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I’ve had one of these for about 9 months and now go an entire dive trip without opening my housing.

Many thanks for sharing, yes I've watched both of those a few times!! I've actually dropped Alex a note and hoping he will have something to say on this!

Hi all, A quick follow up to my last post on the EMWL - this time I’m after some advice on the reverse viewfinder! Some background. I've been keen on super macro for the last few years and have a Sony A7RV with 90mm with several diopters. My housing and rig is all Nauticam. I had the original 45 degree Nauticam viewfinder (1:1) which I replaced last year when I upgraded from my Sony A7III to the A7RV, purchasing the 45 degree, 40 0.8:1 newer viewfinder, on the basis it would provide more corner sharpness and mean less having to squint into the corners to see my settings. Last month I borrowed an EMWL setup which I've now decided to purchase (with 60 & 160 degree objective lenses) along with yet another viewfinder (45 degree EMWL reverse) - I tried the EMWL relay and just find it too cumbersome. My local Nauticam distributor (who is also into macro/super macro) said I should consider the viewfinder in a 1:1 configuration, rather than the 0.8:1 on the basis that these new viewfinders work for all new mirrorless cameras and of course it will be a slightly higher magnification. I don't doubt he’s right, in that the 1:1 will give me more maginification and that I will still be able to see all my settings, but I thought the whole idea of the 0.8:1's was that you didn’t need to squint into the corners to see everything. Personally I’ve not seen a massive difference between my old 1:1 viewfinder on my Sony A7III v my new 0.8:1 viewfinder on my A7RV, but it was a couple of years between using each of them (Covid). If I was swapping between them from one dive to the next, I dare said I’d notice. Having spent many thousand's of $$$'s on this hobby - and yet more on this EMWL setup - I figured it was worth reaching out to get people’s view! I’d appreciate any thoughts. Thanks, Paul

Hi, quick update on my EMWL story! Managed to borrow a setup for my Sony A7RV with 60 & 100 degree lenses for a brief trip to Tulamben earlier this month. A few pics with the 100 degree attached here. I can definitely see the attraction - I'm considering the 60 and 160 degree lenses as a replacement for my usual 90mm macro & diopter setup as per my original post above. If I go ahead, I will definitely get the reverse viewfinder rather than the relay lens (which I found to be pretty unweildy). Appreciate the feedback!

Hi, I've been reading as much as I can about the Nauticam EMWL setup and wondering whether this might be a better (inc weight wise) alternative to my current setup. I do a fair amount of diving in south east Asia (next trip Manado mid Feb) with a mixture of wide and macro dives. My current setup is a Sony a7rV with Sony 90mm + 12.5 diopter (sometimes a stronger diopter for really small stuff in places like Tulamben) - often with a snoot. My wide angle setup is a Sony 16-35mm f2.8 with a 180mm dome. All Nauticam gear. I've never been happy with the corner sharpness in my wide angle setup (and I'm not prepared to travel with the 230mm dome) and on the macro side, given the really small stuff I tend to shoot, often find I want more depth of field or even some background subjects to make my pictures more interesting. I have been debating the purchase of the EMWL setup plus the 130 or 160 degree objective lens on the basis I could ditch the 16-35 & dome and at the same time, give me a few more photographic options on these trips. How practical would it be to use EMWL with the 130 or 160 for wide angle as an alternative to my 16-35 setup? I know it becomes a ridiculously long rig, but would I be losing any photographic options with this setup? With the nose heavy nature of this setup, is it easy enough to dive walls, corals and shoot bigger stuff like mantas, sharks etc? I had been toying with replacing my wide angle setup with the WACP-C, would it replace that? I also do the occasional blackwater dive and purchased a Sony 30mm f3.5 which I find to be much better than the 90mm for these types of dives, could the EMWL replace this setup, perhaps with one of the other objective lens in due course? Any thoughts appreciated. Cheers, Paul

Hi folks, I'm a Brit living in Singapore, mostly diving in south east Asia. Found the old wetpixel forum/website an amazing source of information, hoping this one can be the same. Also hoping the website itself stays a bit more current with lots of articles etc. cheers, Paul