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@Davide DB Thanks for the video, but since the automatic function in Pinnacle Studio has been working so well, I haven't been using a white card for a while now (even though I specifically bought white fins to use for that purpose). I just got lazy, I guess. I can't count on having a good white spot to grab from with the eyedropper, so until I start photographing my fins again, I won't be able to use that technique, even though that is probably the best way to go. @Rich W I did see that button, and tried it - and you're right, it does not work anywhere near as well as the function in Pinnacle Studio. In fact, it sometimes makes it worse. @gstrek Thanks, I will give that technique a try.

I bought the Wolfbox MF200 for my recent trip to Roatan, and really liked using it. Thanks @Chris Ross and the rest of you for that suggestion.

That would be heaven to me, I usually come up with way too much air. Lol...

I just bought a similar battery powered electric blower (the one that @Chris Ross suggested) for this recent dive trip, and really like it. I feel as if it does a good job helping keep the salt water out of the controls, and made the cleanup at the end of the trip much easier.

Hi all, I have been using Pinnacle Studio editing software for the entire time that I have been doing underwater videos. It was recommended to me early on for ease of use, and once I got used to it, it was hard to change to anything else with a new learning curve. However, I am now using Studio 26 and apparently it is "end of the line", that is, it has been sold and is unlikely to be updated. So, I have started trying to learn DaVinci Resolve since so many here seem to like it. One really, really nice feature in recent versions of Pinnacle Studio is the "Auto White Balance" and "Auto Tone" check boxes in their color correction menu. They work surprisingly well to get very close to right for most, but not all, of my clips. They make it very fast and easy to do a quick color correction on my clips, so that I can decide which ones to keep and spend more time trimming, and cleaning up, etc. I can't find anything like that in Resolve. I see the color bar sliders, and wheels, etc but nothing "automatic". If I have to manually correct each clip, it will take me forever to edit my most recent trip, since I have 250 video clips to go through. Does anyone have some good cheats for this, or possibly some good training links that will help me out? Thanks!

Cool, thanks. That will also probably add to the bouyancy and reduce the added weight in water - although perhaps that might not be a good thing for a tripod where a bit of negative bouyancy might be useful. I will play with that a bit, thanks, I appreciate the help. I am learning so much here.

What I am trying this time is to increase the infill % to 55% and changing the infill pattern to gyroid. I don't have much room left on the plate to change orientation, I'm afraid.

That's exactly what I decided to try this time - except that I am using M8 bolts. Nothing like overkill, eh?

Well, it was a failure, The ball mounts were too weak, despite my reinforcing fillet, so I am currently redesigning it. Mk-II prototype coming up soon.

With my GH-5 housing, I used to do that, but with my new GH-7 housing, it was too large to fit in the same space, so I had to rearrange my packing system and was able to leave the handles on now.

Well, that design was a failure. Once the arms were attached, the torque was too much and two of the balls snapped off. Once I get home, I will need to re-design that area of the tripod and get some additional strength there.

I have printed a camera tray with three ball mounts to use as a tripod with strobe arms. I will be testing it next week in Roatan, and if it works out, I will post it here.

Shoot me a message when you go down to Lake Phoenix, and I'll see if I can make it. I am between Richmond, VA and Charlottesville, VA. I haven't been down to Lake Phoenix in a while, so it is time for another trip there.

Thanks @Dave_Hicks I have used a harder Bambu Labs TPU for AMS, I didn't realize that they made this softer version as well. I will look into it.

I am curious about the 68 shore TPU - who makes it, and is it AMS compatible (I'm guessing that it is not)?