Everything posted by Davide DB
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Sony a1 Firmware 2.01 (ILCE-1) Apr 23, 2024
According to Canon rumors a R5II is expected this month. Why don't you open a new thread on this? 😉
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Sony a1 Firmware 2.01 (ILCE-1) Apr 23, 2024
I am really very, very sorry. I read so many comments on the net of people with the same problem but it is hard to say what percentage are affected by the problem. Of course it is strange that an update would put so many pre-existing HW failures and all at the connectivity module. Sony is no stranger to such behavior and generally these giants only move if users unite in some way or fear reputation damage. I too have had similar problems in the past with Panasonic Italy. As expensive as they are and as professional as they are, these cameras are aimed at the consumer market and this is the way they do things. I would not expect different behavior from other companies.
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SLR to Mirrorless - Macro or WA first?
I film with a completely different system: MFT but this association is similar. I use the kit lens with the flat port. A 14-42mm (FF 28-84mm) to which I attach WWL-1B for wide angle or a CMC-2 for macro. I never thought of removing the WWL in water. Too dangerous for the diving I do but I know some do on shallow bottoms that allow it. I use the CMC-2 with a flip adapter. This is a great setup to have more flexibility and not be tied exclusively to macro. With just the 14-42mm I can take portraits of fish or even small whole fish or corals and by adding the CMC I can switch to macro. However, there is one small detail to keep in mind (which I admit I missed at first). With an additional macro wet lens you can focus only in the small specific range of the lens (80-120mm for the CMC-2 in this configuration). So it's not like having an actual macro lens that allows you to focus (in theory) at any distance. Maybe my point is superfluous and may not be a limitation. It depends on the type of subjects being photographed/filmed. When I want to engage in macro I prefer to mount my 45mm Leica (90mm FF) and optional CMC-2 on flip adapter. P.S. Of course as @RVBldr wrote, Murphy's law is always lurking and a GPO always appears when you have the wrong lens. In my experience here in Italy, never never never mount macro lenses in the spring. A one meter anglerfish waits calmly for you expecting an entire photogrammetry session to take it all in 😁 A 4K frame of her, taken with the 45mm PanaLeica.
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Great Barrier Reef’s worst bleaching
Great Barrier Reef’s worst bleaching leaves giant coral graveyard: ‘It looks as if it has been carpet bombed’ Scientists stunned by scale of destruction after summer of storm surges, cyclones and floods https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/may/01/great-barrier-reef-coral-bleaching-crisis
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WaterPixels Code Of Conduct
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Why is the 140mm Glass Dome Recommended vs the 230mm Glass Dome for the Canon 8-15mm and all other fisheye lenses?
Massimo, you do not have to respond. Please leave these evaluations to the moderators.
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Resources for identifying corals and sponges
Terrific resource!
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10mm Laowa full frame lens.
Phil testing the Laowa 10mm on split shots... 😄
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Ball Mount o-ring
In my fifties I went from total black to black with some other color. I put it down to my midlife crisis 😉
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Hello puffins, goodbye belugas: changing Arctic fjord hints at our climate future
Stunning images show an ecosystem’s upheaval as it warms at an alarming pace. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-01128-y
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Supe UM5.5
It's pretty heavy but I see that on the back there's plenty of space for a pvc float.
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Ball Mount o-ring
Still very expensive thought 10 orings of that type in an hardware store don't add up to one dollar. I have never understood why manufacturers of various types of diving equipment continue to want to make money on o-rings. A set of o-rings from my previous rebreather from the manufacturer: 100 €. At the hardware store 10 €.
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Resources for identifying corals and sponges
Maybe this one is better: Corals - A guide to the identification of the main genera of coral reef builders of the Indo-Pacific Region Rossi G (2021) Italia onlus, Ancona. 441 pp. ISBN 978-88-944253-5-2 - 66 genera described - 900 pictures - Identification key Down to the page here: https://www.reefcheckmed.org/italiano/sea-store/ I know the author and I have the Italian version.
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GoPro 6 black not working?
Don't you a friend who can borrow you a battery to test? IIRC Gopro batteries are the same until the GP9/10
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Resources for identifying corals and sponges
Didn't you find anything useful here?
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GoPro 6 black not working?
I have a GP5 and a GP11. Both start with an external power supply but IIRC the GP5 wants a working battery inside. So as Tim suggested, it could be a dead battery.
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Tropical fish are invading Australian ocean water
We have the same problem in the Mediterranean as well, and there are several projects, sites and groups on SNs where we report these sightings. The main source is the Suez Canal where several species transit from the Red Sea. They used to remain confined to the south. Now with rising temperatures they can be found further and further north, and by now some areas of south of Italy are tropicalized. Scorpion fish, Comb fish galore. Now fireworms have arrived in Tuscany. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Lessepsian_migrant_species
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I'm glad to be here.
Welcome onboard!
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Tropical fish are invading Australian ocean water
A University of Adelaide study of shallow-water fish communities on rocky reefs in south-eastern Australia has found climate change is helping tropical fish species invade temperate Australian waters. https://www.adelaide.edu.au/newsroom/news/list/2024/04/23/tropical-fish-are-invading-australian-ocean-water
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Posting
Just read the above messages and Introduce yourself in the specific forum 🙂
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Ball Mount o-ring
Ball mount oring code is 2-209 https://www.sealsonline.com/index.php?id_product=81454&controller=product&id_lang=1
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Cover for WACP-C
Maybe Nauticam changed the pinch lock size?
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UW auto white balance lock?
Usually I don't like uw Sony colors at all but these are the best colors I saw. I thought they were Canon clips 😉
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Happy to join
Hi Matan, Welcome onboard!
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Supe UM5.5
If Pietro grabs one for you let us know your findings!