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Next step: salted 🧂 water in the tub 😄

Maybe this is the reason all use the "blackwater" term opposed to the copyrighted "black water"? AFAIK a copyright/patent is a costly process. I don't get how much money you can get from these rights. So it seems BW diving is highly overrated...

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Wow, I live in the Mediterranean, which is a basin of water by comparison, and currents are rarely a problem. The only place where currents are raging and dangerous is the Strait of Messina where we dive at the strangest times with tide tables. Here the current easily reaches 6 knots, and depending on the geography of the coast and seabed, impressive whirlpools form that are spectacular to watch. The Greek legend of the monsters Scylla and Charybdis originates here

Users from all Europe are discovering the sad news and all of them think it's a bug. https://www.reddit.com/r/vimeo/

On 3 November, the BBC will air the first episode of the documentary series ASIA. The first episode will be totally dedicated to the sea. Here the trailer of the series: All the episodes: https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/asia-everything-you-need-to-know A detailed explanation of what we will see in the first episode: https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/asia-episode-one-beneath-the-waves/ In particular the dangerous aggregation and spawning of Moorish idols and the ruthless hunting of sharks. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0k0msnl And the spawning aggregation of dusk sharks in front of a power plant in Israel. We also reported on it here months ago...

Once upon a time, Vimeo. For reasons officially unknown (I'll come back to this later) Vimeo stopped being, for us Europeans, a community of video storytellers. (As it still likes to call itself). Basically, in certain regions of the world you can no longer use the video search function and at the same time you can no longer browse other users' videos. I can only see and search my own videos and eventually see a video of another user only if I have its link. Even if I know his name I cannot search for him. I can only see his profile if I know his exact url. This post sums up what happened: https://shortverse.beehiiv.com/p/vime-nooo I am so angry. Because I noticed it by accident and I also looked like an idiot because I as well as thousands of other users thought it was a bug. No communication at all. Out of the blue. The entire UE community lost. Because the membership fee is the same for everyone but I have most of the features disabled. Those who read this thread and, for example, have an account in the U.S. or other countries not affected by this ban might think that this does not affect them. But it absolutely does not! I have several friends in the U.S. who use their Vimeo account for showreels, basically a videocentric Linked-in. In their profile they have written "available for hire." Here, you must know that their profile is no longer searchable from banned countries. And we don't even know which ones they are. I can only access a video of theirs via direct link but I can't go to their profile or search them by name via the search function. This is my following people page: I can see their names but I cannot click on their profile icons. Sounds like a joke. What is the point of these lists now? Just imagine my frustration, I've been a member for 13 years and I've developed a whole network of relationships over all these years and now I can't even see the profiles of people I've collaborated with, anymore. Think about it before you renew your subscription!

So that is how the whole buying and selling thing remains for protection towards everyone.

So @shelbyrose what are your thoughts on this? 😉

Halloween Sorcery 🧙‍♂️ https://www.instagram.com/reel/DB0UUnsox11/?igsh=MWN0aGE0Ymt6ajgx

Who knows. Current AFs are all AI-based or more appropriately, with machine learning technologies. Perhaps the new camera will have a more powerful AI chip and new data with which it has been trained. I don't know if this is already the case now, but ideally it would be possible to update the data that the algorithm has been trained with through a simple FW update.

Insta and DJI have a physical obstacle that is the FOV of more than 150°. DJI has reduced FOV called “standard” but the reduction is minimal. Insta seems to have solved it with this software correction of underwater mode. IMHO the iPhone is terrible. The edges are unacceptable even by my standards which are quite low. I have never seen anyone mount a wet lens. Then even there, the SOOC colors are awful. Again, until we see a test of someone starting with clips in Log or flat and maybe adding a wet lens we will never know which is better. I am afraid we will never see such a test. For HLG/HDR fashion just use our search engine and see the very controversial results on far more expensive FF machines. For now IMHO it is just a useless exercise in style.

