Posts posted by TimG
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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
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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.
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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?
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Hi
The Subal system doesn’t use diopters to adjust the viewfinder optics. You need to adjust the diopter that’s on the camera and then just for the housing into the camera. There are no diopter adjustments on Subal viewfinder.
And yes, you need a zoom ring to change a zoom setting. Autofocus changes the focussing do you don’t need a ring for that. For the zoom ring check out Subal.com. There are number of folks on this forum who print their own zoom rings using 3D printing.
If you have the right camera in the right housing the main controls should line up perfectly. If they don’t it could be that the camera isn’t aligned quite right on the sledge. Occasionally you might get slight misalignments on a control or two which might require minor adjustments on a control rod. But such adjustments are, by my experience, not common on Subal housings. It’d be a bit like adjusting a Rolls Royce 😝
Another possibility is that you need to remove the rubber eyepiece on the camera before closing the housing and/or remove and kind of screen protector.
Hope these help!
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2 hours ago, SwiftFF5 said: Welcome. When I first saw your username, I thought that someone had hacked me, lol.
Me too!
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Welcome to Waterpixels, SwiftS! Good to have you with us.
Do start a new post and we’ll do our best to help you. I’m a Subal owner myself…. Love them!
Best wishes
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16 hours ago, Paulkzk said: Thanks for your input @Grantmac. Yea, I think I'm pretty aware that if I really want to get serious seafrogs isn't really the deal, but let's see! Wasn't ready to spend a fortune yet!
And here’s one of the dilemmas of u/w photography. I think we’ve all been there: don’t want to spend big bucks, compromise, get more experienced and….. then realise you should have spent the big bucks. Argh. Not easy. But if it’s any consolation, which it isn’t of course, you’re not alone.
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Once you are sure the screw is as unscrewed as it can go, it’s just a case of pulling with a gentle twisting motion. You’ll get there! Maybe regrease the o-rings when you next put them back on.
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Retra Pro Max feel good vibe w/o booster?
in Lights, Strobes, and Lighting Technique
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.