I did another few dives with my new Nauticam MFO lens on my Nikon Z8 with the AF-S 105mm macro lens. Based on my earlier experience, I decided to mount the MFO directly on the port and dispense with the Dual Flip adapter and it's 300g weight. To my delight my camera rig was just about perfectly neutral in the water with this setup. (Nauticam Z8 housing, HF-1 and MF-2 snoot strobe, 6 stix jumbo floats on the arms, and my custom-made port float) I let it go in mid-water and it just hung there. :)
If I am shooting macro with the MFO I don't see any compelling reason to take it off the port. It can handle all distances from maybe 10cm to 100cm. If anyone can think of a reason to keep the MFO on a flip adapter I'd like to hear about it. I can't think of one right now!
Here are a few photos:
Cockerell’s Dorid (Laila cockerelli)
Range: 10-15cm
Nikon Z8 w/Nikkor 105mm lens, Nauticam MFO diopter, f16@1/200s iso160 Backscatter MF-2 strobe & snoot + BS HF-1 strobe with beam restrictor
Red Rock Crab (Cancer productus) with egg mass
Range: 60-75cm
Nikon Z8 w/Nikkor 105mm lens, Nauticam MFO diopter, f11@1/200s iso160 Backscatter MF-2 strobe & snoot + BS HF-1 strobe with beam restrictor