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After my last trip to Bali where I took a huge bunch of pictures, back home to the Mediterranean it's sometimes a but heartbraking due to the lack of life comparing to other seas. But here we also have some beautiful creatures to take pictures. SVF15122023048.tif

Just in case it's any consolation. Lot of years ago I had an issue with an Inon Z240, I sent it to the dealer in Spain, and they had to send it to Japan as long are they who hold the warranty, so the dealer in Spain doesn't have the avaibility to decide a warranty case. 3 month did it take. Same with Sea&Sea, but still worst, due it was a clear case of warranty. I always had to pay for the shipping. This is what drives me to never ever buy a japanese strobe while living in Europe.

It's a pity. Too much money to spend if I have to change my rig to nauticam just for one lens. Thank you fr the links, really interesting.

I wouln't even consider a Sea&Sea strobe, I have had D1, D2 and D2J, one of those D2J are still working fine, as spare. The other 5 I owned and the 4 of my dive budy died. Never again. That said, Retra plays in another league but they are not free of issues. In another forum someone reported a 2 retra strobes fail at the same time in a deep dive, one of my dive buddies have flooded one of them, and not by the batteries cap, so the strobe died after the warranty. After being working flawlesly more than 2 years. This doesn't mean the other brands are free os issues. I am running Subtronic 160 pro right now, one of them has gone twice to the factory for repairing, the factory response has been fast and right, but the issue was there. I can't talk of other premier league strobes but as far as I know they all work with dedicated batteries, which is for me a handicap and a point extra for the retra's. For me only one thing is clear, Sea&Sea never ever.

I have been making a search in Ebay and I couldn't guess how cheap they really are. Before making a compulsory buying I have been looking for the possibilities to put it in an Aquatica Housing and the only adapter that I have found is for Nauticam housings... Does anybody knows how to adapt it to an Aquatica or Subal housing ?

I wish I would need that service. The holy grail of the underwater lenses.

Hi All, I am atus, commercial and recreational diver based in Ibiza, the Balearic Islands, in Spain. I'm glad of this forum and I am happy to find here the people in wetpixels. Here I am to help you in everything I can.