TimG

It doesn’t make much difference really. The price is ridiculous though. You can make your own for a few $s. There’s an article on the forum about how to do it.

Hi Jens A warm welcome to Watepixels! Great to have you with us. I love your two categories. Can I add another though: divorced. Diving became such a crazy passion for me, my wife and I split. Hey ho..... Very best wishes Tim

Paul! Great to see you here. About time. A warm welcome to Waterpixels - your new home!

I'm sure folks will come up with intermediate steps suggestions. My only thought is that an intermediate step is exactly that. It doesn't stop the hankering or aim to go the whole nine yards and get that Z8 system. And then you have a mainly redundant intermediate step which could be hard to sell. Unless I've missed something (entirely possible) I've not heard many good reviews of the 14-24 for underwater use. Nauticam recommend (they would, wouldn't they) the kit lens (!) Nikkor 24-50 with the WWL-C; and I have read many good reviews of this combination. Maybe worth looking at before jumping for that intermediate solution?

I've gone the same route and have had the same debate with myself. I love the Tokina 10-17 which I use as my go-to wide-angle lens on a Nikon D500. I've thought about a Nikon Z8 or Z6III and the Nikkor 24-50 and Nauticam WWL-C, a combination which many folks say is very good. I'd love to have the in-viewfinder review that mirrorless offers especially for snoot-shoots. But then I think of the cost: new housing, wet lens etc etc and think,... naah.

Yep, for shallow, sunny water they can be helpful. HSS equipped strobes can be another way of achieving the similar results - although more expensively probably! I'm not sure about the fitting. Usually ND filters screw directly on to the front of the lens and is therefore inside the housing/port combination and doesn't get wet. Hopefully! If it is the case that the system you use has the filter in front of a wet lens - so effectively it is getting wet - my suggestion would be to install it before you enter the water and then "burp" it by unscrewing it and replacing to release air bubbles once you are at depth and settled. That way you know you have it, that it fits properly and won't disappear mysteriously from a BCD pocket as you descend.

Hi Toque I’m not sure that any specific manufacturer of ND filters makes them for underwater. Hoya filters are good and a reasonable price. The filters are pretty straightforward and underwater doesn’t make much, if any, difference. Essentially they block light from entering the lens. So this means you can use a wider aperture at the same shutter speed, or reduce a high shutter speed - so keeping it inside the fastest sync speed - if in, say, bright, shallow water.

Hey Stan! Welcome to your new home! You’ll see lots of former Wetpixelers here. We’re the refuge! Great to have you with us. Best wishes

Thanks Caoollla. We’ll pursue.

Hi OMB A warm welcome to Waterpixels. Great to have you with us. You’ve sure come to the right place for help with emptying your bank account moving to higher end gear! We hope you really enjoy the forum. Best wishes

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We try, Rune. God knows we try.

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That’s how you have to start, Jenny. Now you’ve introduced yourself you’re good go. The system is part of our anti-spamming attempt

Hi Jenny! Great to have you with us. A warm welcome to Waterpixels! On Roatan, I suggest you do a separate post about that. Funnily I asked about good diving in Roatan a short while ago to help plan a group trip. I only got one response - unusual from our members.

f29 is a pretty small aperture which lets in precious little light (and must lead to considerable image softness too). And 1/200 shutter speed is quite fast. Could you not use, say, f11 and 1/60? I doubt though you’re ever going to be able to shoot 10 frames a second with any strobe.

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I would have thought you’d get 2-3 shots - I usually do but have never really tried seriously long bursts - but of course depends on your camera settings: ISO, aperture, Manual/TTL etc. What are you trying to do?

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Hi rlonghitano! A warm welcome to Waterpixels. Great to have you with us. And congratulations on that post-kids back into the water thing! Best wishes.