Hiloboy

Thanks for all the feedback! Since my housing is over 1.5 years old and has been on 15 dive trips, I decided I should remove the handles to check the condition of the screws. All screws came out easily and I did not see any corrosion. I forgot when I initially assembled my housing, I coated each screw with Ultra Tef-Gel, which prevents corrosion and seizing. It sure does work! I reapplied The Ultra Tef-Gel on the screws and now feel confident keeping the handles in place for maybe 2 years.

I know what the ideal thing to do is but I wanted to know what others actually do. I travel with both my handles on my Nauticam housing assembled. I never take them off. I know I should remove them after every trip and clean them but I worry about stripping the screws as they are so tiny. And also, I may be lazy:) What do others here do?

I can get through the day without ever worrying about changing the batteries but I heard from someone the power of the strobe may less with “old” batteries. I do notice on my Inon Z330, I am using them more on full power than I used to. Maybe it is my strobe and not the battery.

I have AA batteries that are rated at 2700 mAh. On my Powerex charger, it states all my batteries are around 2500 mAh. When do people replace their batteries?

After losing my vacuum cap twice, I have tethered it to my housing and never had a problem since. With both my DSLR and now mirrorless housing, I have been able so get vacuum by sucking air out my mouth. It sucks but it works!

Thanks to kallebumba, I made a handle strap and it was very easy! I felt the limited contact against the back of my hand would make it difficult to shoot one handed so I added part of an old camcorder strap and it seemed to provide more support. Now I just need to test it out underwater!

My trusty Xtar 18650 charger, after years of use, died. I was wondering charger people are using.

Moved over from Wetpixel. Switched from Canon 7D mark 2 to an R7 mainly for better auto focus which I now find is better at times but worst in certain situations.