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Im hoping that the detailed review would include 230mm dome vs 140mm dome comparison aswell. Nauticam lists the 230mm as the "recommended" over the new 140mm. And maybe some split pictures also along with the normal corner sharpness review.

To be honest, i would expect Isotta to come out with housing for A7RVI, they have for every other Sony. Maybe drop them an email other email or ask on their Facebook/Instagram?

Try these threads to start. Here Here Theres plenty more where the Canon adapted to Sony is discussed.

Looks like Nauticam came up with 90 degree turning device for camera/strobes. Interesting concept. Not sure will it catch on, but nice to see new things being innovated. https://www.facebook.com/reel/1448516350568679 Video from Taiwanese Nauticam supplier Meta. Ps. Nauticam is really bad on their own social media. Are they more active on Chinese one?

Nauticam updated their port char and its good news for older dome owners.

Nauticam has updated their port chart.

Would be more looking a for a file to print myself rather than ordering... But i guess thats doable if the price is low.

Office is Hong Kong and factory (atleast one if there multiple) in Shenzen ;)

Have him to walk up to the Nauticam factory and ask for some gear "that fell off the delivery truck"

Looks like a daytrip boat has sunk in Komodo yesterday. 29 rescued, one DM still missing.

Has anyone cracked the code for the 8-14 Sony Fisheye zoom gear yet?

Hi Dave, How did these work out? I never went and bought a printer myself, but i found someone at work who has 3 professional printers at his shop. He also has a cnc machine for aluminium milling, im really keen to try out some N100 extension from him made of alu, depending how he can make it from .stl files. Or ill just try out a N100 from printing.

Tbh, i dont remember any housing ect sales for black friday. Some camera/lens deals will surely come around, but i wouldnt have high hopes for the A7RVI to be featured in them, as the "deals" mostly seem to be for older stock. Maybe one option is to shop around Asia? Depending on exchange rate and friends/family/colleagues travelling of course. I have picked up gear in Taiwan, difference ended up paying for flights and a weekend (drinks excluded🤣).

Nauticam is pretty bad at updating website/port charts. And also real bad on social media informing on new releases. As it can be sen now, basically only rumors about a new fisheye port and suddenly they are shipping in China. Similar happened with the 100mm macro port. But i think the existing N100-N120 adapter will work just fine. I tried my RS13 which is in a 50mm F1.8 body, with just adapter and 230mm dome, and the adapter is like 1cm too much, shade is visible slightly in the orners. 8-14 is about 2cm longer than the abovementioned lens, maybe i need to go and just buy the lens to test (but i kinda want to hold out for the Laowa still). Also mods might wanna combine this with the other bigger thread on the lens?

If you are asking about Laowa fisheye going to happen, i have AI set up checking Chinese sites every few days. The lens has been hands on at events in China twice already.

Sorry i kinda forgot this, was so down about missing most of my Mikomoto diving. Havent even unpacked my camera gear yet and its been 2 months. Im due in few months (end of nov) in Alor, so ill get some real world experiences in if no one chips in before that.

The laowa fisheye has been hands on at event in China last weekend but still no news. Please annoy the s*it out of them :) But ill probably buy the Sony one in November if no news from laowa (and significantly cheaper/better/TC/ect).

I wonder how it is on N100 with the 35.5mm adapter and 230mm dome. And damn Laowa not getting theirs out yet.

SMC3 is basically new version of SMC1. Just bit more smaller and lightweight.

It can of course be some GM glass and cost a fortune. Maybe Sony wants one because everyone else has their own 8-15. The Laowa one is probably more further down with development, as it was already shown hands on in the spring at Beijing. Laowa also has been pretty good with pricing. Just hoping this will release this autumn as Weibo/WeChat rumors suggest.

Writing a small follow up on my Mikomoto trip. Initially planned for early autumn, but it changed into early August. I had booked Wed, Thu, Fri and Sat diving last week, and about 2 weeks before the diving the typhoon Dolphin hit Okinawa (hope you are ok @bghazzal ) started to form on the weather models. In the end diving was cancelled Monday-Thursday in Mikomoto. Friday came and diving resumed with 4 meter swell and about the same in visibility. 0 hammerheads to be seen. It can only get better i thought. In a way it did, visibility was 5m instead of 4 Saturday, and saw one hammerhead for about 7 seconds pretty far away. So in the end, i had picked the worst days of high season to go to Mikomoto as Sunday and today Instagram has been full of videos of huge schools and sharks at hands length. Diving and boat logistics are not big camera friendly. Entry and exit is really fast paced and boat is very cramped. You have to jump with camera. I guess thats why 38 out of 40 had a action cam and me and my friend had big rigs (and Saturday also met @jjmochi with a big camera, hopefully you got some good shots). I will probably try my luck again next year. So if you need to know when a typhoon is hitting Japan, just ask when im going.

I mainly got these as my old D-pros we on their last leg. Other had some element loose inside but still worked. Couldnt justify myself buying Retra Maxis at that price (with video light)with the amount of diving i do. I do want a video light integrated and was hoping the UW-Technics would have released but doesnt look like they are coming out anytime soon (Same thing as Retras, price). So took these as cheap-ish temporary option due to taxfree and cheap Yen. Im sure these will run me few good years. I took few comparison shots with friends z-330. Feels little bit more lightweight than Inon. But very comparable to them. Controls are bit weird, as expected from a Japanese brand, but workable. My complaints would be single o-ring design and slightly plasticky feel of control knobs. Maybe a 3d print helps. I have Scubalamp D-pro's at home and ill add pictures from them next week. I bought them at Mic21 Shinjuku, you can see prices from their website and just use Google Translate extension. If you go, remember to take passport with you for taxfree, the Visit Japan QR code doesnt work at half of the places i shopped at.

I picked up pair of these few days ago in Japan. Dirt cheap compared to Europe. Uwcamerastore lists them for €1149 and backscatter $1199. I paid 230k Yen for 2 (about €1200). Seems pretty solid testing in hotel room, mikomoto diving was cancelled due to the typhoon.

Sure hope this 7artisans actual release would make Laowa to release theirs soon. Wishlist is of course that its almost exactly like old Tokina 🤣

So they are basically saying to use ATA carnet. Thanks but no thanks. Individual cant even get ATA carnet in Finland, only registered companies.