Kristin

I don't use a snoot and do like a black background sometimes. Do not move the nudis or any other critter. You need to find the right subject to make it work and the biggest thing is finding one perched with nothing immediately behind it. Often I have better luck getting lower and shooting a bit uppish. I usually will use a single strobe instead of two. Sometimes there's too much light in the water and I end up with a blue of some sort instead of black. Maybe sometimes things don't end up totally black and isolated, but It takes patience, practice and luck - have fun!

Thanks, I have all the kit, I was just hoping to see examples and hear what people's experience was with it before I go out with it.

I have only really used this lens behind the 4" Zen dome and would love to see images and hear your thoughts about using it with a bigger dome (8"). crop sensor canon.

What an outstanding encounter! Thank you for sharing it - I'd still be buzzing!!

@Chris Ross yeah, I filtered for sold items and it was all over the map. Guess I'll just have to pick a number from the ether to start! I remember getting her in the sexiest black box - best "unboxing" of any bit of gear. She is a beast but I loved shooting with her, despite the size & weight! Not anymore, now I'm a poor weak delicate flower 😆

I have a lovely Canon 1Dmkiii that I adore but never use anymore so should move it on and put those funds toward more underwater related things! I had a look on ebay. There are quite a few and the prices are all over the map for both the recently sold and listed. I don't understand and have no clue what price is reasonable. Does anyone have any suggestions on where to try to sell it? Can be USA or Australia as "local", but of course, can ship anywhere. Thanks!

i have had the Tokina 11-17 forever, love it, but honestly had kind of forgotten about it, thanks!

thanks, @ColdDarkDiver . I should have made the crop sensor camera more clear 🙃

Thanks for the information, @Chris Ross !

I don't know that I'd actually enter as I'm a more for self-amusement photo taker, but who knows, maybe. But I'm definitely in the zero generative AI slop camp, for multiple reasons. And I think that most of us understand the difference between removing some specks in the water, a bit of crop and the type of AI slop we are talking about being against.

@PomInOz which housing are you using? I'm assuing these are all with the kit 18-45 lens? Thanks for sharing the lovely images and especially for showing such a great range. Super helpful to see more images!

I have always loved my Sigma 17-70 paired with a dome and the Canon 7Dmkii (and 20D, 40D before that!) I know a lot don't think it's wide enough, but it was great for going on a leisurely, "who knows what I'll see or what I'll be in the mood to shoot today" diving. I don't know how it will work with the newer cameras so wondering what you all like to shoot when you want to "have it all" on a dive? Please let me know what you think are good contenders and if you can share an example of its diversity, that would be double helpful! Yay for shopping season!

@Nemrod Thanks! The 18-45 has never really been interesting to me, just seems not enough of anything with too much compromise on everything. It seems that this setup, with wet lenses, gives almost the lovely compactness of the TG but with definitively better images across the range. I'm particularly thinking of mid to wider shots where the TGs background gets a little icky (this is my biggest frustration with my beloved TG setup). The R50 option seemingly would eliminate that. I also saw that SeaFrogs has a little housing complete with interchangeable ports for the R50 - even a setup for the mighty EFS60 macro. So intriguing! So many gear options.

@dhaas do you have examples of the widest scene and smallest creature with no add ons?

@dhaas thanks so much for the information. It definitely sounds like this will suit her and I'm very tempted to give it a whirl, too. At this price point, I wouldn't even stress if I find out it doesn't suit exactly and i need to "upgrade" in the future, unless I'm missing some huge issues.