TimG

A warm welcome, sharknado4. Good to have you with us.

A quick translation: Hello, it would be interesting to return to this topic, unfortunately we can no longer access wetpixel to read those articles, my experience with the 160 pro (opto kit) at the moment is not being good, the person in charge of Subtronic is friendly and correct, shipments to Germany are expensive and repairs take a long time, it is a shame because the quality of construction is exceptional, small companies in the EU tend to disappear, the Chinese market absorbs everything, if you have any problem they send you directly a new flash, without protesting, while it is under warranty, then if it breaks you can throw it away directly since here in Spain it is almost impossible to find a General technician who repairs underwater flashes... very unfortunate but that's how the market is today.. the more electronics and components the more probability of failures,, I started with nikonos, that if they were good flashes that did not give problems,, the 105 was the star, and then the ys250 pro and the ys 300 of sea sea were wonderful,, tempus fujit as the king of the Bible said... this will never be the same anymore.....use and throw away, there is the business.... I'm sorry to be so fatalistic but it's been more than 40 years in the fotosub world and I've been through almost everything... greetings.

Yeah, really good. Such a clear explanation. At the end of the day, it's about compromises......

Hi HJL Great to have you with us. A warm welcome to Waterpixels. We hope you really enjoy the forum. Best wishes

Hey Richard! Great to have you with his. A warm welcome to Waterpixels. I love the idea of two homes, two sets of gear! Best wishes

Hey Robin! Great to have you with us. As an ol’ Wetpixel hand you’ll see lots of familiar names. Welcome!

Hey Kolin A warm welcome to Waterpixels - warmer than diving in BC! Very good to have you with us and we hope you really enjoy the forum. Best wishes

Excellent. I hope you have fun with it. One small note of caution: the lens zoom ring on them has a tendency to detach! The ring seems to be held in place by sticky tape. So I’d suggest care is needed when fitting the port/housing zoom ring - and once in place, leave it on. If the lens zoom ring does detach, don’t panic! (Yes, easier said than done!). It’s not hard to reattach. I’ve had two copies of the lens and both have had the same issue. But with a little care, they were/are perfectly useable.

The triumph of Hope over Experience?

I’m not sure on the current status, but a few years ago you could buy the Tokina 10-17 with or without the petal hood. I’ve had both and as @Architeuthis explains, the petals are tiny and unlikely to interfere. I’d read somewhere though that the lens was now discontinued.