TimG

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.

Really good idea to shoot a mono-colour wall and see what you can see. As @Architeuthis says, same as a dust spot test shot.

I’m wondering if it was condensation on the sensor through that opening if the housing? Pretty difficult to remove in LR. You could try using the Brush with a slightly negative EV.

Wow, would it work like that underwater 😆 I must admit to a quiet chuckle of pleasure when I let go of my system underwater and it just hangs…… almost a feeling of zen.