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Hi Nemrod I’ve been using Retra since 2020. Yes, pricey but I’ve never regretted the purchase for a second. I’ve gone through various iterations and now have the ProMax with the Booster. They are a very neat package and not much larger than the venerable Inon Z220/240. The Booster is especially ergonomically neat and a much better battery change arrangement than the SuperCharger. On use, I find using an LSD snoot - which I do almost constantly for macro - the Boosters are essential. I often have the power cranked up. I reckon on getting 3 dives - say 400 images - during the day with some power left over with that setup. I find the Boosters useful if I'm shooting into the sun a lot with wide-angle and using HSS. In those circumstances I often have the power setting pretty high. However, on bog-standard wide-angle shots, although I have the Booster in situ (why wouldn’t you?), battery life is significantly longer. No, with APS-C the Retras are not overkill. I’m shooting a Nikon D500. I’ll happily admit to being a Retra fanboy. An excellent product that delivers power and quality in a manageable package with excellent accessories and terrific customer support.
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Great to have you with us, Lithium. Well done finally joining up! A warm welcome to Waterpixels.
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Hmmmmm, this is odd. We're not aware of any outages........
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Not much of that sounds fun, George. Very glad to hear the surgeries were successful. I hope the mice enjoyed their gourmet snack. Little rascals! And, to top that, a very warm welcome to Waterpixels. Great to have you with us. Best wishes
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Hi Robert! A warm welcome to Waterpixels. Ahhh yes, I know that warm water vacation diver feeling all too well. I just sold my dry suit...... We hope you really enjoy the forum. Good to have you with us. Best wishes
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There's yet another update to LR Classic - to version 15.3. According to the Adobe website, this includes background Al feature processing, performance improvements, a new Al culling model, PSB file sync support, film-inspired presets, support for opening images in Firefly Boards, support for newly released cameras and lenses, bug fixes, and more. Hard to keep up with all the updates! -
I’d happily give it a go. I’ve got around 40k images in LR. Most fish, especially those from the Tropical Western Atlantic (ie Caribbean) plus Bermuda are IDd and keyworded so I can compare results.
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...... or taste like one?
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Hi Brett! Great to have you with us. A warm welcome to Waterpixels. If you're planning to build your u/w gear, you have sure come to the right place. We are experts at helping members drain their bank accounts for new, shiny toys! We hope you really enjoy the forum. Best wishes
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Hey Sarah! Great to have you onboard. A warm welcome to Waterpixels. Best wishes
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Salut Julie! A warm welcome to Waterpixels. We hope you enjoy the forum. Best wishes
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Hey Joel Great to have you with us. A warm welcome to Waterpixels. Best wishes
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Hi Pidan A warm welcome to Waterpixels. We hope you really enjoy the forum. Good to know you too! Best wishes
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Nikon announced on 31 March a firmware update to v5.32 for the Z9. Nikon's Download Centre explains the update does the following: • Changed the way the aperture was adjusted on a lens when the standby timer expired. • Fixed an issue where the camera would sometimes stop responding if a picture was zoomed in during filtered playback while FTP upload was in progress. A link to the firmware is here: https://downloadcenter.nikonimglib.com/en/products/589/Z_9.html -
When I made my first batch - which led to the original article - I used scissors. The cables worked perfectly in Manual with my Retra strobes. But not in TTL (which I rarely use). It was a conversation with Oskar at Retra that highlighted that scissor cuts were the issue. I recut using a box cutter (aka Stanley knife) and the TTL issue was solved.
