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Hey Simon

Great to have you with us. A warm welcome to Waterpixels. Silly depths in UK waters? Brave, mate, brave…..

Enjoy the forum!

No worries!

Just go back to your original post and add the new price with Reply. So you respond to your own post by adding a Reply.

Welcome gbdiver! Great to have you with us.

Yep, very sad. But good for Peter! It’s been a terrific resource. Maybe someone should offer to pick it up…..

Ahhhhh, I’ve been there too. I felt so daft when I was told the fix. Doh! 🤣

Hey tomstoll!

A warm welcome to Waterpixels. Great to have you with us.

Best wishes

Hi Daniel!

A warm welcome to Waterpixels. Great to have you with us. Your enthusiasm shines through your introduction! Very cool. We hope you find the forum helpful and fun.

Best wishes

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.

Great to have you with us, Lithium. Well done finally joining up! A warm welcome to Waterpixels.

Hmmmmm, this is odd. We're not aware of any outages........

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

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

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.

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

Hey Sarah!

Great to have you onboard. A warm welcome to Waterpixels.

Best wishes

Salut Julie!

A warm welcome to Waterpixels. We hope you enjoy the forum.

Best wishes

Hey Joel

Great to have you with us. A warm welcome to Waterpixels.

Best wishes

Hi Pidan

A warm welcome to Waterpixels. We hope you really enjoy the forum. Good to know you too!

Best wishes

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.

Darn. Really sorry, Toque. Rich is pursuing......

Brilliant offer from Dave!

I’d suggest not asking him to cut the cables for you. Play around with the setup first and get a feel for how long the cables need to be in use. It’s very easy to cut them at a later date.

Have you tried dropping Subal an email and getting advice from them? Harald, the owner, is pretty helpful.

Hi Toque

Sorry about that! I can’t see any obvious reason and will ask Rich to take a look.

Getting hold of this cable seems a regular problem. Seems impossible to find in Europe too. If you know someone in the US who could get it shipped to them from the US supplier then mail it to you in Canada..... could that work?

Hi Anton!

We’re delighted you’ve jumped back in. A warm welcome to Waterpixels.

Best wishes