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Aloha and welcome @Reefy !

Hey @JohnD , a fellow ink-stained Tri-X developing wretch here. I miss it, most days. Shooting underwater is so very different, but I love it. A great challenge. I'm trying to learn more video, though I never thought I would, and many of the folks here clearly know their stuff. I sit at their feet, trying to learn stuff.

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Aloha Kieran! Sounds like an honorable and poverty-inducing endeavor! Several of us will have our fingers crossed with hopes that we can say we knew you when, however.

Aloha and welcome Sabrina!

Aloha and welcome Samir!

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The Nauticam setup sounds great for wide and the occasional macro photo. @dhaas quite likes it. But I think you're stuck not being able to access longer focal lengths. I might consider a Seafrogs housing and a macro lens if I were in the same situation. seafrogsR50

Very nice images! And cooperative models, too!

Aloha and welcome! I, too, was a bad wetpixeler. I have emerged from the shadows to be mercilessly critiqued and corrected by way too many smart people here.

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Aloha and welcome Jeanie! I think you're going to find the OM-1 is easier in so many ways. And, like using film underwater, get close!

Aloha and welcome @Lenniedawg13

I've used the MF-1 and the Inon S2000 trying to lessen the load, but I keep going back to a single Inon Z-240. Slightly bulkier body but easy to handle and good enough power for my needs. Sounds like the single Retra may also be the way to go!

I, too, have used both the standard Envelops and the pros, with BQ-CC55 chargers and Inon strobes. I've had no issues.

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I think Hawaii is underrated. There are a lot of creatures - about 25 percent are endemic. It's nice that you can dive somewhere pretty much every day.

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Awesome you're here! Thanks Becca.

Really nice!

Aloha and welcome Tony! Thailand is great, isn't it?

Really nice stuff Jim! Did you use a dedicated macro, too, or wet close up lenses?

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Thanks Bill. In the first series, I think the first photo is with MFO - a little more magnification and sharp. The second series of the sea cucumber has some fall off of sharpness and a bit more magnification. How was the MFO in giving you working distance at the far end? Just over a meter, by spec? (Side note - all the cameras I've used have had some difficulty locking focus on smooth nubbly pink phyllidias. It's probably me and my eyesight.)