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Personally I am always removing the handles - apart from cleaning, housing wouldn't fit into the backpack otherwise ;] Screws are going into a small zip-lock style bag, so no issue losing those. Also greased with lovely Lanocote (marine grade grease) from time to time - also useful for any other metal screwy parts like clamps etc.

Still confused about this and somehow had the impression its the cure for short working range on diopters...

Seems that port charts have now been updated. No clue however how will it work with the likes of CMC as well... 452 Euro on Nauticam site: https://www.nauticam.com/products/mid-range-focus-optimizer-1-mfo-1

Interesting considering the crusade in the other topic from Retra affiliates against Li-Ion 😉 Specs do look interesting but the weight is quoted at 1150g...tad heavy travel wise, but seems almost neutral in the water, if I understand the buoyancy value correctly. And let's not post those prices the same misleading way Retra been doing since beginning - they are based in EU as such by law have to publish prices with VAT included, at least to private customers. I won't even mention the fact that prices are in USD and not in EUR....And even in US, not every state is tax free. Price now shows as 799 USD (guess intro, w/o video light), 879 (with video), 999 regular for both. Thats 966,76 USD including 167.79 VAT (as calculated by Retra checkout) and 1063.69 (including 184.59 VAT) That represents about 21% VAT. So regular price will be about 1208 USD.

its the usual: -piece of string - 1 Euro -the same piece of string but labeled "diving" - 5 Euro -the same piece of string labeled "diving and camera" - 50 Euro And the plugin falls into the last category. I wish they offered support for other software, including open source Dark Table, rather than just the Adobe "let me force you into never ending subscriptions" Photoshop. But one can dream 🤣

Email Nauticam regardless, they do have pretty good customer service. Had a couple flooded years back (the older generations, think now its 3rd or 4th one) and they did exchange for latest and greatest without any issues, and if my memory serves me correct, the second time I was out of warranty as well.

There is quite a few topics on Scubaboard - Aggressor fleet is a bit controversial. Seems the individual boats operate on franchise basis under as single brand, and when anything smelly hits the fan, parent company washes their hands off anything. There are certainly lots of positive stories out there, but also quite a few total wrecks (latest one in Komodo, where boat stayed in port whole week, and refused any refunds). Seems as long as it goes well, all guests are happy, but if anything goes bad, then you are on your own. Might be worth combing the accidents section, that fleet seems a bit fire prone. Also this might be of interest, also few recent guest reports towards the end: https://scubaboard.com/community/threads/belize-aggressor-iv-mooring-breaks.639886/

And this is exactly why I come here, all this water photo thing is totally secondary 🤣

I knew I should have not edited the post and left the original text - "...and asked me to take it out" .

Hmm now that is an idea! I was eyeing that Ayegear thing as well, but indeed this looks like it is going to sag...and once it is apparent you are carrying something they might ask you to take it out. I did have that experience once, when tried to hide a small-ish laptop bag under poncho style wind cover thing. Check in person noticed the bump and asked to see whats there then proceeded to weight it. So maybe vest under and some thick jumper to cover the bumps (which would be hopefully smaller) will work better indeed. Then build the housing, including WWL and camera inside and do that as "personal item" hanging over the shoulder 😉 I have also taken to carry a dive thigh pocket over trousers - so far no issues and a nice big extra pocket fitting lots of stuff. Unfortunately, at least in Europe, airlines are going nuts - 7-8kg is the new norm. Och sure you can pack it into the checked in baggage, but neither the airline nor insurance will take any responsibility for it. If it goes missing its your problem.

Thank you very much! Will have a look at those filaments, both seem available over here.

I am keeping fingers crossed for October....😉

Hmm can I take you up on that MK33 profile? As it happens I have a buddy with the very same printer 😉 btw any recommended PETG filaments that can be EU sourced, sans the Phrozen stuff ?

To add to this lovely collection: I was recently looking for some 3d printed bayonet mounts for arms (real annoying Nauticam won't sell the ring alone so that one can just use the same mount with different arms), then remembered an old topic on an old site... Design by Richard , know as @TheTrickster so all kudos go to him. Hopefully he does not mind me posting this 🙂 https://www.tinkercad.com/users/5kYZVSWuSzw-thetrickster Lots of other pieces, like monitor hoods, lens caps, magic filter holder and other fun stuff. Note that you will need a free Tinkercad account to see everything, otherwise nothing shows up.

Another idea - Inon S-220 perhaps. Seems Inon specs are wildly understated and that strobe Is pretty good especially considering its small size/weight. See excellent "Strobe Comparison" topic by @DreiFish Personally still shooting Z-240s with OM1 as well. Looking into upgrade options from time to time but to be honest not seeing a clear choice - all is way too travel unfriendly to start with (size/weight), or costs silly. I am nowhere near maxing out my camera skills hence prefer to spend money on trips than splashing 4-5 grand on a pair of strobes, benefits me more me thinks. Waiting if Inon will announce something new, otherwise might one day go with S-220 even. Or just continue another decade with Z-240s, these are unbreakable and will survive about any travel adventures.