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I do apologise - typo in the comment - it was supposed to read "shame" not "same" about wetpixel ! I know many people did a lot of great things.

Good riddance to Hanlon, same about Wetpixel.

Hi Tim -- Two years later I have finished the job! Been surviving with a macro 60 port and extension but for whatever reason decided today I will change it! Already had the glass out - last time I tried getting the -o-ring in was frustrating and I gave up. But perseverance seems to have worked. So glass bevelled edge facing out from the port - lots of lube on the o-ring groove, outside edge of glass and the o-ring - worked o-ring into the groove with the curved edge of backcsatter snoot insert. All easy until the last little loop is left in the o-ring - tried several times - but good old lube did the trick - added more lubricant to that last little bit and it popped in, hopeful;l;y without me damaging the o-ring! Housing set with vacuum pulled overnight and will see!

So glad to hear you are ok Tim!!

Just downloaded this morning and then read this - happy retirement Peter and thanks for such a great resource.

@Waso - totally agree - I got that completely backwards!!! 🙃

I wonder if setting white balance in camera to 4800k would make any difference? On the HF1 with diffusers I see it is recommended to set the same colour temp in camera as the diffuser used. The HF1 is a much warmer strobe at 6500k and personally I found the 4500k diffuser with WB set at the same temp also produced blues that did not look real (well to my taste ayway)! Best of luck John

Hi - don't have this set up but quickly looked at the manual for 11071-HSS - just wondering if the rotary dial is set to 6 for inon Z0330. Is it possible the battery needs replacing if there i only a small red light? In a case you don't have it - manual attached. Good luck solving and have great trip!! #11071-HSS-SONY-A7-November2025.pdf

An update --- Just out of interest - I saw a video by Alex Mustard on the UWP show (you tube) regarding the EMWL - Alex had indicated he never really used the shades - yesterday I took the 100 degree optic out and tried with and without the shade - every photo without the shade has lens flare of some degree. Interestingly though the backscatter plugin for photoshop (Backscatter exterminator) picked up the flare and did a great job of removing it! With the shade on the 100 degree - I never have flare. Cheers John

Yours is probably bigger than mine :-) SUpdate -- all seemed to back up ok today - maybe just an initial glitch! The new dust removal tool does not do backscatter! All the best

Hi all Upgraded to the latest version LR classic today. It has hung up on back-up of the catalog- stuck at "optimizing big data storage". Needed to force shutdown, fortuinately catalogue has reopened ok. Am I alone with this issue? Cheers John

Hi Hi - what you are seeing is lens flare - a common problem with the emwl optics. Personally I use the lens shade on my 100mm objective lens, the downside is you cannot get quite as close to the subject. Another option is to cut out as much ambient light as you can (high shutter speed / low iso). The 130 degree is a much bigger lens and the shade will be even bigger! Sad to say that what you see in your pic is a classic EMWL problem! All the best - enjoy using the system - once you get used to it, it is a great lens set up.