Dave_Hicks

No problems. I already had it enabled and pressurized. I was pressure testing the housing after fixing a likely short in the Reset switch wire on my vacuum sensor.

It wasn't a mystery novel, and no one got murdered. At best it was some mild smuggling, and it never went to trial. :)

High end credit cards include $10k travel insurance. It is a valuable perk and worth exploring. A camera rider on your home insurance may be best way to insure photo gear. I pay about $250 a year for $25k non-itemized coverage.

On my last visit I put dive gear in a big Pelican bag, and camera gear in a standard rolling suitcase. I took all the dive gear through the checkpoint, and my wife took the suitcases. The inspectors flocked to the Pelican bags and ignored the suitcases. So, a "Decoy strategy" might work for you too.

Yes, but then you have to put a dome on it. The extension would be huge. It is a 77mm filter size which is very broad to get in a port. As mentioned, this is not ideal for wet optics.

That is a very large lens for underwater use. I have never heard of anyone using the 24-70 in a housing and doubt if this one will be much different.

Thanks for the great trip report and excellent photos!

A few people have asked me for custom Nauticam Focus Gears recently. I designed and sent them a custom gear. As usual, I have shared the designs on MakerWorld: Nauticam Focus Gear for Nikon 60mm 2.8G Macro Lens https://makerworld.com/en/models/1824725-nauticam-focus-gear-for-nikon-60mm-2-8g-macro-lens#profileId-1947944 Nauticam Focus Gear for TTArtisan 100mm Z-mount https://makerworld.com/en/models/1804480-nauticam-focus-gear-for-ttartisan-100mm-z-mount#profileId-1924490

I have both of these and am not willing to sell! I think these are vastly undervalued. I see them selling for cheap quite often, but I think they are similar in quality and provide a more useful focal range than the Nauticam variants. The +10 is quite a big nugget of glass, however.

I have personally re-soldered broken connections on two other divers triggers during a trip. Maybe a soldering iron is a good alternative to a spare trigger?

I had to look that one up!