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With the WWL even f/7.1 might be enough.

I wasn't aware that you can't shoot with the 16-35 wide open - then also my recommendation would be to use the WWL

Surely the RV has much better AF and better sensor than R2. Have you been happy with IQ (edges?) and AF performance last time? In tricky conditions it’s more important to know how to deal with the cam, lens and focus than to be one f-stop better.

Even if it’s hard to believe: there is a life without viewfinder! hope that helps 😬

Ok, understood. A6700 is a really good one and also my GAS is already activated… Looking at the port charts the 10-20 with 180 dome could be an option. (Edit: with 6“ Acrylic Dome you don’t even need any adapter) But the 16-50 is such a crap… I had three of them over the years and each of them was really weak. The new version of the 16-50 doesn’t seem to have improved ( other than the new 10-20).

Regarding white balance - that was the original question: Should be exactly the same as in the newer FF-bodies.

In my opinion, regarding the size the A6700 is not as suitable as a full-frame camera of the same size as a model from the A7C series. However, this is not due to the body, but to the poor quality of the 16-50 standard lens of the APS-C series. This means that even the WWL or the WACP-C won't help if the lens is poor. As far as full-frame lenses are concerned, the 28-60 is an excellent partner on which at least half of Sony's success under water is based. If it's going to be a crop sensor (and the A6700 is incredibly good), I'd rather go with dome and Canon 9-15 with Metabones.

I am just returning from San Diego where we did a night dive with California Divers. Sea was a bit choppy, visibility poor so I knew I wouldn’t have much time to adjust camera and flash. I switched the Pro Max to TTL, and to my full surprise there was nothing to adjust. Especially the focus lights serving also as torches made the dive in that cold water fairly easy. I can’t tell whether this works with other brands as well but with that experience I‘ll stick with the Retras.

So Beautiful!!

First day. We booked a private snorkeling trip - everybody was aware that the typical spots aren‘t private at all. But light was beautiful. The we went looking for whales, distance between us and other boats about half a mile. Suddenly he shouted - get ready, NOW! 3 Minutes that made the trip worth every penny. We just laid flat on the water, the mother and her calf approached us curious - and left, when another boat approached.

Cameraman is Roger Munns: https://www.roger-munns.com/netflix-our-oceans-underwater-cameraman/ He's also the one who did the AppleTV underwater screensaver. I met him this year on Dharavandhoo where he was filming the Mantas at Hanifaru Bay. He's a nice guy! I'll go for Netflix just because of this series. Hopefully it is worth the price.

I think there are areas where the size of the sensor or the size of the lens cannot be replaced. I don't expect underwater photography to be taken over by smartphones. On land, it has become established that I shoot wide-angle up to 50mm with the iPhone and 50-400 (travel and medium telephoto) or 200-600 (birds in flight) or macro (90mm) with the A7 IV and at this point I am also sure that no replacement is possible with a mobile.

I enjoyed! Great!

Just my 2ct: 4.: MacBook Air is very comparable in size and weight to iPad 13" with case. If you like using the MBA - not wrong. 3.: Size matters 2.: Don't think so. rather use USB-C 1.: No idea. I use an ipad pro 12,9" 3.Gen. (presented 2018) with LR for ipad and never had issues with lack of speed.

For the less obsessive in terms of losing the original RAW files: I only use Lightroom for the ipad without the desktop version. It's very, very inexpensive. The only limit I see is the number of images that are synchronized with the cloud. I don't need additional external data storage, but I do videos only occasionally. My workflow is different from what is said before, but I think it's also a good variant: I connect the camera to the iPad via USB-C (important: use a cable with a high data rate), which saves me having to insert and remove the memory cards. I import all the images directly into Lightroom, edit them there (I've even found the live histograms in the meantime) and export the images I want to keep to Apple's own Photos app. I only keep images in Lightroom if I think I want to edit them further or print them later. This saves duplicate data storage, and the cloud synchronization via Apple also works perfectly. I never actually delete the memory card in the camera while I'm on travel, I only do that when I get home. With the A7 IV I always have mirrored storage of the RAWs on both cards. I think this redundancy is sufficient.

AFAIK the WACP pulls the potential area of sharp focus close to the front element in a way, that above the surface there’s no way of focusing to infinity. In your room you should be able to focus on things that are not more than 5-7m away, but not further.

And all the mods who work here every day! 🙌

...the pic is not perfect - fish should face the diver, not swim away... but the fins are in good position

One additional comment: Longfins are the high shoes below the surface - they make beautiful legs, but it is necessary to have them in a good position.

I am surprised that the TE feels so attacked. I think we've certainly had sharp personal attacks here in the forum, but I don't recognize any such attacks in this thread. Hopefully we can get back to the topic at hand, which I think is very interesting. I do 2/3 freediving and 1/3 scuba. I use a coiled lanyard as described by @Dave_Hicks, which alternatively acts as a hand strap or as an attachment to the BCD. Even though the instructors on the boat and fellow divers are always concerned, the camera has never been in danger of being lost. Important side effect: My camera is negatively buoyant (no float arms for the flash). I use it as part of my own buoyancy control. If I really had to come up faster when freediving, I would rather drop the camera and have half a kilo more buoyancy. When swimming fast (manta rays, whale sharks, humpback whales...) I hold the camera with one hand under my belly, where it has the least drag in the water.

Hi Scubagirl, When we saw it they did some painting on the building, so in fact it could be quite new there. It is at the main road to the harbour (facing south on the left side) quite opposite the airport. There's a scooter rental (ugly scooters!) in the same building. As far as I remeber they were painting some korean or chinese signs on the wall. You won't miss it. If you have additional information on it, let me know!

Great! Too cold for me and looks really scary…

Hi Wolfgang, thanks a lot, that’s really helpful. For the usual dives I am happy with the zoom range of the WACP-C, and if I am looking for the small things, the 90mm is in the pocket. Just for show: WACP-C is also capable for some sort of macro

Inside the Sony-ecosystem: Do you think there are advantages over the 28-60 + WWL1b or WACP-C? Just below the surface, not on land - there I personally use the 50-400, WA only from time to time.

I had a similar experience: Travelling from Malé to Fuvamulah they asked me to put my backpack (14kg, looks quite similar to that of @ChrisH, but is cheap from Rollei) on the scale. „Too heavy“ - „Look, my camera gear. I can take it out, put it together and take it in my hand“ - „Okay, camera….“ and after very short discussion with his colleague it was no problem.