Grantmac

I think it could be related to the higher voltage of the individual cells compared to NiMH.

If I was him I'd be considering a used M4/3 setup. I recently picked up a EM1-II in a Nauticam housing with lens and port for $1200usd, all it needed was a vacuum valve. It's a generation old but I don't see cameras as having advanced much since then.

Do you find you need at least f14 to get the corners decent as reported for the MWL?

Stopping down that far would be a real non-starter with how little light I have available. I wonder if the Weefine version has the same issues. I assume the MFO-3 works fairly well wide open.

The polycarbonate housings have very poorly made controls. Flexible plastic that don't functional well.

If the aluminum housing has the same buttons and controls as the polycarbonate they would be a pass. Their new monitor is appealing though.

Keep in mind GPOs are deep in a crack around 95% of the time, or are out and huge. You can't predict which one. I wonder how the 45mm would interact with something like the MWL-1? Wider than the MFO-3.

That PowerShot is now much bigger than an action camera and then you add a wet wide lens almost the same size. This is really where the phone comes in these days.

Yes giant Pacific octopus. Although rare to see outside of their dens I would not like being stuck unable to capture them when it happens. I can get very close to the nudibranches so working distance is less of a factor there. Most locals are shooting 50-90mm FF equivalent from what I've seen. The 45mm+mfo and mild diopter combination seems like it might work well? Conversely the 30 and one of the macro wide lenses would give me a fisheye option. I currently have the 65 port, 29 port and I just found a used 45 port so I have options. Most of what I shoot is for social media so cropping isn't the end of the world either.

Phone in a case is as close as you'll get.

Nudibranche longer than 2cm up to octopus. I'm currently using the 12-50 kit lens and use almost the full range often with a UCL-165 but not the built in "macro" mode. Unsure what I'll gain over than combo though.

I'm currently debating my first M43 macro option. It seems like the 60mm will be too long for the local conditions (Vancouver Island BC) unless paired with the MFO-3, a significant cost. I do already have the port for the 60mm though. I'm considering the 30mm Panasonic to start. I'd need a port however.

Washington state and Victoria Canada depending on the week.

Either will work. Perhaps someone has one they can spare.

Welcome from another Victoria based diver!

In my experience the internal touch points start perishing before the buttons have problems. But that is based on buying used housings.

You can get a green light sucking by mouth in a pinch 😅

I'd rather see images which are imperfect and REAL over anything which has been "improved" by AI. I have even less patience for generative AI and the theft it requires. I absolutely hate that I have to distrust everything I see on a screen now.

There is an EM1-II for $1000 in the classifieds that would offer you a massive opportunity for less than the cost of a dome.

Okay thanks, was worried I was missing something. The MFO-3 or MWL-1 on the 45mm would be an interesting experiment.

Pardon my ignorance but doesn't a diopter just shorten focal length and so not really offer anything for a lens which can focus on the glass anyway?

It's interesting bit eye watering expensive for a fairly simple peripheral. I've been toying with using a left handed gaming keyboard which are available used fairly often.

I'm shopping for my first macro and sitting between the 45mm Panasonic or 60mm Olympus. I already have the port for the Olympus but it seems like a lot of lens for what I do. I'd likely get the MFO-3 to go with either one.

Excellent thank you.

Yes I'm curious to see an image taken with the 8-15 on a MFT, unless one has been posted and I've just missed it?