Davide DB

Yes, then it is assumed that we always want to work at maximum magnification which is not always necessary or desirable. Then here we are talking about video while 90% of the examples are photos. Repetita Iuvant: it is one thing to stand still in the blue (black actually 😉) for 1/250 of a second, another to stand there for 30 seconds at 1:1 magnification.

Have a look here. This XAvdenturer seems a good option, a fair price and Pietro sell them in Italy. @Wags could give you his feedback.

Terrific quality for a such small camera. When you have time. Would you mind shooting something on the reef with fixed WB and Natural light? Thank you in advance

People think that gopros & Co. have special requirements for lights or given that the camera is "cheap" same apply for the lights. It's true the contrary. The tiny sensor requires a lot of light. A FF camera or even a M43 camera can work flawlessly at 1600 ISO and up. While a Gopro @1600 ISO is pure trash. IMO the only requirement is having something small. 6K is the bare minimum). There are the Scubalamp/SUPE very cheap (but iirc they are not constant output). A good option are the latest Kraken lights ( @bghazzal can give you some feedback) or Weefine.

A friend of mine bought it and he use it as plugin into PS He sent me a couple of photos never edited of a dive we made on the wreck of a JU 52 WWII airplane near Capri Island. Photo credits: Marco Bartolomucci

Absolutely not 🍻 In the end it is the market that decides. From the feedback I see around I think it will sell a lot of licenses. In the Blackwater scene they cry tears of joy 😹

Guys, let's try not to be so polarized. We are not on Facebook 😄 Everyone can make his own judgment. Besides, we are not 7 billion Tom Hanks in Cast Away. We are a society. I am a sw engineer. Should I be willing to pay any amount of money for a steak because I don't know how to be a butcher? Come on... Maybe before I stop diving, someone will come out with a similar plugin for video. A dream.

Is that the pancake 16-50mm lens? I thought it was smaller... It would be nice finding a printed gear. I guess the Nauticam gear costs double the lens price 🙂

Last week I saw a photo shot on the Thislegorm mooring in the evening. Something like 12 liveaboards on the same spot. Just imagine underwater...

I thought the same but I'm afraid it would have the same problem as the Lumix 30mm M43: too short minimum focus distance... This lens has a MFD of 95mm from sensor plane. The lens is 56mm long. Add 10 or 20mm for the port and you end up focusing on the glass to get 1:1. Despite everything (it is a very old lens) it seems that with firmware updates it has AF optimized for video. At least according to the Sony datasheets. However, I don't think it is possible to add diopters. It would take someone who has used it.

Update. 17 missing so far https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20241125-egypt-says-17-missing-after-red-sea-tourist-boat-capsizes

Sad news from Red Sea again https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm2m7z9xpndo https://www.arabnews.com/node/2580667/middle-east

I guess it's more or less like my M43 kit lens 14-42mm. It seems crap but behind a WWL-1B it's decent. This is A6700 + 16-50mm + WWL-C. I don't like its color grading but rhe results are perfect.

You just gave away a fundamental piece of the Japanese diving kit !