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That does sound more useful. I was wondering how to get another lens to work with an SMC/CMC. But this, in effect, will likely increase magnification, say 1:1 to something a bit more. The Canon RF 100 macro does 1:1.4 but might do more, eh?

@Craine Good stuff! I ran across a frogfish today. Sometimes they're so damn hard to photograph.

@Nate Hsu Hi Nate. Warm welcome to Waterpixels. There are quite a few obsessives here. It's a good thing.

Welcome to Waterpixels Maria!

Agree. Those colors are borderline ridiculous.

Updated to show the Nauticam flash trigger has been sold. Up for sale is a Nauticam housing for the Sony A7c in very good condition. Comes with UW Technics flash trigger and a Nauticam Sony flash trigger. It is vacuum ready. You just need the button and cap. It has fewer than 100 dives on her, and I would go far longer before I would consider servicing. $1750 $1700 plus $30 shipping. Add 3.49% if you require an invoice. 30 day money back guarantee from the date of delivery.

Hi Hernan. Welcome to Waterpixels!

The port in the photo is a 36128, n85 macro port 45 with focus/zoom knob. The 50 macro is slow to focus with older bodies. I've used it with my A7c, and it was passable. Not super speedy as it covers a 1:1 to infinity. The lens does extend when focusing closer.

The FE 50mm f2.8 macro will fit through an N85 opening. It's a bit tight fitting into a macro port 45, and will need some extension or a much longer flat port to work. I haven't tried the lens with my A6000, but it seems like it can work.

Most wet wide lenses like the WWL-1 are unwieldy, so it's unlikely a flip diopter could accommodate it. If you do use a wet wide lens and close up lens at the same time, I would use a quick release bayonet mount, with similar mount(s) on the arms to hold the lens you're not using. But I agree with @Troporobo that trying to do both on one dive is difficult. I've tried it, and ended up destroying reef as I struggled to remove and replace lenses. Better to decide whether shooting wide or tight will work best on a particular dive. If you're planning on shooting fish portraits and smaller creatures, then the flip diopter will work fine. Stix floats are not regular foam. They are treated to maintain tiny air pockets that do not collapse in water. They look cheap in photos but they're durable and you can adjust buoyancy by adding or subtracting. The "large" floats displace 96 g, and the "jumbo" floats displace 181g. One 20 cm Ultralight arm can hold three jumbos.

I've had a Nauticam float fail. Water seeped into it at depth. Nauticam said they improved sealing on those things, but I'm with @TimG the Stix floats look cheap in photos but they're durable and you can adjust buoyancy by adding or subtracting. The "large" floats displace 96 g, and the "jumbo" floats displace 181g. One 20 cm ultralight arm can hold three jumbos.

@Valerie Wrede That GH5 housing does look pretty beat up. What’s with the electrics on your housing? Seems to me the housings are mostly mechanical. Just the vacuum or flooding electrics unless I’m missing something.

@Valerie Wrede Welcome to Waterpixels! There's a GH5 housing that looks like it's been around the block, but it's on eBay here: https://www.ebay.com/itm/226193953860?_skw=nauticam+gh5&itmmeta=01JAKW2XFYBP2KY2AF228JZNJ2&hash=item34aa35d444:g:~KQAAOSwq39mbIxP&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAAA0HoV3kP08IDx%2BKZ9MfhVJKnZaXsYRB12tUZVDHHzK9XzJBnAhAZKhvEN0%2Bm2dxC1KuNlDS%2BxWEkL1tW%2BU4gdepD%2B9kTOsGR3sbqPzRvLv%2F8nzF4%2FkisSPFunmUtQ5ZDS%2BpkI%2BAA%2BnMJXuauj%2Bwtg7SuL7TiQuCRrZ3zLNHxOoEf65yGeRv0q3rVgWOSNVnl%2Boi0Ng8zQHQKDF3sfJbFGODJBtnMcwEuV0mtmpqMRSlgW9ctx2gK9mqstE2BwPZjDZ5AvChjTmg%2FHZeSGmN0Wv94%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR4bYi_zUZA

@bghazzal Your pieces always so beautifully written and thought-provoking. I'm not sure I agree that the videography boom is ending. It will change, surely, but the best part of what is novel will stick with videography - say the appropriate use of drone footage - along with good images, sound and story-telling. The death knell for videography may have something in common with journalism. Not dead, but quite different from what we've known. Best, Craig

Up for sale is a Nauticam housing for the Sony A7c in very good condition. Comes with UW Technics flash trigger and a Nauticam Sony flash trigger. It is vacuum ready. You just need the button and cap. It has fewer than 100 dives on her, and I would go far longer before I would consider servicing. $1750 plus $30 shipping. Add 3.49% if you require an invoice. 30 day money back guarantee from the date of delivery.

@TimG Correction: This is where the Ye Olde Farts hang out.

I think @TimG @RVBldr and @ChipBPhoto are right on. I think for the majority of us it has been a question of convenience and ease-of-use as technology improved. Still images has moved from learning exposures, composition and focusing to pointing and shooting. Moving images lagged behind, having to learn all the above, plus editing and post production, and the cost of entry was likely more prohibitive than the $279 a Canon AE-1 cost in 1978. Both stills and video are light years easier to use. Video may surpass stills at some point but there's room for both. Another thing, the process of creating a still image or a video seems quite different to me. "Seeing" a still image or moving images requires different neurons, and to be able to do both, at least for me, is very difficult. Sometimes a still can be taken from video, but too often it makes a meh still image. On the other hand, being able to to envision a still image is probably a good thing for video - good composition, lighting, plus movement. As a newbie to videography, my most recent video shows a popular west Oahu dive/snorkeling area, but I think you can see that making a still image requires different "seeing." https://www.instagram.com/p/DBRbmrypc0s/

@srldiver Welcome to Waterpixels. This is where the cool kids hang out.

Welcome to the forum. It's a cool place.

Looks awesome! And those macro photos with the CMC-1? I'm impressed.

Welcome to Waterpixels @Antoñito !

Fantastic! Fastest three minutes ever.

@JasonBaffaFilms Warm welcome to Waterpixels! You may find that we will be picking your brain -- quite a lot. So share your hard-won knowledge. It's an honor to have you here.

@atus Good stuff! And I can attest that @hedonist222 is a speedy shipper!