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Strange I can see them in Chrome on a Windows laptop and when I inspect or download them they apear to be png images.
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Let's agree to disagree :-)
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Although not everybody agrees, I prefer the Pana 45mm over the 30mm. The working distance is far much better and I have no AF issues for macro.
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Thanks all , especially the backscatter argument resonates for me. The Kraken 1800 WSR looks perfect for me, small and simple. The EU common market helps me out, i'll order one from Spain.
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For macro I use a simple Weefine 800 focusing light, but the battery is losing its capacity. Annoyingly its proprietary battery, with both poles on one side, is not for sale anymore. A possible choice (with red light) at my local shop would be the Weefine 2600 which has the same attachment to the camera house. What makes me hesitate is that it needs an extra sync cable to enable 'auto-off' during flash activity. This construction with a cable is said to give a more robust auto-off, but an extra sync cable does not seem attractive. This made me wonder: how important auto-off is in macro photography anyway? (In case of the Weefine 2600: the light is 1500 lumen but that can be reduced).
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New hobby on a rainy day 🤓
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@Dave_Hicks What an excelent review. You covered more than I could ever think of, evidenced with great pictures. And I learned something new, never thought reduction rings would benefit wide angle photography in particle rich water. Sounsds logical, I often get lightened spots in the corners. It will try that out as soon as I can. Ok, one comment. You noted that thant the Maxis are 5500-6000K and you have 4500K diffusers. On Retras website I only could find a -500K one (Wide Angle Diffuser).
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I like your video but have the feeling you could improve in two ways (Yet I am not a video shoter myself). I some shots I would like more rest, moretime to look at details. Just swimming slower. would solve this. And at times I would shoot more up to get a more spacious feeling.
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My custom mode setting for Wide Angle is Standard LV and for Macro S-OVF. With OM1 you could add a third mode for CFWA.
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Just came back from holyday an saw the WWL-1B blurb issue came up again. Like Dave Hicks I never experienced problems, but in an older track a member posted photos wherein the camera focused on bubbles on the port glass. In my opinion it depends on the configuration you use. My good old Panasonic Lumix G Vario 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6 II ASPH can't focus that close, so I don't have that problem. And my WWL-1 is mounted on a bayonet, maybe that helps as well.
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Great photo Dave, kind of spooky. I like the fantastic combination of colours.
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I am 72 and just realised that my dry suit combi with lead and tank weights 27 kilo. Now I understand why I sound like a steamboat when walking up the dike. What a relief to be in the water. Dry suit diving will fall of first. But as long as the docter does not forbid there is always an option. I once saw old hunched-backed people gliding from the back of a liveboard in the water and diving like the best. Its better to be old in water than on land.
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Happy for Peter, so sad for us all. Right person, where are you?
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Looks like another unidentified ascidian? from the Red Sea on http://www.wetwebmedia.com/ascidfaqs.htm
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To keep costs low with the Panasonic 12-42 (Panasonic Lumix G Vario 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6 II ASPH Mega O.I.S.) in the 35 port you can print its zoomgear: https://waterpixels.net/forums/topic/671-proven-3d-printed-parts-for-underwater-imaging/page/3/#findComment-12554
