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Aloha and welcome Simon! A Canon and Nikon mixed marriage ... I'm okay with it if your parents are okay with it.

I will live vicariously through all of you! I'll pick up odds and ends next year. Of course if I win the lottery, it will be new gear for everyone!

Aloha and welcome Reuben!

@reubencahn The early DSLRs almost required use of a accessory viewfinder, but have you considered shooting without one? The live view features of most current mirrorless cameras are pretty good. Does your wife shoot using the viewfinder or the monitor?

Bravo!

Aloha and welcome Riana!

Aloha and welcome Rich!

That's a great deal!

Aloha and welcome aboard!

Much better! It looked like you traveled through a snow storm!

I was planning on getting an A6700 for its video capabilities! That's disappointing to know that you can't lock AF tracking in video. Thanks Ben.

On smaller housings I've taken off the Nauticam handle/tray and opted to use ultralights. Easier to remove and travel. Also easier and cheaper to mail your housing for service. Larger housings I've had get taken apart once yearly and fasteners cleaned, replaced if needed, and greased.

I'm not certain about the species, but certainly Gymnothorax. It has the look of a Stout, too, but those are pretty small. I wonder if those white rings are moray ringworm 😉

I haven't heard much discussion of NTSC v PAL of late. Seems underwater videographers like at least 60p to gather enough detailed information and slow down fast moving action without degrading images. And I don't think I'd venture to 120p unless you really want to work with slow motion and don't mind that heinous crop. Sony's autofocus is so good, there may not be much benefit in switching from the monitor to the viewfinder, which I would use if I was focusing manually. Plus, the viewfinder at 2.36 mil resolution isn't the greatest. I would keep the standard video on button and assign switching to a favorite menu item. As primarily a stills shooter I tend to set white balance to AWB or daylight 5600k, but for video I will venture into setting manual white balance at depth, or AWB with a warming filter to 15m, and lights deeper than that. I really like stabilization -- good stuff. Here is an unstabilized, unedited clip: A6000 in housing with 16-50 kit lens. AWB. This is Point Panic, a favorite south Oahu winter dive spot, with Diamond Head in the background. The camera was balanced on my knee. MAH00895.MP4

On the plus side you can use a tiny cylinder. 😉

There are great mirrorless systems now that are full frame. Canon, Nikon, Sony. There are also smaller sensors within those systems, and let's not forget m43. Some of the best ergonomics you will find for stills is in OM Systems, with industry leading image stabilization. And superb video capabilities from Panasonic. If you're comfortable shooting Fuji above water, why not invest in housing those cameras? They're quite good by reputation, though I've never used them. Nauticam houses the XT series, and the medium format Fujis - but this is a very expensive proposition. Seafrogs works, though I've never heard of anyone servicing them: https://seafrogs.com.hk/collections/fujifilm?page=3

Well done @Dave_Hicks !

Looks very good to these untrained eyes!

@Samir.singh Aloha and welcome Samir! Craig

@Guitarcrazy Aloha and welcome to Waterpixels! Where do you typically dive? Craig

That's lovely. Thanks for sharing it. (I subscribed!)

Aloha and welcome Ian!

Very cool Dave!

Lovely that.

I think you are correct, an improvement in image quality shooting through a flat macro port, with improvements in magnification and range of focus. Here is the Nauticam product page: https://www.nauticam.com/products/mid-range-focus-optimizer-1-mfo-1