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after your final iteration, can i buy ya couple beers virtually and get the file? That looks great, buoyancy and will reduce dings

Not in this case. RC is part of the MFT consortium open source stuff, not reverse engineered because there is no need to. It's why you are seeing so many strobes have RC if even no other TTL at all... anyhow. That said, Ikelite had to make a different and specific version of the RC TTL reciever for use with the AOI LED flash triggers vs the one that works when on camera flash is used. That seems to point to some issues with the output of LED vs flash to make the RC protocol work properly (https://www.ikelite.com/products/rc1-olympus-ttl-receiver-for-aoi-led-flash-trigger-and-ds-strobes?_pos=41&_sid=0ac781af2&_ss=r) I would think for folks with an AOI or other LED trigger for RC, check the trigger manuf and strobe manuf and make sure they play nice with each other before buying, even if same brand trigger and strobe.

Looks interesting for those that are fans of rectilinear. Temping to get one and play with https://www.diyphotography.net/laowa-15mm-f4-5-ultra-wide-meets-macro/ https://youtu.be/szG4XcmqG90?si=PW_RoW4lG2JQDn-X

no Idea what is wrong with your strobe, but I do know if you are around amed I can likely get you a strobe to use. DM me

where are you located? Also any budget in mind? Best, Chris

Or get an AOI UCS-Q1 and shoot 85° beam if not invested in Retra

Sent DM if still available

if the over pressure valve operates (lets expanding gas out) it will leak after so the cap needs to be replaced.

the AOI UCS-Q1RC does NOT do HSS, the new AOI Ultra InTeLi P1 Underwater Strobe UIS-P1 DOES do HSS

The MF2, I imagine but have not verified their HF-1 will be same.

aperture has nothing to do with FOV

Thread title "Looking for high res underwater photos" In first post in thread by you- "This got me thinking and looking at other people's images. Most people are posting 1920x1080 or smaller, even people with $10k setups. That is great for Instagram or showing a friend your dive trip, but I like having large prints. I really want to compare what I have to what good photographers are taking. Can anyone post or link any high res underwater photos, preferably with the camera, lens and housing models?" I believe people did what you asked for. Be well null

I called myself decent, never said I was great even admitted I didn't take it seriously enough to try and be great, but I do have enough experience and knowledge to spot you are missing some important concepts that are foundational to even being "not horrible" let along decent from a technical perspective, ignoring all the "artsy" stuff like composition and vision. You really can't tell the technical ability of a camera just by looking at folks pictures with said camera outside a controlled lab type test, you can't. Even superb photographers may identify some limitations of the tool they are using (camera) but will also never fully hit limitations of gear in other aspects. Lot's of that depends on what type of photography they do. Birder's tend to find more, for reasons. Underwater, some do a decent job doing tests as best they can, but rarely indeed do they approach truly controlled like in a lab..because water. Underwater, water is a massive part of the optics solution/part of what a sensor is gonna to see, resolve, as is what lens, port, or wet lens , much more than most will believe. That all said, you aren't limited by gear, you just aren't. Not even close

My friend, you don't know what you don't know right now, and you also don't know what you think you know that is actually wrong. You can't test and show the technical capability of the camera when you can't use it in a manner that will explore it. It's just a tool and you are holding that hammer up by the head and trying to drive nails and you may get a few in, to get a lot in without wasting effort or messing up the nails, you need to learn how to use the hammer correctly. If you take a class and learn the proper way things like iso, aperture, shutter speed, strobes or not etc work and interplay you will find that you will actually be positioned to figure out the limits of your system, right now you don't have the knowledge, and pushing back to everyone trying to help is not how you will get it. Being worried about the limitations of you system now would make my heart sing if I was trying to sell you a new system, but that would be doing you a disservice. You need instruction, not more gear.

RC is awesome for BW.. but yeah, slow null