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Jeff: We need shots with and without the MFO. BVA

Well it works fine for a u4/3 at 60 mm, close enough to 90 on APS-C. Not sure that it really extends the focus range though. You will need more flotation, on a flip adapter it is quite heavy. The spine cheek was shot with the Panasonic 45 on an OM-1 with the MFO Bill Bill

We are on the Welleneeng, today we did Nudi Rock, Whale Rock and Wedding Cake. On the way to Kaimana/ Triton Bay Bill

Well all the AOI strobes have mostly doubled in the last few weeks. I would wait and see a bit. I have their smaller strobes and am very happy, Bill

We are in Misool right now, a fair bit of bleaching, but no where near as bad as Dampier at Christmas Bill

You will know if you need it. On some ports, the lens will hit the glass before it is screwed in all the way. That needs the spacer; if the lens doesn't hit without the spacer you are good to go. Bill

Por favor, sírvase usted mismo las fotografías, tome tantas como desee. Copied from Word, pasted perfectly, Mac, Safari Bill

For things to do for a less intense diver, Bali is probably a great choice. Diving all over the island is great and you can set up a pretty nice dive Safari that will pick you up and deliver you to dive sites all over. Dive with the Tribe in Bali (started by Mike Veitch, a Canadian) is awesome. Bill

I would suggest Hawaii. There are good (but not awesome) macro diving off the big island and some nice black water. Going anywhere outside the country is a risk, I would definitely check with her OB/GYN but you would never get over it if something bad happened to an unborn baby because of a dive trip. Bill

I think you got lots of people excited with your title OM-1-ii which this isn't. If it were I would buy it right now. Bill

Fisheye fix (now Sea and Sea). The only light with complete adjustability in 1% increments. I have been using one for many years, I have not seen the S&S version in person but it looks identical with different decals (and a lower price). Bill

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Weirdly, I can shoot the AOI (in RC mode) at 1/640 with no banding. I guess I shouldn't try to figure out how this is working but it appears to be. Thanks Bill

Thanks, I think I got it working, at least I can set a 1/400 shutter speed now on the camera, but if I connect the MF2 in HSS mode and shoot everything is black. If I put the MF2 in SC or SC macro mode things seem to work. Bill

How did you enable the FP mode? My OM-1 has RC mode, where do you change it to FP. The instructions above work with the EM-1 MK III but not with my OM-1 at least. Bill

Well, the AOI trigger is smart (I thought so since it could do RC mode) and with the OM-1 the shutter speed won't go above 1/250. Oh well. Bill

If I didn't have to work, I would have checked it out by now. Tomorrow for sure (I hope) Bill

The AOI trigger has a hot-shoe attachment that has all 5 pins. I haven't checked to see if all are actually connected. I pretty much am not too interested in HSS but would like to play to see if I could get it to work. Shoting mostly slowly moving little things doesn't seem to be a good use case for HSS but maybe something will come up. Bill

Thanks for the info. I will try it with the AOI (OM-1) later today. Bill

But faster with a trigger might not be HSS. HSS is a unique beast with a bunch of very fast weak pulses. I can get to 1/400 in general with triggers, but if HSS is possible with the MF-2 or the AOI RC versions I am too dumb to find it. The new AOI strobe that does HSS is too big for what I want to shoot, the MF-2 and the AOI RC strobes are about right. Bill

Excellent transaction, smooth and fast. Great seller BVA

But faster with a trigger might not be HSS. HSS is a unique beast with a bunch of very fast weak pulses. I can get to 1/400 in general with triggers, but if HSS is possible with the MF-2 or the AOI RC versions I am too dumb to find it. Cheers Bill

I have a couple of FLM-2 flashes that work with the OM-5. I can part with them quite cheaply. Let me know. Bill

I am not aware of any scientific papers on coral bleaching in Raja other than the study from Indo-Ocean project, Lauren Sparks. They speculate that a major increase in cyanobacteria linked to human sewage. As tourism increases and toilets move ever closer to the water, the filtration of sewage by the soil is greatly decreased. Bill

I think that one approach (I tell this to beginners underwater) is to take your camera to a nice location on land and shoot with the lenses you want to use underwater. Pretend to be Ansel Adams and go shoot some nice wide angle photos. Shoot them at a variety of shutter speeds/ f stops/iso settings (all to get the same exposure more or less). Then take them home and look at full resoultion snippets to see if in fact your camera/lens can generate shots you like. It could be that your particular camera/lens for example has some back focus issues and nothing is sharp. That is an easy fix, but maybe not cheap i.e., a new lens. No underwater photo will ever be as crisp/sharp/nice as one on land (maybe the Nasa tank) so that is a good starting point. I shoot flowers and birds on land with a 20MP OM-1 and routinely print A2 (almost, I print 16 x 20 inches, 400x500 mm) with good results. Once you are sure that the system can make photos that meet your desires then move to UW but with care. Shooting WA with rectilinear lenses can lead to mushy corners but if the center is mushy something is wrong. Mismatched lens/dome can also be an issue. I print the photos for both LAUPS and Orange County UPS for the Long Beach scuba show. I have printed a bunch of A6300 photos of things like whales and sea lions, all of them seem to me at least perfectly acceptable. Bill