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Probably the main thing that has cured me from the wretched disease - once I add strobes, lights, all small accessories, laptop and other crap that cannot be carried in the hold, then I am on 12-14kg already. With the "generous" 7kg hand baggage allowances airlines have nowadays that already means one sneaky check in with a giant puppy eyes and a smile as wide as a river. Adding another 4-5kg (or more, since ofc you need WACP and not WWL then) is just nope. Handling is no better - as it is heavier and bigger size wise, getting on/off a rib with swell, or diving in a current and dragging extra cylinders is just no way Jose. And another important aspect - my skills are nowhere near maxing out m4/3 capabilities. Getting FF at 3x the price (say for a1) would make barely any difference, kinda 80% of the cost for 20% of the quality situation...except here it would be more like few % max unless I would start suffering from a pixel peeping fetish. Better spend the funds on actual diving and practice using what I have. Sure for some real pro's out there this might make sense from a commercial point of view, but how many of those are out there? And they can usually take a better picture with a some basic compact (as in old, bottom of the barell etc, there are some real good choices out there too!) than most of us with a FF I suspect 🤣 So I am keeping my fingers crossed for OM System ;)

So "Housing" column refers to not just the body housing but also all "general" ports and stuff one would need to carry i.e. say macro/standard/WA/fisheye. "Camera" would be body + lenses corresponding to the ports choices in the "Housing" column. And "System" would be a sum of both. Basically my idea was to figure out how much crap I would need to carry travel wise and how does it compare to others. Strobes/arms/focus lights etc are excluded, and so are gadgets like viewfinders. There is also a separate table listing "System" values for each config. Each tab (Macro/Standard/WA/Fisheye) has a setup listed for each camera so lens, port, extensions, diopters and whatcha not for each config (so you can also edit and have the main table update on its own, well unless you insert things possibly, formulas are rather simple). Nauticam part numbers are also there. Of course this was based on my assumptions, there could be a better lens choices for some etc. And no wet lenses are included, so a bit outdated to some degree. All data refers to Nauticam, since they carried all the housings. Note that these are based on whatever I could find on the internet back then, did not have every part to actually weight it (Ha maybe this is an idea - all Waterpixies could contribute and we would have a nice shared Excel with all possible configs and actual weights...). For bodies I suspect some are w/battery, some without. OM1 seems without at 520g, though official weight is 599g with. Planned to add Aquatica but never really properly started on this one. Do not be afraid to open the Excel 😂

There you go. Did that a while ago, before I was permanently cured from the Full Frame disease. All will depend on the lens/port mostly, albeit housings tend to be heavier as well. Example below, full spreadsheet attached. A few basic formulas so you can update data on Macro, Standard, WA and Fisheye tabs and the main tables will magically auto update. It has pricing tables too, though numbers there are rather few years out of date. weight.xlsx

Thank YOU! It was a pleasure - glad that the light found a good home :)

Perfect, enjoy the light :)

And of course jam is always first, then the cream. Don't you dare to do it any different.

Aaaand sold to the gentleman wearing a beret and holding a baguette 😉

Aaach yes, it is never enough xD Thanks! Heading to Amed I am afraid...a little bit far, unless perhaps I manage catch some currents going in that direction. Might take a few days though.

Didn't you just come back from a trip? Don't complain, last time I went diving was in November... I am not getting out of the water, even If i have to sleep there, once I get to Indonesia next month ;)

Deal it is then :) Perfect, I will await the message.

Make it 255 and we have a deal ;) That is If you are happy with the bpost shipping to a locker (pickup point). Double checked again and there is tracking indeed. The insurance is actually extra but I think I can live with another few Euros out of my pocket. Otherwise I guess I just need to wait for @TimG to lose his one again... shouldn't take long 😂 Spoke to my Belgian mate as well, he runs a retro camera restoration/repair business (because why use a modern camera when you can have a 100 years old one instead), and he has advised me against using Mondial for anything even remotely valuable. So that one is out.

Almost... if only I was not so lazy and it didn't take me months to finally decide what to do about it. Guess having to recently book 3x 23kg bags has helped me to make up my mind xD UPS, small package, 15,46 + 10,00 for insurance. Since you are in ze France, I could try to use Mondial Relay - seems about 9.25 (w/ Insurance) if locker, or 17.25 if house. Dunno about it though, seems their delivery "quality" varies. But then most of the couriers nowadays are taking a p**s anyways. EDIT: Seems bpost somehow has different rules for ze France. Instead of the usual "let me quote you 3x anybody else's price and force to bring the package to the post office for us to look it and over and complain otherwise you cannot get the insurance online because Belgium", they actually seem ok to France: -locker + insurance 11,75 (possibly no tracking, unsure) -house + insurance + tracking 19.90

Well sadly my focus light is for sale....and it has not even been used once. As I am now going into different diving paths, camera often does not come with me (yes I know, oh horror), plus when traveling I am already at 60kg plus of dive gear...hence diving without focus light at all. Bought in 2022 from uwcamerastore.com/onderwaterhuis.nl, invoice is available on demand. Neither light, nor any other parts were even in the water, just sat there in the box gathering dust. Light has a "Shutter-linked AUTO OFF" feature - switches momentarily off when it detects strobe flash. Bundle consist of: -Inon LF1300 LED Focus light + accessories - grease, dome, red filter and hand strap -Inon Light Holder LF for Tripod - light mount, can be used directly on tripods or in the combination with the below for standard ball mounts -Inon Z Adapter MV 1/4-20 UNC - can be used with the above to mount the light on standard ball mounts (i.e. clamp style) -3 Panasonic 2700mah 3HGAE/BF1 batteries Ideal price would be around 250 Euro + shipping but this certainly can be negotiable. Light is currently in Belgium (Brussels), pickup is welcome if you are around, otherwise shipping via UPS (Belgian Post is a complete nightmare). I can also bring it to Indonesia (Amed) for example, if you happen to be there - after 17th of September though. Payment via PayPal "as friends" ideally ("normal" is also possible for well established members as long as they cover the fees), or a bank transfer. No, I do not accept Apple giftcards, Western Union or whatever the latest scams use.

DAN.

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