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Last month in red sea I skipped on using relay as my new monitor allowed image rotation and the logistics became quite simple. Scubapro's new cargo shorts host the base plus 130 comfortably even on zodiac on the way to dive site. Then jump into water and based on needs and subject at first use atach both, disattach 130, clean bubbles and attach again and shoot. When not needed store the base+130 in cargo shorts. Done.

I don’t think the tech is ready for 360 images out of 360 cams. Insta 360 Pro housing is not good enough even for video and Nauticam’s case while superior in terms of sharp seas still has issues with stitching plus produces very nasty flare if there is sun ball in the image. For docu video it’s ok. But not for what you need.

It absolutely had. WACP-C is amazing. Such a difference in performance compared to WWL-1B you won’t believe unless you try. WWL was very unsharpnespeciallybat the long end 60mm while WACP is tack sharp at all focal lengths. Heck it is even good for macro - if you can get close enough. Totally recommend It. I must correct myself. WACP-C is worlds better than WWL1

There is no flare problem when shooting sun with WACP-C. You will get flare with mispositioned strobes facing the WACP glass but not otherwise. For snorkel with whales its a non issue (no strobes) Having said that I wouldn't bring WACP-C for whale snorkel trip. Never been on one but if it is anything similar to my Orca experience in Norway you are going to spend a lot of time on the small boat chasing the whales and jumping in and out of water. And so you may miss a lot of pictures and videos topside. With dome not so. All my topside shots in Orca video are with camera inside of housing behind 180mm glass dome. Also one of attached pictures. For Orcas I had 20-70 F4 with 180mm and 16-35 F4PZ which I haven't used. For whales I probably would. Honestly I think that all technical discussions for snorkel trip are nonsense. The rule of the game is be light be quick and have great AF. Also external monitor will be invaluable for these shots floating on the surface extending arms down and getting shot from down below. Wed5Pro may prove to be the best investment :-). Good luck :-) WACP-C 20-70 with glass dome

+1. Too many missed pictures in galapagos right after the drop where I had to remove - clean - put on wwl1... Plus WACP-C is soooo much sharper on long end than WWL... I think where WWL makes sense is video for wide/portrait shots. For photo I havent had much luck with CMC on that 28-60 flat port so I wouldnt say wide/macro would make much sense to justify wwl1.

So I have had Nauticams X5 housing under water in the wild finally. First impression on the boat was - amazing! Sharp as a knife with amazing contrast when viewed on the phone. But then I came home and got it on the big screen. And on Apple Vision Pro. And the problems began to surface. I knew about the stitching and actually in the blue it is not that bad. And they work with Insta (supposedly) to improve it. But something very weird is going on in the optical department and it is consistent from multiple dives multiple days which precludes the camera being wrong positioned inside of the housing if that would be even possible (it is quite tight in it). Long story short - the regions close to stitch line maintain excellent sharpness from near to far, something that has been advertised by Nauticam. But the regions farther from stitch lines - or in between , like in the middle of the 180deg image - are blurry from near to far. Very weird and kinda confirming the something in the optical department is off. So for now cant recommend it to anyone.

Not this nice. There are tools extracting frames from video but many challenges - white balance, loss of detail, unsharp... but you can try and see.

These are exactly my experiences with Shinobi. Clean HDMI out ? Very good tone mapping for HDR preview. And plus for Sony users its waveform shows the levels of log signal, not interpreted (Canon users can display their own camera waveform). Want to make stills and video? Tough life. Unless shooting stills on slog3 profile. Want control monitor on a big screen? Not a chance. Lower status line obscured with housing controls even when I collapse Shinobi menu. So that’s that.

I approve this message 👍. Plus many other benefits beyond ‘well built’ compared to Shinobi/Ninja solution. Take it from a 2 years user of Shinobi in Nauticam.

It went through renovation couple years ago. It’s quite nice now.

😱 good point about disconnect thank you! Another thing to find out for sure. 👍 Yep, WB button exactly where is needed. I am so used to this position from A1 - custom button 3 next to the Menu button.

Wow. Speechless. One thing to live through and another deal with it emotionally in memories later on. Good luck 🍀 On the liveaboard as we speak. In Red Sea. It seems like they forbid use of charging in the cabins in Egypt so much so that our boat C-echo has no plugs in any cabin. Just light switches. Not that fires would not be starting by boat electrical system in engine rooms or elsewhere or in kitchen but a good step nevertheless.

It’s (overexposure) the same thing with Sony Slog3. I expose based on waveforms and often it is 3+ stops to what camera weighted average measures. Almost a butter even in ISO 32000 :-) . What it intriguing to me on C50 package is the housing with extra battery (ZR doesn’t have it) so the camera lasts no matter what. I can’t stress enough how disappointed I was in Norway when at the end of the day after 4 hours in zodiac last epic bait with 4 humpback ending the party and I missed that.

If you like R5C you will love C50 - for video that is. I got real GAS about it a month ago when A1 overheated in hot Malpelo (!!wtf) waters and also was running out of battery when filming 8k. This C50 Nauticam housing checks all the boxes. Lens choice may be personal issue but for me the 20-50 PZ either behind dome or if going wide in combination with WACP-C is just perfect. BUT - sadly for me - no shutter no flash. And as I travel to dive and take both photo and video … But since you look for a video camera it’s perfect. Clog2, cinema OS, canon colors. Will not overheat. Will last whole day. Perfect.

If you haven't had chance to visit and dive this iconic shipwreck now you can. In 2023 I took about 550 pictures of it with the aim to create a panorama. Which I did and it was a painful process in photoshop. And there were major problems with parallaxes of items on superstructure. Fast forward to 2026 and AI powered 3DGS allowed me to reuse these images and look what is the result. So now have to come back (actually coming next week) to take more imagery of the superstructure part which is always in shade. And hope for the best :-). In the meantime enjoy this preview. https://superspl.at/scene/23b971fc