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Yay! Good man - thanks! Underwater course? In February? In Ireland? Man, that's brave!!! 🥶

Hey Matthew! Good to have you with us. I'm sure you'll see lots of names here that you know from Wetpixel.

Totally agree! I'm still using single spot for macro pics with my D500 focussing, usually, on the eye. It's not often that tracking would be that useful. Anticipation of movement is a technique that takes time but does work.

As the guys say, my experience also has been that it's rare that servicing is needed. Good soaks after use, working the controls whilst rinsing to help flush out salt deposits, wiping over with a soft cloth and good storage between trips. I've had several housings (all Subals) for 5 years and they have had hundreds of dives on them without servicing or incident. The only time I have needed a service (a minor leak), I was living in the Caribbean and didn't send it back to the manufacturer (Subal) but had the job done at Reef Photo in Florida - which was quick and worked well. I think the "where" to send it depends to an extent also on where the manufacturer is located for ease of transport, the complexity of the housing build - and what is available more locally. The Subals are much simpler internally than Nauticam and are, I suspect, easier to service and for that reason I'd be happy to use a reputable service provider, like Reef Photo. Just taking the back off a Nauticam and looking at the internal parts makes me feel giddy and I think I'd be sending it back to them! That said, I'm sure someone like Reef or Backscatter or Onderwaterhuis could be relied upon.

Hey René Welcome - great to have another Nederlander onboard. Welkom! Tim (I live in Amsterdam)

Good to have you with us. We hope you like the forum!

Hey GrtDay! it's Grt to have you with us! We hope you really like the forum and find it a great source of info and help. Sea and Sea strobes? Hmmmmmm..... seen lots of reports of "issues".

Terrific, Alex. Well done to you guys

Welcome SBA! Great to have you with us. We hope you really like the site.

Agreed!

Wicked! Great team editing and a super choice of music. Nice work, Mr and Mrs Ben!

You got though there in the end, eh? Nice feeling of satisfaction? Surprise? Relief? 😅 I usually find getting them on is fine. Off can be a struggle. But then not just strobe bumpers.......

Wow, this is indeed disappointing given the costs of the bags. I've not had problems with mine so far (fingers crossed) but this is not encouraging.

It should indeed, Chris - thanks. I've not yet figured out though how to amend a thread title! I'll sort it out. Thanks for these. I'll add them.

Guys If you have recommendations on good ID books to cover fish, reef creatures, corals, nudis etc, post them here and we'll compile a list which is pinned. BOOK LIST EUROPE Blennies of the Mediterranean Sea: Biology and identification of Blenniidae Clinidae Tripterygiidae (Francesco Tiralongo) Fauna und Flora of the Mediterranean/Mittelmeeres (Riedel) - available in Spanish, Italian and German Nudibranchs of Britain,Ireland and Northwest Europe by Bernard Picton and Christina Morrow MIDDLE EAST/GULF/RED SEA Coastal Fishes of Oman (Randall JE) Red Sea Reef Guide (Helmut Debelius) Coral Reef Guide, Red Sea. (Lieske/Myers) A bit dated, but has some good descriptions of organisms, and covers mammals, fish, and invertebrates. Red Sea Marine Life. (Andrey Ryanskiy) Names and pictures only, but contains some unusual and newly identified species. Digital copies also available from https://reefidbooks.com/ Reef Fishes of the East Indies, Vol 1-3 (Allen/Erdmann) Marine life of the Pacific Northwest (Lamb/Hanby) Coastal Fishes of the Western Indian Ocean https://saiab.ac.za/publications/coastal-fishes-of-the-western-indian/ SOUTH EAST ASIA A diver's guide to Underwater Malaysia - Macrolife (Ferrari) A diver's guide to Underwater Malaysia - Reef Life (Ferrari) PACIFIC Reef Fish Identification - Tropical Pacific (Allen/Steene/Humann/Deloach) Reef Creature Identification Tropical Pacific (Humann / DeLoach) Nudibranch & Sea Slug Identification Indo-Pacific (Gosliner/Valdes/Behrens) Reef and Shore Fishes of the South Pacific (Randall JE) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea (Randall/Allen/Steene) Guide to the Sea Fishes of Australia (Kuiter) Micronesian Reef Fishes (Myers RF) Shore Fishes of Hawai'i (Randall JE) Coastal Fishes of the Pacific Northwest (Lamb/Edgell) CARIBBEAN Reef Fish Identification - Florida, Caribbean, Bahamas (Humann/Deloach) Reef Creature Identification - Florida, Caribbean, Bahamas (Paul Humann) Reef Coral Identification - Florida, Caribbean, Bahamas (Paula Humann) Caribbean Reef Life (Mickey Charteris) GENERAL Whelks to Whales (Rick Harbo) Cardinalfilshes of the World (Rudie Kuiter & Toshikazu Kozawa) APPS LIST Fishes of the east Pacific : https://apps.apple.com/us/app/fishes-east-pacific/id494644648 WEB SITES Corals of the World Information, identification, distribution and taxonomy of reef building corals

Hey Turandot! Great to have you with us and a warm welcome to this home for us photo refugees. I’m sure you’ll see many familiar names. We hope you like the site.

Yeah, good point. I was thinking it was a general book list but, yep, it's technique. Perhaps we should start one on fish ID?

Worth adding to the book list, Davide?

Yeah, I had the same reaction as Davide. Nice pic! Nope, never used NDs on strobes and, must admit, I can’t imagine the need given the ability to adjust ISO etc even allowing for wanting a well light background. But then, so what? You used them and it worked nicely. Crack on!

It's the "Boil The Frog" Theory. If Nauticam pushed it to £5715, what's the betting Massimo would pay the £15? Massimo???

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It's great to have you with us, Apneagraph. You are most welcome. And please remember, there are no daft questions - only daft answers..... So anything you want to know, ask away.

Yeah, sounds fabulous but hard to justify if you do a couple of dive trips a year. Rental would be nice!

Excellent! Very good to have you with us. Welcome! You’ll see lots of familiar names….

Brilliant! How about I go for $199? Always a convincing figure I thought.....