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Just think that just two days ago I got my hands on a photo book by Fosco Maraini who in 1954 photographed and described for the first time the AMAs, the Japanese women pearl fishers. So when I saw the photos of the fishermen, I thought back to the book.

Luko, your report was absolutely amazing! Thank you so much for sharing it with us. I'm sure the report will be appreciated for a long time, especially since the place is so popular! And a big congratulations on the gorgeous photos! I know this might be a bit of a different take, but I really loved the photos of the fishermen. They have such a fascinating anthropological meaning.

Hi Maria, Welcome aboard! Less is more!

Sorry, I didn't notice it was a Flickr link: Which controls did you have?

Wow! Which film camera was inside? Super-8?

Toby you are another league 😄

Initially, we too tried to go this route with some old polycarbonate compact camera housings. Then we gave up because many of these cheap housings have a deep flat port to accommodate the original compact camera lens, and the gopro would stay back and vignette. At least, we were not so lucky in finding the right housing.

On Potato Jet video he is using a Smallrig frame that I think is for the Action 4.

Another test (no underwater) among the bazillions review. He was able to record a single clip for 203 minutes at 4K with BT and external mic enabled

It seems a solid upgrade. The audio seems fantastic and the possib6to pair it directly with their external mics. Underwater video seems good. BTW sharks clip @13:35 isn't natural light but I think is an edit mistake. P.S. And many kudos to the snorkelist 😁

For deeper projects there's a aluminium housing for the DigiPower case/battery: https://www.flex-arm.com/en/housings-smartphone-action-camera/underwater-housing-gopro/t-housing-aluminium-housing-h10-power-for-gopro-hero-11-and-hero-10-and-hero-9.html

Yes, as Ben wrote i used a Digipowr case compatible with the latest GoPro (12 at least). I bought an old version for a GoPro5 too. I was able to get up to 4 hours, sometime more at 4k@50p in a 9°C river water. The DigiPower case/battery gives you the same standard waterproofing as the GoPro. The only problem I had was with the AOI lens. After about an hour the image degraded terribly. Partly due to suspension particles sticking to the lens and partly due to some kind of blurring of the Gopro's inner lens. We could never quite figure out what it was due to. the AOI lens works like a WWL and so there is water flow between it and the Gopro lens. Eventually we didn't use it anymore because we threw away some very important images because of it. but the Digipower case/battery goes like a bomb.

I saw you have a photo of the Antipathella wollastoni. Is it deep? What's the name of that eels into the sand? I'm a fan of Rafa Herrero's video. Once he was a member of Wetpixel. I still remember his Bajo de Las Gerardias video.

Wow! Is it mostly fish or even coral reef?

I don't know. 24-70 mm F2.8 is the cheapest option for sure and you already have the port. Maybe you can find someone who can lend you the lens. Canon EF lens are very common. MWL-1 route is really expensive and I don't know if things will improve. Maybe there is some member who use it? Try a forum search for "MWL-1" and ask there.

Full specifications of the AOI UWL-03 PRO lens for Action cameras https://www.aoi-uw.com/products/wet-lenses/aoi-uwl-03pro.html Good news is that it's just 23 grams heavier than the previous version (still in production) Bad news is a little bird told me that it will costs about 450€. But it's made of glass: 4 Elements in 4 Groups. All Glass Elements with Multi-layers AR Coating. Optical Grade Glass Dome Lens with Inner Surface Multi-layers AR Coating

I am not aware of any lenses and domes or wet lenses that would allow you to work with those apertures. I've shot some clips at F2.8 but it was to get a creative shot on a subject very close in focus and a very thin depth of field. The first three clip of the trailer on my channel (algae, anemone and Posidonia) are shot at F2.8 and the like on a M43 PanaLeica 8-18mm f/2.8-4.0 and a 9" Aquatica glass dome. https://youtu.be/LJEuuY532Kg?si=CRdOmC4B8dghqCDS IMO you cannot go below F8. On my WWL-1 on M43 Sometime I work at F5.6 but M43 has a smaller sensor.

David Salvatori was a well-known and much-loved Italian underwater photographer in the Italian photography community. Sadly, David passed away now more than two years ago and his friends still post his uw photos and memories of him on social networks. He had discovered with others the uniqueness of Numana and coined the expression (later misused) “Numana the Italian Lembeh.” Numana has become famous among Italian photographers for the abundance of nudibranchs in its waters. But beware, for most of the year it is in almost zero visibility. The richness of the sediments in these waters combined with the partly rocky bottom are perhaps the reasons for the abundance of nudibranchs. You are not the only one who has been intrigued by this site. I will try to write something about Numana and the Strait of Messina (personally the most beautiful place in Italy) for the benefit of all Waterpixels members. No problem, I posted you the video of the wreck only as an example. If a wreck is completely covered with soft corals as if it were a wall, imagine real walls! I, during the 1990s had become addicted to Port Cros Marine Park. Every year I would go once or twice and a couple of times on a liveaboard. let's see if some French and Spanish members give us direct info.

Do you remember or you can check on your files which aperture did you used?

Why don't you give us your personal preferences on dive spots and diving center in Costa Brava? It's time to create some area specific subforums. Stay tuned 😉

From the UK certainly the cheapest destination is Malta. Malta and Gozo have had a huge boom for diving. For historical reasons so many instructors have moved here from UK. Despite this there does not seem to me to be much to see underwater, wrecks aside. Those at recreational depths are all artificial reefs while the historical and best ones are all in the technical diving zone. Instead for marine biology there are two places (Spain and France) that are outstanding even in winter. Both are very famous marine parks. IIRC Port Cros Marine Park I believe is the oldest marine park in Europe. https://xray-mag.com/content/medas-islands https://destination.portcros-parcnational.fr/en If you search on social networks or YouTube you find thousands of results. Some time ago @jpiovano posted a beautiful video of one of the most famous wrecks in the area that is completely covered with soft corals. It's a little bit deep but believe me there are amazing walls and shoals even at rec depths. Well, actually this is considered recreational in this part of the Med 😉 For Costa Brava just check this video to have a feeling of what to expect for soft corals. We have several French and Spanish members, maybe they can give you more accurate informations. Ciao

Welcome aboard! Where have you been? 😄

We should find someone who use it and give us a proper feedback, Like finding a unicorn i guess 🙂

The only guy I found using Gh7 posts every week several BWand macro photo but, as usual, I couldn't get useful feeback from him via FB. The dual gain tech was already implemented in the GH5S and IIRC comes from Panasonic Varicam cine line and again from Arri.

Or lakes 😈