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Thanks!

Dave, These look great! Thank you! Any concern about blocking the heatsinks with the bumpers? I can’t see whether they would impede water access to any of the cooling fins. Evan

Late to the discussion, but I find it interesting as I prepare for my first muck trip to Lembeh in July. I had good results in Roatan with static subjects using my M43 60mm macro plus an Inon 165 (+6 diopter), and even with a borrowed +15 diopter. Based on getting decent Costasiella sp. pics in Roatan with +15 I think I want to add more magnification than the +6. My original thought was just to add a ~+10 so I would have +6, +10, and+16 by mixing/matching. I’ve gotten advice that I’d be better off with a Nauticam CMC-1 to use instead of the Inon +6 and not try to stack. Of course I’ve also gotten advice that I should get an MFO-3! (It’s only money!🤯) In addition to the 60mm I am adding a 30mm OM and 45 mm P/L to my kit to experiment with. (The 30 is primarily for blackwater and the 45 is based on @bvanant ’s advice that it is a great all-rounder macro lens. Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks! Evan

That’s too bad.

I was at CoCoView for 15 days of diving. Loved it! It was just what I was looking for--decent accommodations, good (not great) food, and all the diving I wanted. Coupled with some world-class photography instruction by Mickey Charteris, and I couldn't be happier. The only time I saw a red light was when my finger tip was a bit damp and I inadvertently touched the moisture sensor when I was prepping the housing. A quick dry with a towel and microfiber, power cycling the housing, and all was good. The moisture sensor is very sensitive to moisture. Could you be introducing a water droplet during opening the case or getting the camera ready?

I just got back from Roatan for my octo housing set's maiden voyage and it worked flawlessly for over 40 dives.

Still not able to click through to sign up for the beta (using my MacBook M4 Pro)? Edit: Just tried again and was able to get on the list.

The link works, but I'm unable to click to join the beta.

I'd be interested in testing it. I'm a new underwater photographer with ~1000 species images from the Caribbean so far. I've been disappointed in the AI solutions I've tried (Google and iNaturalist-based) because of hallucination or no ID, and they don't work in Lightroom. The best I've found so far is manually using sources like Caribbean Reef Life or Google images, but that requires having a clue what the critter is before identifying it (how do you look up how to spell a word in the dictionary if you don't know how it's spelled?). Plus it takes a lot of time. Sent an IM.

iMovie also works to set white balance.

Welcome from Pleasanton!

I received the Kraken cooler today. It is more compact than the AO. I don't think I'll take either to Roatan, but they will be nice for local diving.

I received the AO cooler today. It is quite large. I don't think I'll take it to Roatan, but I do think it will be nice for local CA diving.

Great video!

Will do, Bill!