Fabian

Not yet, but the wifi wasn't to stable on the surface already, so I don't think it will make it trough 50cm of water. Maybe worth a try for remote contoled splitshots.

Thanks all. I'm playing around with usb control on the surface, so far the best solution seems the Sony desktop software. Remaining pain point is quickly setting focus point and then triggering. If I get that fixed, I'll move on to finding a waterproof cable connection.

Hi all, My challenge are the shy fish in rivers nearby, so I thought why not place the camera on a tripod, pull a USB cable to my laptop (or phone), control it from there. Additionally, I would not need to worry about battery levels in camera. Now surprisingly, I couldn't find a bulkhead (M24 or M16) to run that cable, all I found are remote controls for the shutter, which seems a bit too much 2010, not 2025. Did anyone build something like this from of the shelf parts? If so, which parts, and how long can the cable be without issues in signal transmission? Longest I found is 5m (4.9mm diameter), that could be a bit short, I was hoping for 10m (there are boosted extension cables, but not waterproof, but that should work). Thanks!

Dang! That picture from the retra page explains a lot! I had the small hood mounted and the rotating shade positioned towards the lens, but I'm probably never going to shoot without diffusors again. I'll have to buy diffusors again (lost one of them), or I move towards other strobes anyways (I'd prefer a bit quicker recycling time, so maybe Backscatter HF-1). Correct, not an apples to apples comparison, it was rig-against-rig, more of an "let's see how you are doing this while underwater". The dome I've been using is a Zen 230mm, but I have the same issue with the Nauticam 140mm.

Hi everyone, question to those that have been shooting multiple strobes in wide angle photography. Do you see a tendency, that some strobe models tend to produce flare more easily on the sides of the image compared to others? During a recent dive, I compared my strobe positioning (2x Inons Z330, shooting a Canon 8-15mm with 2x TC @16mm) with the positioning of a buddy (2x Seacam Seaflash 160d, shooting a Tokina 10-17 @10mm). I had to pull my strobes significantly further back and I can still see flare. The difference I guess is more curvature in the Inons glass compared to the Seacams, but that is pure speculation. Maybe someone else can share his or hers experience in that regard? Thanks!

Reducing the price to 370€

Selling my Inon 45° Viewfinder for Nauticam, had it on my Sony A7IV housing. Condition: technically flawless, outside has some signs of use, nothing serious. Got some adapters with the viewfinder, but have no clue what they are for 😅 if anyone knows, please enlighten me😇 For all questions please ask, and if you're worried about buying stuff online, we can have a whatsapp video call for verification that both the viewfinder and me are real. Price: 390€ or best offer. Located in Germany, shipping worldwide as long as you pay the shipping. Payment: PayPal Friends or PayPal with buyer protection (buyer adds the fees), bank transfer, cash upon collection. No returns or warranty.

I'm glad I'm not the only one with this impression of the pricing. I'd certainly be willing to pay for it*, but yeah, the effort went in during the astro photography plugin development, they now probably trained the same AI with a different set of pictures. So I'd be willing to pay the same as for the astro plugins. *if it works with my older PS version, going to try this

What do you guys think about the pricing?Looking at the price: might be fair from a time saving perspective, but comparing it to star removal plug-ins for astrophotography, I feel it's a bit of overcharging. Haven't tried it yet (probably next weekend), and still need to figure out how to implement it in my workflow. I use capture one to edit and organize my pictures, only export lower resolution pictures to my NAS to have them available on my phone. I only open photoshop for object removal/serious work on backscatter removal for pictures I want to have in high res for printing/selling... if that would be a capture one plug-in...

Hi all, Guys, I (almost) did it. I tagged all 4500 pictures from my Philippines trip in April/May with the names of the species photographed. Almost: four pictures of two species are missing 🥴. 1) I found this critter while diving in Bohol, looks a bit like an orang utan crab and a hairy shrimp had a really good time together. If I recall correctly, this little guy was about 2cm (plus minus a lot? 🙈). I managed to take three pictures (photographically I'm not really happy with the perspective, but hope they allow identification) before he decided to hide. 2) Some kind of box crab maybe? All pictures taken with Sony 90mm / A7IV, Backscatter MF1+OS1. No editing done. If higher resolution would help, let me know and I'll upload it somewhere at 100% res and link it. All help in identifying those little crabs is highly appreciated! 🙏🙏🙏 Best, Fabian

Hi all, I'm getting a bit bored with most local lakes, so I started looking into the small streams around here. I struggle a bit with water clarity, although from outside it looks gin clear, underwater it's rarely more than 1.5-2m. Does anyone have some inspiration for this kind of photography? Appreciate all links, Instagram accounts and so on! Thanks, Fabian

Asking @Gudge might help? 🙂

Would be amazing if we could get something like this as well for other port sizes (e.g.140mm, 230mm) 😇

Guys, stop it... my bank account can't take this anymore!