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How about something between a fisheye and a rectilinear with zoom versatility? WWL-1/WACP-C/WACP. All of them have excellent optic quality (many topics on this forum on them)

I could see this being useful for someone with low mobility on hands/arms but it's a very very niche use case

excellent shot! the second in black and white does the trick for me, love it!

Same or more expensive (I went), HK seems to be the cheapest ! In PRC You’d also want to refund VAT which is an extra hassle at the airport (or train station in Shenzhen) on departure.

No, the one near Causeway bay in HK! For grey market prices, you'd want to see on price.com.hk but the retailers that offer the cameras will make their margin on lenses/SD cards that you'd need to buy it with, otherwise they won't accept the sale (too much hassle for too little margin)

I bought mine at the sony store in Asia, messaged them on whatsapp to keep the last camera they had in store. International warranty as well

To be fair, Adobe still does not have the latest profiles for A7V (released last year) and they have tons of devs behind it (or at least i hope). It's a sidenote comment, but there are also a lot of issues with Adobe and i really hope that open source projects like this, rapidraw or rawtherapee will accelerate the development in a good way of Adobe (fixing functionalities rather than adding ai slop features)

I picked up housing and camera in HK, no taxes. You'd get the same if you pick it up in Cayman Islands, or EU and then get VAT reimbursed. In HK/Taiwan, you can get a grey market A7RVI for even cheaper, comes without warranty (bulk buy), straight new.

Very nice, will install it and try it for a bit. I also enjoyed RapidRaw, fast development cycle and quick bit of software, although lack of advanced library management, which is key for many of us

Thank you for such a detailed response! Then it's a gen 2 that I have I think a gen 1 wouldn't work on mirrorless. Based on what you say, the protruding element makes the lens longer, and my guess would be that it would not fit the adaptor (Nauticam). I would even question whether the adaptor works for a Gen 1 Lens. (admins, feel free to move my lens to the correct thread)

Curious and a bit offtopic, but how do you tell the various generations apart from the lenses? I have one but no idea if its a gen 1 or , thanks!

Welcome!! where do you dive in Taiwan? i've only ever visited the cities but never tried diving there!

I will happily boycott Mexico diving.. plenty of other places to spend $$ and with good diving!

This is in French but subtitles in English work. Some beautiful shots and i discovered that there are kelp forests in the Mediterranean?!!

Which company are you going with out of curiosity? , i'm tempted to try this too and there are many providers.. Thanks!

Heard good things about Djibouti. Downside: Hormuz..

100% agree with Dave and John here. Your housing will not break down because you don't soak it overnight for a 6 days diving trip (let alone a 14 days diving one if you're doing it). Just rinse it, take a shower with it if you want to make sure, and then dry it properly by bringing it in your cabin. I've seen more floods of cameras/gopros that were left in rinse tanks than from being underwater! :)

Which itinerary will you be doing? If it's a southern one, or "sharktastic", i'd skip the macro one. If it's best of Maldives, there's macro choice, fish portraits typically, but also anemone fishes, and hawk fishes to shoot :)

i don't think it's related at all, it's just that these are poorer countries and when they see someone with gears that cost $$$, they smell blood. I doubt you'll see Saudi taxing any photographers for their gear when they will go diving in the red sea!

Anyone carrying their housing directly with them fully setup? I wonder if it could be a good approach?

thanks all! I was able to install it but it took me about 3-4 hour as i didn't have the right tool at hand. The hardest part was actually inserting the spring below this locking block. I just tried again and again with a tweezer until it was in the right position. Inserting the C-ring (eclip/circlip) wasn't easy either.. Would not recommend doing it (or ask someone with tiny hands to do it) Ultimately, I did insert the spring, but have no idea which of the two springs they provided to use, as the Nauticam adaptor i have (37303, bought in 2018) wasn't listed in the manual. however, it now works and holds the vaccum. Chris : the adaptor I have (37303), without the upgrade, would not let me lock on the newer WACP 1B which I had bought. It would slide in, but would not lock. Now that i have updated it, it works and seems to hold the vaccum. that locking block is a few mm lower in the grooves of the port.

THANK YOU, this is exactly what I needed - super helpful! Can I ask you which part do you own (37305? 37303/37304) ? I'll keep everyone posted on this, i hope i don't have any more questions :)

Hi, I am currently upgrading my old Nauticam sony adapter (100 to 120) using https://www.nauticam.com/products/upgrade-lock-mechanism-for-port-adaptorscompatible-36064-37304-37305 Instructions https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZsoDwPUN7HLy37r4JZpkj9ujNsKk_PPV/view I'm struggling to understand how and where to insert the spring on part 3. I just can't seem to fit it (esp the "on top"? the chart seems that it is behind it) Can a charitable soul send me a picture of their locking mechanism so that i can see where the spring fits? Thank you so much! Alex

Fantastic info, thank you everyone for sharing! And beautiful pictures!

By the looks of it, the first pic is definitely with flash while the others are not