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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

Last time I sent my GH5 housing to Nauticam for service, it was in that condition. Came back home as brand new and now is starting to resemble that one 😇

Modesty is my strength

This guy would make great use of it https://www.facebook.com/fredimiri.schaschl/videos/852943360375834

My lens 😍

Hi Paul Welcome aboard, we hope you'll enjoy the forum!

Yes of course, mine was a curiosity because for video a CMC-1 is really difficult to use and I saw this one has a longer working range.

Hi Mic, Welcome aboard!

I see that no one is responding, so I'll try to put my two cents in. I don't think it depends on the monitor which in theory should replicate what happens on the display (I write in theory because I read that Sony is quite complicated on the subject) but I think it is a “simple” camera setting. In my Panasonic GH5 there is a setting called “Constant preview” that changes the way the camera display behaves with respect to the exposure/shooting settings. This setting has impact especially when the camera is set to manual. Constant preview ON = you see the real exposure on the display Constant preview OFF = you display will have a good exposure/perfect image regardless of your exposure settings. Now, I guess that you have just to find where is this settings on your camera. One image is better than a thousand words:

The same guy who wrote the article with the comparison, published this video. it's a mistery which settings were used and usually they are more inclined to post on social media than explain things. I call them "TX No RX" Transmit but don't not receive https://www.facebook.com/share/r/YdYtV1MrrnUQjdkz/

Sorry to hear about that. I will temporarily pin this post here.

You don't need to add this kind of complication. Just weight everything submerged with a luggage scale. Gopro kit it's so small you could do everything at home.

Does it work with an M43 lens? Do SMC1 & 2 work with M43 lens? 😇

You are brave to discuss these things in a general forum. I appreciate your effort. Videos shot with the lens confirm the distortion at the corners. IMHO with a starting FOV of 155 degrees no wet lens will do. The Osmo Action 4/5 have a narrower "standard" FOV. Perhaps with this FOV the situation changes but we would need to know which FOV was used in all those terrible underwater video. They point out here that the 155 degrees is diagonal and the horizontal FOVs are quite different. https://forum.dji.com/thread-216036-1-1.html Here is a practical comparison. Between standard and wide there is almost no difference. Too bad. This action camera looked the most promising from an underwater point of view.

I don't get your question. There's no difference weighting objects individually or together. Salt and fresh water weight difference is about 2.5%

Caught up in work commitments, I didn't have a chance to respond to this beautiful post of yours that doesn't stop at camera manufacturers but opens the view to the postwar Japanese industry. Very interesting. I had been looking for other insights and found a long article written in Italian on a photography site and it echoes exactly your explanations. This article, too, details the workings of the Japanese industrial model (organized in Keiretsu (系列) pointing to it as a key to Japan's success in the photographic and also in the electronics post war industry. The authors of the article are paranoid about copyright. I post the link here: https://www.nocsensei.com/camera/storia/massimilianoterzi/il-modello-industriale-giapponese-del-dopoguerra-e-lindutria-fotografica/ What struck me most was a table taken from one of the many sources in the bibliography. Basically in the postwar period until the 1970s, the number of new models of German cameras could be counted on the fingers of one hand while the Japanese were flying. Worth mention another explanation on Reddit that I found interesting. Basically, in the postwar period the leading German companies found themselves on the “wrong” side of the wall and this dealt a death blow to that industry. How did Japan come to dominate the camera industry?

I am reopening this old thread because this WE I had the opportunity to reuse my Pana 12-35mm with 6” dome. As much as 12mm (24 FF equivalent) is indeed too narrow for panoramic shots, it turns out to be a killer lens for medium and narrow field shots. the lens is razor sharp. At the same focal length it is much more defined than the 14-42mm + WWL-1B. But returning to the subject of the topic, I confirm that IBIS is completely confused by the FOV change made by WWL-1B. Shooting with the 12-35mm even at 35mm (70mm equiv. FF) is rock steady while my shots with the WWL always have a strange “sway”. In some shots it is almost imperceptible but it is there. Looking back at all my shots taken with the WWL over the years I was in despair: with experience instead of getting better, I was getting worse. Reusing the 12-35mm was a pleasant experience.

Catchphrases in these cases are endless but it is best to avoid them. It is hard not to say banalities. The quality of after sales services and warranty, in theory and I repeat “in theory”, should shelter us from these incidents and we should evaluate them regardless of the quality of the product itself. I mean, I can have a poor product but get an impeccable warranty but I can also have a high quality product that is unfortunately defective (it is in the order of things) and I find out that the after sales service is terrible. It sounds like a triviality but today it is very easy to get feedback on the features and intrinsic quality of a product (dozens of reviews, video tests, and influencers lavishing tags) but it is very difficult to get information on the “what if” i.e., after sales service. So thank you for your report.

Looking forward to read your review. What's the first impression out of water? Controls? Thanks