with the card reader and 75 MB/sec reading from the camera without bulkhead.

Agree, also it looks like the lure is resting on the other side of the fish, if you could see that it would help confirm

Really looks like a juvenile painted frogfish (Antennarius pictus) to me. They usually have specific markings at the rear (but juveniles vary a lot) - would you have another shot showing the rest of the body?

It also comes with the M24 bushing adapter included...which Nauticam charges another chunk of change for. My SO got one for her birthday, has it installed, hasn't used it yet otherwise. May be a while before we know exactly how it performs, but it's supposed to be a PD cable, so I'd be pretty surprised if it's any slower than the Nauti.

Should have a lot better chance of working and price is nicer as well, seems like it comes with two different cables? If you get one it would be nice to report back on charging times and data transfer rates.

Thank you for all this information.I love to see that some guys are making intersting and usefull construction in 3D printing for the underwater camera world. ❤️😍🥰 I'm with a Isotta, it's different, If someone need focusing part for lenses please contact me, I can probably help with information and why not STL files

Thanks for the response. It looks like the Nauticam M16 USB bulkheads are hard-wired at the bulkhead end, and have a right-angle plug for the camera-end. The Kraken equivalent comes with two internal wires, one right angle, one straight...but both plug straight into the inside end of the bulkhead. So if a straight USB-C will pass through the Nauticam offset extension, it should fly.

Both sold!

If the phenomenon was localized to a single branch, they might be the eggs of some gastropod. If, on the other hand, it was a generalized phenomenon across various colonies, it could be a gamete release. In the Mediterranean, red gorgonians (Paramuricea clavata) release male and female gametes during the summer. I have witnessed this phenomenon a couple of times, and in the hours preceding the actual release, the fans are covered by these gametes which then detach and float away.

To start with you'll need the 34.7mm N85-N120 adapter that's now discontinued I believe, then a lot of extension. Being 20mm equivalent, the 180mm dome is probably fine. It's heavier (690gr) than my Canon 8-15 which requires about 1800 gr of buoyancy to get near neutral with my setup. I think stick to the 8-18 or the OM 8-25mm 😂.

I have a basic template from which I customize: OD of the lens zoom/focus ring Distance from Housing Sprocket to top of zoom/focus ring Height of zoom/focus ring Plug in OD & Height parameters to customize a TPU friction ring Plug in OD+Thickness of TPU ring and Distance to top of zoom/focus ring to customize the Gear Cylinder That works for most lenses. It's only if the lens telescopes or required access to switches that I need to do anything else, like add cutouts. I've made a few rings for people with just these measurements, without ever having access to the lens. I usually provide 2 or 3 TPU rings with minor variations in thickness to allow for variances. So far, it's worked pretty well. Probably half the custom gears I've made are for niche manual focus lenses (LensBaby, Laowa, TTArtisan) for which nobody makes or sells gears. Custom printing them is the only option, so its pretty cool to be able to provide a solution. Example: https://makerworld.com/en/models/1804480-nauticam-focus-gear-for-ttartisan-100mm-z-mount#profileId-1924490

Never try it.. its here DAMP=0.1 to 1000 https://gopro.github.io/labs/control/extensions/

I had to do a fair amount of doctoring to get something working for a zoom gear for a Sony lens and Nauticam housing. But doctoring, not whole cloth from scratch.

If that is its lure, it looks very odd, the lure is one key ID feature to compare. You could try posting on inaturalist and also have a look at fishbase and browse through the images there. https://fishbase.se/identification/SpeciesList.php?class=&order=&famcode=192&genus=&areacode=&c_code=360&depth=&spines=&fins=&TL=&BD=&resultPage=1&sortby=species or try posting in this Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/frogfishlovers

Yes that's the idea, but don't assume your USB plug will pass through, you would need to test it! Originally developed for electric sync cables. I know Nauticam needed to make a new adapter to get the the right-angle USB plug to pass through their M24-M16 adapter.

This one is from Tulamben, Bali. I am having quite a hard time identifying some frogfish, I’m not sure if they are juveniles from any species or simply a little frogfish, lol. For reference I’m looking a quite good webpage only for frogfishes but I’m struggling knowing which specie could it be. I’m struggling basically with almost any frogfish image that I have. Frog Fish Web Any tip?

I was just thinking about trying to make a Parametric OpenScad model for Nauticam gears. It would work for a lot of them, but there are some lenses that need more complex mechanisms. Some of the manual focus lens gears I've made required complex 4-part sliding/turning components because the focus or zoom gear telescopes when turned. A good rainy-day project for the to-do list. :)

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It's very long and has a 77mm diameter. A monster and doesn't exist a zoom gear. A Panaleica 8-18 mm is a wiser choice.

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