makar0n

Europe is not getting better neither. MFO was 425 EUR on Nauticam website, at least in December 2024. Now it shows as 524 EUR. So a lovely 20%+ hike. Off we go to a flying start. Meanwhile 3rd party shops all have it at 449 EUR.

I still go for the MotherF****** Optics (or Optimizer)...it has a certain power emanating charm somehow 🤣

"The company cited “a challenging economic environment" (...)." Yeah because 7.5B USD or thereabout in net profit for 2024 was not enough. Poor, poor Sony. Yup, there it starts.

Spot on. Once the companies have an excuse they will ramp up the prices everywhere. Just look at energy companies behavior in 2022 and their record profits afterwards. So let's enjoy the EU prices while we still can.

Come to the EU we have cookies cheap Nauticam stuff 🤣 ...and it gets even cheaper in low VAT countries or if you are from the "outside" and can claim the tax back. Though Australia is a special case...everybody prices stuff there as way more as you are seen as rich down under.

This is some powerful dark magic, you be careful there ye mighty wizard.

I really love you now 😆

If that does not work, Nauticam website lists two stores in Manila - guess shipping is an option. Their cable will definitely work but it won't come cheap. https://www.nauticam.com/pages/store-locator Good luck!

Are you using the housing flash trigger on R7 vs built-in flash on Olympus? If so, it could be the fiber optic cable is simply not up to scratch - either single core or very much mangled. Basically flash triggers produce less light, hence with a bad cable, simply not enough will travel over to trigger the strobe. That is the very exact behavior I had years ago when first switching to a flash trigger - ended up replacing the cables and all works perfect. DIY is an easy route, see below. Or need to buy a premade one - i.e 613 core.

I wonder what the heck is "cTTL" ...and there seems to be two manual modes ? Could it be HSS hiding somewhere there ? Light seems upgraded too, now one can choose between white and red - good idea, while inserts were fine, it was not something that was easily changed during the dive really.

Same here. Also while the port chart mentions 45 and 60mm lense, 90mm is conspicuously absent.

Pay an arm and a leg for strobes, be forced to spend another half a grand on pretty much "mandatory but not included" battery extension that also increases strobe size/weight, and get to carry half a kilo of batteries alone plus an armful of chargers. Could not resist. You may spank me now😉 At least left that "Apple 8GB of RAM" thread alone....for now 🤣

Pretty much a monopolist who refuses to sell the software, instead forcing the users to rent it, raises the price whenever they feel like it. Totally unexpected 🤣

Hmm I might not be the knowledgeable one when it comes to those flashy things, but Olympus FL-LM3, which is also a "normal" flash, works fine. I think the major issue with the Godox will be fitting it inside the housing - FL-LM3 only fits because Nauticam designed the housing with the necessary space.

Hmm had similar issues with Nauticam trigger and Z240s - issue was the cable (original multi-core Nauticam) was basically half broken - i.e. after years of use, too many strands have failed and not enough light went through. That said, putting a stronger trigger (TRT) did help with another cable that had similar issues (DYI multi-core one this time that I did not make very well...). Silly question - you sure its original Inon cable and not some cheap replica? As looks too cheap for an original and don't think Inon makes them in 2m length neither. Such random cables often use shitty quality (or single core) fiber optic and that might result in not enough light being carried to trigger the strobes. Again, speaking from experience of buying similar once and not being able to trigger the strobes as well - it would work fine with built in flash, as it was more powerful, but not with the Nauticam trigger... You can very easily make you own cable - see here: And here: