TimG

Grrr, Alannoying indeed. Sorry 😞 Do let us know how you get on. 

Are you going to stay in the same place to hold the GoPro whilst it runs through the time lapse sequence? If your intention is photo the same area over a given period, I doubt you can hand hold?

Great to have you with us, Joerg. Welcome! 

Yeah, I agree with Chris. I do wonder though if a Z220/240 might be a little harder to find now. 

Great to have you with us, reefrunner. Welcome to Waterpixels. 

I’ve just been in Sri Lanka and now understand why the EU has mandated that plastic bottle tops must be attached so they cannot be separated from the bottle. The amount of bottle tops I collected on a beach was depressing. Plastic everywhere. 

Is it the pages or has time just slowed down in the Maldives ??

Thanks! We’ll check…..

Yeah, I think a triple clamp would be the most simple solution.
 

The only issue might be that if you adjust, say, the GoPro by slackening the triple screw, the light may well shift too. But you can probably manage this with a bit of practice. 

🤣 I’m delighted to not feel alone in the Old and Stupid club. They are great strobes though so our decision-making powers remain top notch. 

Yep, I’d say so. 

2 hours ago, bvanant said:

always is a "next needed item" 

Insert word next needed “essential “ item. 

LOL! Been there, felt stupid…… as Chris says, it’s flippable. 

14 hours ago, fruehaufsteher2 said:

The 3m I need for myself seems to be missing… 🫣

 

Apologies!

22 hours ago, TimG said:

So far I have EU/UK requests from:

 

@Joerg Malke 4m to Germany

@makar0n 4-6m to Belgium

@Michael 12m to Germany

@CaolIla 10m to France

@fruehaufsteher2 3m to Germany

I've just moved from the Nikon Z6 to a Nikon Z6III and have an L-bracket for sale (it won't fit the Z6III)

It's produced by 3-Legged Thing, made of aluminium, incredibly light-weight, ARCA-Swiss mounts, tough as old boots, looks brand new (that's high quality aluminium for you) and fits the Z6/Z7 perfectly allowing access to all the various ports. 

Looking for €60/£55 and happy to include shipping in the UK or EU

On 8/22/2024 at 7:27 PM, TimG said:

I'm just seeing if I can get this into the EU hand-carried. If not, I'll come back to you.

Just as an update:

I've contacted my mate in the US to see if she could hand-carry the cable when we meet for the Red Sea trip. She can't let me know for the moment but we agreed she'd confirm one way or another by mid-Sept.

I've checked i-fibreoptics and they do have the 613 cable in stock and say they can ship with 24-48 hours of ordering. 

So far I have EU/UK requests from:

@Joerg Malke 4m to Germany

@makar0n 4-6m to Belgium

@Michael 12m to Germany

@CaolIla 10m to France

If I have missed anyone, please yell!

I'm leaving @stiebs and @humu9679 to order for themselves as including them in a bulk order doesn't make much sense. (But if you DO want including, just say!

If folks don't want to wait to see if my mate can help out as delivery-girl, @fruehaufsteher2 has also kindly offered to act as postbox. Costs would be subject to German import duties/taxes and higher shipping fees. 

A couple of folks have said they'd like cable depending on the price. As I hope folks can understand, that's a very difficult thing to pin down. The cable costs $7.50 a metre plus shipping. If my mate in the US can deliver to me in the Red Sea, then mail costs from me to EU "clients" will be minimal. A couple of Euros. So maybe around $9-$10 a metre in total.

But if it needs to be mailed from the US to the EU and then packaged and shipped onwards, then costs may double with duties/taxes etc.

I can only assure folks that, same as the last time we did this, I would only pass on the actual costs involved and will happily produce a breakdown. This is not  profit-making venture! I'm sure @fruehaufsteher2 would take the same approach.

What I do ask though, please, is that if you say you want x metres, then you are committed. I don't actually need cable so don't want to end up with loads of it should anyone decide because of price or whatever, they no longer want it.......

It’s good to have dreams, Chris!  

1 hour ago, stillviking said:

Not our experience here.

No, indeed. The Kenko TC1.4 is pretty much the go-to gizmo for getting CFWA. Are Kenko missing a trick!?

1 hour ago, KidOlympus said:

Just discovered from another diver this site. Hoping to share and learn. Cheers!

Good to have you with us! A warm welcome to Waterpixels. 

1 hour ago, fruehaufsteher2 said:

Hi Tim,

sitting here in Dharavandoo and just having killed another cable I changed my mind- I feel able to forward distribute as long as it is inside EU. 

 

Wow, the effects of a nice evening in Dharavandoo, eh? Good for you, mate. Enjoy! Bummer on those dead cables though. I hope you have spares.

Thanks on this. I'm just seeing if I can get this into the EU hand-carried. If not, I'll come back to you.

T

1 hour ago, Michael said:

I'm also in for 12 m.

 

Noted! That's a lot  of cable, Michael!

51 minutes ago, humu9679 said:

I'll jump in on the US side.

If you want cable and you're in the US, you can just order it directly. Easy-peasy. The problem is for folks on this side of the Atlantic where this cable just doesn't seem to be available. So a bulk order makes sense for them/us.

You can order here:

https://i-fiberoptics.com/fiber-detail-asahi.php?id=3360&sum=166

It’s a good idea, makar0n and probably cheaper than via NL. But @fruehaufsteher2 said he can’t manage onward distribution. 
 

I’ve organised a Red Sea dive trip for October on which a number of US residents are joining. Hmmm….. wonder if I could ask one of them to bring it in their baggage. Weighs nothing…….  I’ll explore. 
 

Your 4-6m noted. 

Guys

Can I check who actually wants cable before getting rolling with this?

So far I have only heard from @Joerg Malke and @stiebs. No other takers???

I don't really need any myself so if there's only one person in the EU and one in Aus, then a bulk order becomes a bit pointless. No bulk, no order?

Hey Saudio!

Welcome to Waterpixels. Great to have you with us. We hope you really enjoy the forum and get lots from it. 

42 minutes ago, stillviking said:

However I would like to shoot shipwrecks near home too, that's why I'm trying to avoid "fisheye" look.

Each to his own, of course. But unless you've tried FEs on a  wreck and really don't like the results, I wouldn't write them off.

Depending how you use it, of course, it's rare that an FE distorts a wreck to such an extent that it becomes obvious because it's rare that wreck images have so many obviously straight lines (weird though that may sound). There are loads of superb wreck pics where an FE was used and you'd be hard pushed to spot that.

They have the advantage too of being relatively inexpensive and can be used in small domes: great for transportation and manoeuvre in the water.

But, as I say, each to his own.