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    3 hours ago, Muellema said:

    It seems that the European manufacturers (UK-Germany, Subal, Sealux...) who long defined the market are gradually disappearing.

    Yep, sadly. The winner seems to be Nauticam. Isotta still going reasonably strong as European manufacturer ….

    10 hours ago, Dave_Hicks said:

    I use the same Kenko TC 1.4 model on my Z8 with no issues. I mostly use it with the Nikon 8-15mm F-mount lens.

    Nikon Z8 w/8-15mm Fisheye lens + Kenko 1.4TC, f9@1/25s iso640, Pair of Retra Maxi strobe

    Port Hardy Oct 2026 October 11, 2026 359 (Ext).jpg

    Dave, which FTZ model are you using?

    Just before I sold my 8-15mm a couple of weeks ago, I tested the Kenko DGX again on a Z6iii and there was definitely no AF or aperture. I thought the FTZii was just a re-work of the adaptor housing to remove the tripod mount. Maybe it had more? Or maybe the Z8 is, oddly, slightly different??

    I'll update the pinned post about this.

    Hi Alan

    We’re happy to approve your membership. Please noe however that you’re posting in the Members intro thread: where we ask those wishing to join to introduce themselves.

    This is part of our anti-scammer control.

    I’d suggest you post your questions in a more relevant thread. That way they’ll be seen more widely.

    Good to have you with us. A warm welcome.

    Hi Jcro22

    A warm welcome to Waterpixels. Lots of recovering Wetpixel members here! We hope you really enjoy the forum. Good to have you with us.

    Best wishes

    6 minutes ago, Michiel said:

    I have a zen dp-100 for my sony a6700. Would that work with the new sony fisheye lens? I really like the dome because of the small size.

    And maybe a dumb question maybe, why do people want a teleconverter to us with it? For closeup whalesharks for exemble, isn't the wide angle fisheye lens a benefit? Or is it already to wide?

    Hi Michiel

    There are no dumb questions. Sometimes the answers can be…..

    A TC works well with an FE lens to give a photographer the Close Focus Wide-Angle option, CFWA. This allows you to get very close to the critter and produces a larger image of the subject than just FE - but provides a wide-angle to show the subject in its environment.

    It’s a neat technique and can be very effective. A small dome port is ideal

    as the size doesn’t get in the way as much as a larger dome port allowing strobes to be tucked in very tightly which is key to CFWA lighting.

    Not an especially good example below which gives the idea - shot with the classic Tokina 10-17mm DX lens (on an APS-C sensor D500) with a Kenko 1.4TC. If I'd just used the Tokina, the moray would have appeared very small.

    TG52104.jpg

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    26 minutes ago, Dave_Hicks said:

    Only it does. The import module of Lightroom is very flexible and powerful. It also does exactly what you say it does not.

    I import every days photos into distinct folders with my the Folder name of the Event, files renamed to that event + date info, and placed in sub-folders named by date.

    Photos

    +++ 2026

    +++ Gods Pocket Sept 2026

    +++ Sept 6 2026

    +++ Gp-Sept26_Photo1

    I have 20 years of photo organized this way using lightroom and it is very simple to parse and discover using just the file system. LR goes beyond that with a system of tags and metadata in the library but i don't really use that.

    Snap

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    2 hours ago, Architeuthis said:

    I use LRc and PS with Macbook Pro M1...

    Great software and no need for an alternative, but what makes me outrageous is the "Library" system: Instead of having the option to define the folders/subfolders from where to take the photos and where to place the Adobe specific files by oneself and just use the "Develop" module, one has to use the entire Adobe Libraray-system that I find complicated and confusing...

    I wrote them several times, but still they do not offer this simple and easy to implement option...

    Haha, funny old world. Me, I find the Library brilliant! I can search all 60k photos and find exactly what I'm looking for (yeah, you have to Keyword of course). The ability to then drop files into a Collection is terrific.

    Each to his own, eh?!

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