Just to share two rumors for the Sony ecosystem 😇 Sony A1II and a new 28-70mm f/2.0 zoom will be announced on November 19. https://www.sonyalpharumors.com/sony-a1ii-and-maybe-28-70mm-f-2-0-gm-will-be-announced-on-november-19/ https://www.sonyalpharumors.com/the-new-sony-28-70mm-f-2-0-is-stunning-weighs-half-a-kilo-less-than-the-canon/

This is exactly what everyone want to avoid with video. The solution is already here since a CMOS sensor was invented, from a Gopro to an Alexa 35, and it's called Manual White Balance. That translated In Gopro terms is Native WB or fixed (Kelvin) WB along with flat colors. Unfortunately for us, there's no free meal.

Welcome aboard Nate. Watch out for Waterpixels, it's addictive!

Another "review" Quoting @bghazzal it's as if all camera reviews were made with the mode dial set to P or Auto. It's now clear to everyone that these reviews are solely targeted at 90% of the typical users in this market segment: users who want to quickly share their clips on social media or with friends without spending time editing or making any corrections. That's perfectly fine, but personally, I'd like this to be made clear in the reviews, right from the title. Moreover, as I’ve already mentioned, this way of testing them largely undermines the very meaning of a review, unless the title is: 'A vs B – Which of the two cameras has the best SOOC images?' It's a shame because these cameras are often used as crash cameras in high-budget Hollywood productions and even documentary. Of course, they are not set up in this way. So, if there were reviews showing what can be achieved by using the available settings, they would be really useful for everyone, from advanced enthusiasts to professionals. P.S. New Insta360 Ace Pro 2 has a 157° default FOV like the new DJI (155°). I'm afraid that behind a wet lens (AOI or INON) it will have the same problems of DJI... It has a UW mode which supposedly correct corners distortions bu we don't know what happens behind a wet lens.

I will preface this by saying that colors are personal taste but I agree with Ben, the clips shown so far of the new Insta360 and iPhone SOOC are ugly. Artifacts aside, the colors are improbable. I personally prefer colors that are desaturated and otherwise reflect what you see underwater, and don't tell me that underwater we see phosphorescent blue 🙂 Then it is also fine to veer to a creative, more cinematic color palette. But that doesn't seem to be the case. The part of the pseudo review of the new Insta360 Ace Pro 2 that I found most far-fetched is the clip of the turtle descending, shot against the light to show dynamic range. The surface of the water moved by the bubbles looks like real plastic. A sign of heavy image processing by the camera. Now, I understand that comparing these toys to real mirrorless cameras is an easy target but I don't like not look at things objectively. IMHO, we have two kinds of problems here: - These reviews are aimed at an audience that simply wants to press a button and then immediately share clips on social networks or friends. But at this point, in my opinion, anything goes. No point in being nitpick. - Until there is a real filmmaker who takes the trouble to work on settings and post production as one does for any underwater image, we will never understand the real potential of these little cameras. Final consideration: here we are on an underwater imaging forum, indeed The Forum! so here we are splitting hairs by definition 😉

Couldn't be a fault battery or did you try with another one already?

Hi Nando, the best option is to upload the file to YouTube. Just leave privacy options to "unlisted" 😉

Ok, I'm a M43 shooter so from Nauticam port chart I get: 14-42mm: Leica 45mm macro: So I would expect that the maximum working distance will increase somehow.

Nauticam site reports 457 USD

IIRC back and forth about one month. But if your only problem is the vacuum circuit I guess Nauticam USA/Backscatter should be able to make such a simple repair. At most it is a matter of replacing the small electronic circuit.

I saw a FB post of @pcremoneabout this new wet lens and it's strange nobody talk about it... https://www.nauticam.com/products/mid-range-focus-optimizer-1-mfo-1

No, I didn't try. Dome and virtual image math is against anamorphic 😞

Exactly. Completely useless