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Well, as we say in Spain "mi gozo en un pozo". For me, buying this lens only to produce circular images doesn't make any sense. I guess Canon is not going to do it, so to use in underwater photography we need a third party manufacturer to produce a multiplier. I also have noticed that this lens is quiet long, so at the day is the same size that the 8-15 with the RF adaptor ring.

Well, in fact I already use the Kenko 2.0x teleconverter many times, combined with a dome flatter than usual. It's a quiet good combination to take "macro-wide angle" shots.

This "hole" for the filter should be the "salvation" in order to use the Canon Canon Rf 1.4x which has a part that protrudes a lot, I guess this protruding part fits perfectly inside that new lens. Now for whom that uses 8-15+ Kenko 1.4x + adapter for EF to RF like me it's yet to see if it is worth it to change.

I know palau is expensive, but I expected it could be a bit cheaper by land, and along with I'm not fancy a liveaboard this year I thought it was the right time to go. Everyone i have contacted I asked for the same. I want a package for 8 divers, accomodation and diving the more possible during 9-10 days in november-december. It's difficult to say the exact days due to right now there isn't flights available yet.

I got the NX mounting, I guess this dome is not made in the DX mounting. You can mount NX Sea&Sea mounting in B120 Isotta housings. But you can't mount Isotta on Sea&Sea hosings. And furthermore, you can use a lot of N120 Nauticam ports by changing its screwed lug in Isotta housings and Sea&Sea housings.

I actually appreciate your tips, I'm learning a lot about what I want in this trip and what I don't. Now i only need that the operators answer any email or whatsapp, for the moment I only had one answer from a dive center with an offer for what I want to do, and it's really expensive. I have sent almost 10 different mails since the day I opened this trip and only one answer. Or they have a lot of work and are not interested in an 8 people group or they don't care abut possible new costumers.

Well, my buddy's new 160 pro was bought in november, it arrived just in time for the trip. He never said anything about that he's going to stop making strobes, and the strobe is brand new, so 3 years warranty. But obviously is a brand which is near to close ot to be sold. Anyway, my intention is not send my strobes never else, next time I'll put it on a box and I'll use only the AOI ones. I'm so happy with them. I also was about to buy that Photocore but I was told there are so many issues with that so I I bought the AOI. Sea&Sea, never again, I have had D1, D2, D2J, all of them are bullshit. It's going to be difficoult to trust them again. And Inon, for the moment are in a lower league.

Trust me , I actually have a lot of experience both with the Subtronic batteries and the Idiving batteries, I have open all of them, the Idiving ones are a bit easier to open but you need tools. I have also bought cables to Mr Tick to fix my batteries and manufacture the ones above. Once you have opened it if you need to change the cells you will need a welder by points, a new niquel strap and tin. It's not an option to open the batteries in the middle of a diving cruise. When I go on a trip I go with 4 batteries and until I made my own batteries I always had issues with them, they always brake up in the middle of the trip, so I finally start to change the cells inside before the trip and now I go with Idving and Subtronic batteries plus my ones. Mr Wolfgang Tick is still doing strobes, my diving buddy have just bought a brand new 160 pro. And Mr. Tick is still making revision of the strobes, my two 160 pro fusion have gone to him once per year since 5 years ago, revisions, failings, new failings after revisions...it's true that he always makes me a fair price but it's also true that I'm tired. Mr. Tick says the strobes must be checked by him every 6 years. I had to make my last trip to Thailand in december with two AOI strobes that I bought brand new a few weeks before the trip because one of my Subtronic strobes had a failure just after a revision, I paid 160 euros each strobe for that revision, plus shipping, when I received it, weeks before the trip one of the strobes didn't work anymore so I had to send it back, that means it wasn't to arrive on time. So, I sent two strobes months before my trip to do it with no issues, one of them comes failing and I have to buy new strobes to do the trip. Those AOI strobes work flawlessly with batteries that I can buy in Amazon for 20 euros each. I'm not going to buy Subtronic again.

Better in english, so anyone can understand. I have 4 Idiving batteries, are exactly the same than the Subtronic ones but smaller, nothing else. Subtronic sells batteries that works also as an arm (which I don't like) and they also have batteries with no balls, like the idiving ones, in order to put it in the side of the strobe in the neoprene protector. The difference between the Subtronic and the Idiving is only the size, Idiving is smaller and slightly cheaper. But both share the same issues. They need the Subtronic dedicated charger, when the cells become older you have to buy brand new batteries, 2 18650 good quality battery cells are 40 euros worth as much, the whole battery is 200 euros worth if Idiving and 250 euros if Subtronic. My batteries are absolutely different focused. My goal is manufacture a housing for batteries that I can change the cells in seconds, so when the cells are old I swap them by new ones for a few euros, I can use normal chargers and I double the number of cells, so I can make 4 dives with no changing battery. But I recognize that if I had to do again I would make a design for only two cells.

Wow!!!!, this is exactly the information I was looking for. I'm going to start to send emails and organize the trip if my dive buddies agree to go. Thank you so much. I'm pretty sure i will have to ask you for my doubts.

Hello all, me and my group are planing the 2026 diving trip, and for the moment we are thinking in going to Palau, but we don't want a dive cruise, we prefer from a resort. Can anyone point me in a good resort or diving center with good rates ? Or any tip is more than welcome. Thank you very much

Yes, it is.

And a little more of info. My HowShot 140 mm glass dome has arrived one week after buying. One week from Taiwan to Spain, not bad at all. I bought it with an extra neoprene cover, so the value for customs was 765 US$. They marked in the customs declaration as a gift, so I paid 10 euros in tariffs. Not a big deal when I was expecting about 200 euros in tariffs. That said, the dome port has nothing to envy Nauticam for, the quality looks fantastic and the lug can be unscrewed, so you can screw the Nauticam lug. Also the shade comes with small allen screws which you can remove and screw for another ones with a plastic grip in order to remove the shade easily. I can't wait to test in the water, but the weather is terrible right now.

More info, my dive budy, who has the same equipment than me but in a Nauticam housing has the same issues than me, so he has bought the Nauticam 140 mm glass dome. In this picture you can see the new Nauticam dome, the lug is machined directly on the body. So it's not an option for the Isotta and Sea&Sea users. My HowShot 140 glass dome port is already in customs Spain, the service from Divervison is really quick, as soon as is in my hands I'll put some pictures here.

Been there in december, your video is exactly as I remember. We did a night dive in Richelieu expecting to be the best dive of the trip and it actually was the worst, during the day Richelieu was quite clear despite the currents but during the nightdive the visibility dropped to 5 meters as much. I would go back to Richelieu, Koh Bohn and the Dome right now, very nice dive. But the Similans are not on the top of the best spots to dive in Asia in my opinion.