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I think the 12-45’s small footprint and reasonable close focusing capabilities make it a good general purpose lens if you like making fish portraits and even larger creatures. It’s a 24-90mm equivalent, and underwater the smaller f4 aperture matters less with artificial light. Plus, almost all cameras now are so much better such that ISO sensitivities matter less, meaning push the hell out of your ISOs!

Aloha and welcome @braven

Aloha and welcome @couldnotcareless !

I understood you wanted to free dive doing this. And I do think photos/video would be made easier using a less magnifying lens, like the UCL-165 (I quite like these, and you can stack them), and also the CMC-2. The CMC-1, which I also own, can be a cantankerous little monster, so I wouldn’t use that unless I had more time to wrestle with it. I’ve not tried the UCL-90.

I would think that the Galapagos are a bucket list destination. I do hope, however, that all the travel isn’t doing damage to the fragile ecosystem.

I second what @Chris Ross writes, thoughtfully.

That’s great @Dave_Hicks

That looks great! That was the original A7? I’m impressed.

Aloha and welcome @Caszieme

Housings are pretty crazy, but it’s likely good to remind ourselves that underwater imaging is a small segment of the larger imaging tech world.

That’s just for DSLRs eh? They are a shrinking part of the market.

Very cool @Alex B thanks for posting.

Aloha and welcome @rachid

all items withdrawn.

Aloha and welcome!

Hi @EllenS In your first photo showing the port, the box in the background is blurred and I can’t make out the model number of the port. Could it be flat port 45 37165? Thanks. cc @scottmurillo

Welcome aboard @DavidM Lotta knowledge hereabouts. I feel like a rookie here much of the time, like when I was a photography intern at The Denver Post.

Aloha and welcome @Jero Prieto ! Thanks for the comparison piece you contributed on the R5 II, 1Dx II and Red Helium.

That’s excellent. I’m glad to see my old AP colleagues covering an important story.

I recall there was another Waterpixeler having issues with a trigger a couple of weeks ago and it appears it was a wire that had come loose. Aside from the main issue, were you able to shoot HSS with the UWT and the Backscatter HF-1?

Aloha and welcome Ricardo!

Thanks Pavel. I’ll look at it.

Aloha and welcome @hbax

The Retra Maxi is due out this fall, and the 6000 lumen video light is an add-on. The Backscatter HF-1 seems like a good option, too, and I had one briefly, but decided to get dedicated video lights.

I love compacts, and I might consider this one if it were half the price. Also, I’d prefer a 28mm fixed.