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Sorry to hear this then. Does that mean that at the surface, now; none of the strobes work? If they do work at the surface, but not at depth, try unscrewing/rescrewing the PCBs of the battery cap/supercharger. I've had an issue a few years ago where one strobe worked at the surface but not in the dive. I ruled everything out and this was the remaining problematic item. It was a bad contact which i couldn't explain why it behaved as such only at depth.

I concur with Luko, this happened to me with older Eneloops. By any chance, do you always do a Test shot at the surface and does it work there? Are the batteries inserted in the correct way? I tried once and had a battery upside down and the flash worked for a couple of shots until it didn't

Dahab has a well developed Tech scene, I have a sense you may find what you're looking for there. I don't have recommendation but you should check the centers there. It's also a very relaxed location, and i remember it fondly (i used to freedive there). The reef was nice, but i suspect most of the diving there is blue hole related. Ask the dive shops :)

Is it not too cumbersome to have two lenses protruding out when you want to shoot without any diopters? Particularly as it relates to strobe placement? Never used double flip holders so quite curious

Hi Romik, Thank you very much for sharing the beautiful pictures and your thoughts! This is helpful! :)

Hi all, A friend of mine is trying to convince me to join their group for a diving trip to Galapagos in March. They are not photographers. Besides the travel and costs, it seems to me that the photography there is luck dependent and can be hit or miss (on top of difficult visibility at times). Has anyone been there? I'm not convinced that it could be a productive trip compared to other locations (for similar distance/cost). If anyone has pictures to share, i'd love to take a look at them! Thank you

fwiw I remember reading that the Ikea NIMH were exactly the same model as the eneloops, just different outer branding layer and that they came from the same manufacturer : https://www.reddit.com/r/batteries/comments/omuns6/new_ikea_ladda_nimh_batteries/ https://www.dpreview.com/videos/8633918572/comparison-cheap-ikea-ladda-batteries-beat-panasonic-eneloop-pro-recycle-speed

Beautiful pics! I'm eyeing that destination, but was wondering - with the cold water, was it ok with your gloves to burp the WWL-1? And is the choice of WWL-1 driven by flexibility of a zoom or was the water too full of particles to use a fisheye? Wide angle seems definitely like a feature of the location, compared to other cold water areas i've dived in

Nauticam will become much more expensive. To be seen whether there will be pricing differences between regions (US vs Europe) or if the prices will be increased globally..

Just found out that this manufacturer of lamps has gone out of business (https://lightandmotion.com/) Trump tariffs on Chinese components won't help other US based manufacturers in the short term I assume

I have seen it in beta, and now purchased it. Very happy with it so far. I noticed today that several pictures still had a lot of backscatter, but I realised quickly that it was my monitor which was dirty and dusty.. 😅

In hundreds of dives i have never had any bubbles For whales, i recommend WWL- Norway has dark waters and you'll want to open up the aperture as much as you can

Excellent report and very useful tips, thank you for sharing! I'm not tempted by it but this is certainly very impressive!

I don't have the answer but you may want to watch these

Thank you everyone for the thoughtful responses! Much appreciated 🙂 Giancarlo, beautiful pictures, thanks for sharing with us!

Hi all, I've done very little (if any) macro photography and started learning about diopters only recently (big thanks also chatGPT). I understand that Nauticam has a series of them (cmc, smc i believe), but saw other brands. Has anyone had feedback on the subsee brand? Some second hand ones are quite cheap (+5/+10) but i'm wondering if it's worth getting a powerful one if i've never shot with one before? Would love to get your thoughts and experience on diopter use overall as well as that brand! Thanks Alex

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What? Nauticam doesn't include them anymore? That's a tad ridiculous! I remember they were included with my housing (back then last decade!) Great setup!

Fantastic video!! The wrecks there are truly out of this world. Which club did you dive with? I need to plan some diving there..

I have not - I reached out and it does not have TTL, just manual, like the nauticam one but at an attractive price point..

I have the nauticam one and the turtle. No issue so far; I prefer the nauticam one as I shoot manual only and don't like the flimsy cable of the TRT unit. That being said, flash triggers are too expensive for what they do and i'm keen to get my hands on that one when I can https://www.fun-in.com.tw/en/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=4043

It looks like the RS13 hype is living up, its second hand price is heading to the moon, seeing one at 3000GBP on ebay.. it was close to half 2 months ago! 😆

Hey Chip, I was last November there and the sea was toasty warm (26-28, like in Cayman last Jan) but the year before when I also went, it was a few degrees cooler (23°C). Air temp can vary a lot but note that it is often very windy. I'd bring a sweater and a shell jacket. Cairo will be materially warmer. Do visit the coptic area, and if you do the pyramids, don't buy the ticket to go in; not worth it! If you have several days to spare, try the Black and White Desert and bring a mini tripod, you'll get fantastic pictures of the sky at night (milky way) and the desert! Hope all is well! Alex

Frankly, it will be very challenging to take splits with such a dome port unless the water is very still! A good dome nonetheless for all the other uses.

haha no offense taken, if it can bring the old crowd back, i'm all for it 😉