Christian K

Gotcha. Cheers, the 1.xx kgs apparently the 24 mm variant…

No matter how long you’ve been on it, you have the right idea Helen! Welcome.

🤣 Let’s not jinx any accidents. But yes, good like in the saying ”… for the buck”. Made in Japan.

Most bang … : IKEA ladda.

Is that the travel friendly 1.xx kgs wet lens or the 4 kg ”lump”.

Get really cheap dive gear. The only ”expensive” stuff i have checked (and might plan to check) is ports. Otherwise arms, clamps and batteries. Housing, camera, strobes and cables in carry on. Lenses and wwl-c in big fanny-packis my plan (personal item).

Rules seems to be tighter and tighter. So does the slack given to ”sinners” :) I know, because I am one too. However with flying several times per year luck can’t be a part of the equation and business is out of budget. So most has to be checked it seems. And what I bring kept more or less within regulations.

WWL-C for me too (checked with arms and port(s)). Planning on dismantle handles tho, in theory. Does not have the housing in my hand yet (with my dealer) and new to Nauticam (Nikon z6iii). Big hassle? Seems easy enough on paper. Weight of big concern, hence the 1485. Bon chance in Coz. Heading to Indonesia in early September to ”baptize” my new gear.

Cheers. I’m going to see if I can fit (most of) my rig in a 1485, if not I’ll resort to what you have—the 1525. May I ask what camera body you Nauti is for? I’m new to Nauticam.

Is that the 1485?

Will most likely demand a large dome. The 122 degrees is pretty close to the wet lenses 130, so that would be a good comparison.

Wet lenses was a game changer for me as a Nikon DX shooter since 20 years. Was very reluctant towards FF because of all reasons already mentioned, but mainly for the lack of good rectilinear WA options. They all needed big ass domes and very expensive high end glass was disappointing once put behind that big ass dome and brought UW. APS-C was much better in that aspect. So I was about to swap brand when a fellow shooter and distributor of housings convinced me to go FF with wet lenses. Made it possible to continue shooting Nikon too. Not that is was all that important, but old habits die hard I guess.

Isotta looks sweet and kind of remind me of now dismantled Hugyfot, which has been my choice of housing. But we have no Isotta dealers in Scandinavia. Call me old fashioned, but I like to have someone close for support, which I have with Nauticam. The Z6III is a pretty awesome 25 MP camera with incredible AF and the latest tech. I struggle with motivating ”the need” for the extra MP performance or reason for me to pay € 1500 more for a larger Z8. Z6III with Nauticam, a small port and a wet lens will be a pretty swift kit delivering top notch in every aspect (video too—which I haven’t really considered or really, weighed on that much). So the dice is rolled. I ordered a Z6III Nauticam housing with a macroport and the wet lens already. 😊 Cheers.

That is what I (and my sad wallet) has concluded.