JohnD

That is an interesting idea, although the cost is much higher than reefnet's "handle," whatever that might be. I sent reefnet a request for info and might see what Dave can fabricate.

I have seen pictures of that one before On the reefnet website they list a SS-H "handle" and a SS-L "lanyard mount" and I would think your pictures shows the lanyard, but perhaps not. Actually, I just found an ad from a store in the netherlands and describing that as a lanyard mount:

I have a +5 I would let her use. Not likely worth finding and buying a +10. I assume the reefnet version it is a handle with a 67mm threaded loupe or circle at the end. I still need to send you a DM on that port float...

Maybe see about moving this to the photography gear category. Might get a wider audience.

Still looking for these in case anyone with one to sell did not see my post made during the holiday period

I could not figure out a better place to put this - I have a reefnet subsee that I don't use much. My wife is not a photographer but likes looking at macro stuff through a magnifier sometimes. I was thinking of getting the magnifier handle from reefnet so she could use my lens, but I have never seen one and cannot find a picture or description online. I am not even sure if reefnet is actually still in business so it may mot matter, although they show these as available on their rarely updated website. Anyone have any info on this thing?

You just have to dive at "periscope depth" and you can shoot on and under the surface simultaneously....

The Marelux soft snoot has some cool features but I was put off by the price of the 2.0. Also, the aiming light at 500 lumens could be an issue. I was recently trying to use the Retra LSD in some shallow water with a lot of particulate during the day and the 450 lumen aiming light was very hard to see. The mini version of their snoot won't work with he S220, as I understand it.

Very nice. I don't suppose you have extras lying around...😉

On the topic of float belts, I have had issues getting the Stix float belt to stay in place on a couple of Nauticam macro ports and requiring some DIY efforts to keep it still. I see that beneath the surface has different shapes. Anyone able to comment on those shapes fitting on Nauticam 60 (+ 20mm ER), 80 and 87 ports?

Makes sense and you are right, can adjust easily enough and less important for macro anyway.

There is also the Marelux flexi buoy: Available in 400, 800 and 1500g of lift. Honestly, when I saw it I was half impressed by the idea and half amused by the idea. Okay, maybe mostly amused. I have never used one nor seen one in use and I cannot quite imagine swimming around with a big green bag floating in front of my face, but it is inexpensive and offers a lot of adjustable buoyancy. I just can't see using the thing, but maybe someone here is familiar with them and can share their experience

The float belt is very commonly used in macro photography, assuming you need so much flotation. It can get in the way of strobe placement if you like to put your strobes next to and parallel to the port, but moving them out or tilting them gets around that. I often use two Nauticam or Inon float arms off the camera housing and next are two arms with Stix floats and that is sometimes enough or gets me close. You may wish to get a couple longer clams to give you full articulation with the fat floats. If you do not mount a focus light or other accessory on top if the housing, another option some people like is to use triple clamps off the housing and then run a smaller diameter float arm across the top of the housing. I have never been fond of that, but some like it. It sounds like this would not work for you, though. The belt should not be much of a problem as far as placement on the sand for a low angle, I would think, although I don't think I have ever done that, so I could be wrong. I am pretty sure if I was THAT low, my reg would be in the sand as well.

As already stated, Stix are pretty much the standard if they provide enough flotation. On an 8" arm I can fit 2.5 of them for a total of about 450g of buoyancy. I use Stix, but they often just aren't enough and I need to add something more. If you want/need the serious buoyancy arms, the Inon megas are much less expensive than the Nauticams and I have never heard of them leaking, but they aren't quite as floaty as the same size nauticams. But close. The Nauticam carbon arms provide the most buoyancy but are overpriced. Nevertheless, I use them when I need all the floatyness I can get. In that case I will pair two of the Inon or Nauticam float arms with an arm with Stix on it. I generally use the jumbo ones and have cut some in half for additional flexibility in flotation. There are other brands out there, but I don't know much about them. By the way, if you go much beyond 130' deep, the Stix will compress and they don't regain their shape right away. By about 150' feet, they lose a lot of their buoyancy.

Does anyone know the color temp of these? I have just spent 15 minutes looking, even downloading the manual, with n success. I am pretty confident they are cool, probably around 6000-6500, but the actual temp rating appears to be a secret, or my internet search skills are lacking today. 2. Does the remote control work feature with any master strobe, or does it require only another Backscatter strobe as the trigger? The manual and promotional stuff seems to suggest a Backscatter strobe is required, but there is not great clarity and they would surely prefer that customers use the same brand, so there may not be much incentive to be clear on that point. Thank you