braven

Love the video! Really shows the range too. Thanks for all the recommendations! A lot of options all with the same camera/housing which is great. So in practice it sounds like I can cover one of two partially overlapping ranges at a time. A 12-45 or 12-35 with a dome port for quite wide up to not quite macro. Or the MFO-3 and 60mm for full macro with an option to capture bigger subjects. And then the 30mm standalone as maybe a sweet spot in the middle ground. Has anyone tried the 30mm btw with AOI's FLP06 and an extension ring? It's very tempted to add this in if I don't need a dedicated port for it. I did confirm I can use the MFO-3 with my existing setup. The zoom lenses will need a new port of course

Thank you all!

Wow the MFO-3 on a flip sounds fantastic. Having the full magnification of the 60mm available with an option to jump wider is more or less exactly what I was hoping for. I'll look into the ports for this!

My current setup is the Olympus EM10 in the AOI housing, with the 60mm lens and a single MF-2 flash. I'm really happy with the results with smaller subjects and am sure I have a long way to go getting better with just this configuration. I also really appreciate how small the rig is - very casual to dive with and easy for travel. But I find I'm struggling with larger subjects - reef squid, octopus, seahorses, even bigger nudibranchs. It's hard to get the whole thing in frame, and at the distance I need to be I often don't have enough light. Definitely true for turtles, rays etc. I'm curious if there's a setup that can manage fish portrait of even some bigger species through to macro on the same dive. I'd definitely be fine with it not covering wide angle. I'd be happy to consider changing formats/camera bodies too. I only really view pictures digitally so don't need super high megapixels in case a compact is one of the good options. I was considering something like the 12-40 zoom with a wet lens if anyone has tried it, but curious to hear recommendations of any kind!

Excited to join the forum! I mostly dive on trips but also some weekend diving in Monterey. Currently learning how to shoot macro underwater with a u4/3 setup.