Giancarlo M. last won the day on January 18
Giancarlo M. had the most liked content!
About Giancarlo M.
- Birthday 01/18/1977
Additional Info
-
Camera Model & Brand:
Canon R5 and R7 -
Camera Housing:
Nauticam -
Strobe/Lighting Model & Brand:
Inon Z330 - Backscatter Mini -
Instagram Name:
jankadive
Industry
-
Industry Affiliation:
nessuno
Recent Profile Visitors
The recent visitors block is disabled and is not being shown to other users.
Giancarlo M.'s Achievements
-
I will be attending Boot, on the 25th, arriving by 11:00 a.m. at the trade show
- 4 comments
-
- 5
-
Inon Z-XXX Prototype at Paris Dive Show
Giancarlo M. replied to Staggs's topic in Lights, Strobes, and Lighting Technique
It was also not on the list last year, but was present on the stand of PanOceanPhoto, their dealer in Germany. Most likely it will be like that again this year, it will be on the stand at some retailer. -
Nice works Chris!
-
Sony A7C series with Nikon 60mm macro
Giancarlo M. replied to RVBldr's topic in Photography Gear and Technique
To work, it works, but the slowness of the AF is frustrating. For slower subjects it may be fine, but with others it is really challenging For the Nikon 60, I think that the models produced before 2013, we have problems. From those I have tried. The serial numbers that start with 22 or 23 work, those with 20 give problems. For serial numbers 21 or from 24 onwards I have no cases- 6 replies
-
- a7c
- blackwaterr
-
(and 1 more)
Tagged with:
-
Sony A7C series with Nikon 60mm macro
Giancarlo M. replied to RVBldr's topic in Photography Gear and Technique
Hi, I can confirm that the 90's port is compatible with the monster adaptor + Nikon AF-S 60 micro, I recently bought a Sony and have yet to try this combination live and during a blackwater. The recommendation I was given is that the monster adaptor is updated to the latest firmware 6.0. Some Nikon AF-S 60 micro work quite well while others don't, I'm trying to figure out why and am working out a theory. Excuse my ignorance what is the AC-11 adaptor?- 6 replies
-
- 1
-
- a7c
- blackwaterr
-
(and 1 more)
Tagged with:
-
Lembeh and Misool Travel with Camera Gear
Giancarlo M. replied to RVBldr's topic in Trip Reports & Travel
With Lion Air, you won't have any problems buying the extra kilos you need, the real problem is the reliability of the airline. Always check well before you leave, flight cancellations unfortunately can happen and Lion Air does this from time to time. In 2023 I risked missing my intercontinental flight because Lion Air cancelled my flight from Sorong to Jakarta -
Last minute sanity check before i switch systems
Giancarlo M. replied to vkalia's topic in Photography Gear and Technique
For over a year now I have been using the Canon R7 for photography, mainly Macro and Balckwater. For Macros I recommend the Canon EF-S 60 macro in addition to the 100 you already have. For BW I recommend the Canon EF-S 35 macro AF is very performant if you have equally fast optics. The Tokina 10-17 is not bad, but the Canon 8-15 is another quality and you can also consider in the future the RF-S 18-45 combination with the Nauticam WWL-1 lens. You will have a lot of fun with the R7 underwater, I think it is currently one of the best buys as an ML for underwater photography. -
Diopter for Canon RF100 recommendation
Giancarlo M. replied to Landvogt1893's topic in Photography Gear and Technique
If you are not in a hurry for the purchase, I am starting a new project for an article on the forum, just on wet lenses, in testing I have retrieved, AOI Pro series +12 +18 + 23 , Weefine +6 + 12 +23. I'm going by the Italian distributor Nauticam today to retrieve more lenses to test. The purpose is just to verify the real magnification ratio, and working distances. If I have time even at different apertures. By the end of January everything should be ready -
Have you discarded the Sony 30 mm macro? it's not a great lens but it might be the most convenient solution on an APSC. Zeiss works very well for photos, for video I can't give you feedback, a friend of mine used it this year on an A1 and it was very good. We are talking about a Zeiss optic, qualitatively they have few rivals I read on Monster's site that it is not compatible for video, only for photos
- 18 replies
-
- 3
-
I can talk to you about my experiences at APA. You return to the resort after the first BW, as I had written to you the BW sites are very close to the resort. This helps you to replace the batteries. I always found more subjects in the first BW, in the following BWs the amount of subjects decreased. I went looking for temperatures in the data base of my dive computer, you should expect a temperature of 24 to 26 degrees. I recommend bringing a windproof jacket, even if it's a short trip, wearing it after the dive will help you be less cold when you return to the resort.
-
February is a great time for Blackwater in Anilao. The water temperature is colder at this time, so a 5 or 7 mm is recommended if you are particularly cold. I have been to the Anilao Photo Academy many times and I can recommend them. They come out practically every night to do BW if there are guests who want to do BW. As for logistics, the dive spot is very close to the resort so when you are done you go back to the resort. The first dive is around 19:00 but if you're alone I doubt you'll be able to make a second dive, so I suggest you contact the resort directly. In January 2023 I was with a group of 5 friends and we asked to do 3 Blackwater per night, APA organised everything perfectly for us.
-
Subsee and Sony 90mm
Giancarlo M. replied to waterpixel's topic in Shooting Technique, Workflow and Editing
Hi Alex, you have a good lens for a good start in macro photography. In the beginning, even if the Sony 90 is not quite 1:1 as a ratio, it will be perfect to make your experiences. When you get the hang of it you can move on to additional lenses, and here a whole new world opens up. There are many brands and the users of this forum will be able to give you advice on their own experiences. Subsee is a good compromise to start with add-on lenses. I had the chance to try, on 2 trips to APA in Anilao which is an AOI test centre, all the new AOI UCL Pro series macro lenses. I personally think they are the best I have used to date, both in terms of quality and ease of use. After I was able to try them out thoroughly I bought all 3 lenses, it's a big amount but I fell in love with those lenses after using them. I attach a few shots -
Visible scratches on WACP-C
Giancarlo M. replied to fruehaufsteher2's topic in Photography Gear and Technique
what a bad situation, if they were superficial scratches, you could polish the glass with cerium oxide, they use it to polish scratched glass, but if the groove is deeper, the only solution is to contact a Nauticam dealer and ask for a quotation for replacing the glass dome.