JohnD

Out of curiosity I looked at the dome on the Divervision page. It appears to me that the length of the port is greater than the Nauticam and The length of the dome may be such that you don't need an extension ring, as is required for the same port from Nauticam, potentially resulting in even greater savings. I could certainly be wrong about that.

Considering the cost of the Nauticam dome, I would probably go that route myself.

How is your Chinese? https://www.facebook.com/groups/cghdivephoto/ I am not sure Howshot is even a real "brand" as we in the West would think of it, as opposed to a product line by some unidentified manufacturer in China. I have never seen a Howshot port chart. I have purchased from Divervision from time to time over a number of years and never had a problem. For all I know, Howshot domes are the exact same glass domes used by Nauticam or other well-known companies. They claim to be BK7 optical glass but I have no idea where they are made.... https://www.vyoptics.com/portfolio/china-optical-glass-hemispherical-dome-port-bk7-glass-dome-lens/ https://www.saidaglasses.com/glass-bk7/ https://www.chinax.com/optical-glasslenses/pz7645a13-optically-clear-bk7-glass-optical-dome-for-underwater-camera-housings.html

Divervision should be able to answer your questions and typically respond fairly quickly.

I should have just reached out to reefnet to begin with. They sent a photo of the handle

It was really a question of letting her use the subsee. She actually has a very good underwater magnifying glass from the Netherlands that she uses a lot but it is quite large and I thought she might enjoy having the subsee as a smaller alternative for some dives, and the idea of a handle that worked with a 67mm diopter seemed like a fairly simple addition. But thank you for the suggestion!

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...😉