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Thanks all, that would make sense. Marelux make a hydrophone with a different housing mount to the Ambient one - it has an extension away from the housing. But judging from the short clip here, noises from the diver and camera operation are still going to dominate. Ambient say: “With a frequency range of 70Hz-20kHz we designed a microphone able to capture the whole spectrum of sounds while effectively avoiding low frequency noise created by camera handling.” But I’m guessing you’re still going to have to be really careful with handling the housing during a take, as well as be on a rebreather / free diving.

Perhaps a bit off-topic, but has anyone had experience of using a hydrophone mounted on the underwater housing? I've often wished I could record decent quality underwater audio along with video. Underwater sound scapes can be rich and it would up production value. I came across a Housing Hydrophone w/ M14 Thread done by Ambient.de (link below) and would be interested to know if anyone has used it (or similar). My main reservation: noise from camera operator (diver) would dominate more distant and actual environment sounds? Thanks! https://ambient.de/en/products/asf-g-gehausehydrophon-mit-m14-gewinde

Hello All, this is Garth here, based in SW Madagascar. For many years I used a Canon 7d, but have just made the change to Sony full frame and am grappling with choices of optics. I shoot mainly stills, but also video when the job requires it. I primarily photograph large subjects - reef scapes, sharks, different types of fishing. I'm looking forward to learning and exchanging ideas on Water Pixels!