Phil Rudin

I take care of that tomorrow and send some photos.

Our pins are threaded stainless Allen screws. If they don’t fit you can just backed them up.

Yes it should fit and it does come with the mounting tool. The threaded part is built-in.

The wet wide lenses are not rectilinear. A great choice is the Laowa AF 12mm F/2.8-F/22 lite Zero-D for Nikon Z. This lens is 122 degrees and has a minimum focus distance of just 14cm, so it can be used in a 180mm dome port. Great lens for splits, accepts 72mm filters.

Estimated U/W weight is 160g or under 6oz so 40g or 1.41oz heaver than the in water weight for Nauticam MFO-3/3II. I suspect a beer cozy would more than offset the buoyancy. On another issue I understand the excitement of wanting a very close focusing 24mm but I am just as excited to use it as a portrait lens for larger subject like the two attached photos both taken at 24mm.

Sorry about the mistake regarding the Nauticam lens. I do get confused about the letters and numbers for some products. This is not a lens ment to be used with zoom lenses and it remains to be seen exactly how close it will be able to focus. Marelux staff has not been advised on the retail cost so you seem to be ahead of the curve on that issue. What I can say is that we are hoping to get a prototype for DEMA on 2 November. I intend to update as soon as I get the final specs. It is clear that water contact wet lenses are a valuable asset to underwater photographers and that new designs have been embraced by the community. Stay tuned for more.

So I guess that means no filter threads as well. Looks like we both guessed wrong.

Hi Karlo, I love the diving in Croatia, very different from Red Sea type diving.

The test was dome with an older generation Apollo III and Marelux is improving with each new generation. Guide number is a balance between brightness, bean angle, fast recycle and more. I suggest you read the Retra response to the Backscatter strobe test.s in the thread above. In the case of the MX V BS top strobes the MX has a beaded dome with a 120 degree beam angle V. flat front with around 100. beam angle. The MX beaded dome softens the light output while the BS strobe needs a flat diffuser with a loss of a full stop of light to get to 120 degrees . Go to Marelux.co and checkout the difference shooting at 5 and 10 frames a second and decide which is more powerful and efficient.

I have not heard of any IBIS issues using the MV60 and yes it should work well with the Oly 60 macro. Marelux US has one left in stock and more arriving soon.

The MFO-3 has a bulbous/curved front glass which was not designed for adding filters like ND's .They have an optional push on filter holder for an additional $50.00 plus for version I. I suspect this may now be built into the lens on V II. This is one of several differences for the Marelux MV60 which already has flatter front glass and a common 77mm thread size for a verity of filter types.including yellow for Flora.

A video well worth watching if you are considering the A7R VI. The best Youtube video explaining the value of the upgrades V older models for underwater use as both a stills and video camera,

This comparison is hardly apples to apples. The CMC-2 is designed to magnify or narrow the angle of view while the MFO-3/MV60 are designed to reduce magnification or widen AOV. The difference with 28-60mm at 60mm is minimum focus distance is around 40cm while the Nauticam MFO-3 and the Marelux MV60 focus all the way to the glass, so 0 cm. The 28-60 at 60mm will focus to infinity, the Marelux will focus to infinity and the Nauticam will focus to 150cm. A better comparison would be that the Sony 100mm macro will focus to 1.4:1 while the 28/60 at 60mm with CMC-2 willl be more like 1:1.75 on full frame. The CMC-1 has more magnification and will get to about 1:1.2/3.

This is a comparison between the Nauticam and the Marelux being used by Tom Kline and others. AOV range, weight both in and out of water, and focus range are some of the differences as well as lens design.

The diving in Bali is great this time of year, perhaps you should pickup the equipment there😃😃😃