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Great shots! I really like your style, very sharp images, with excellent depth of field and focus. Very well done.

A quick update in case anyone finds it useful. Yesterday I finally had my first dive testing the new Sea & Sea YS-D130R strobes. First of all, I should mention that I consider myself a pretty average underwater photographer. My first impressions have been very positive. I feel that the light distribution is more even compared to my previous strobes, the Sea & Sea YS-D3. I'm using two strobes with lithium batteries, and both batteries are still showing 100% charge after taking 220 photos. Of course, I was shooting macro, so I wasn't using them at full power. The backlit rear display is really useful, and being able to rotate it 180° is a great feature. It's a significant improvement over my previous strobes. I also really like being able to check the remaining battery level at any time. I also find the menus and strobe settings quite intuitive and easy to navigate. The size and weight of the strobes seem quite reasonable to me. Another nice feature is that the ball mount can be attached to either the top or the bottom of the strobe. The recycle time seems absolutely fantastic. Yesterday I tested the strobes at -2.0 and -2.5, and you can shoot almost continuously without any noticeable loss of light output. I still need to test them with a wide-angle setup, but that probably won't happen until late December...

Wow, you have really good images here! Thanks for sharing.

I've just tried out PDFCraft, and honestly, it's very fast and smooth—I found it quite spectacular.

I’ve given Lightcraft a quick try; with RAW files accompanied by .xmp sidecar files, it seems to preserve the image development settings. I noticed it’s a bit slow to load images, though I assume that will improve. What I personally need is the ability to manage keywords for a large image library—something I haven't found in the program so far.

Thank you for the info, I will have a look.

Hello, I have a couple that arrived this week. I haven't been able to use them yet due to storms, but both the specifications and the features seem good to me.

Hello, I’d like to ask a question: based on what you’ve said, it seems possible to mount the MX double flip on ports other than Marelux or Nauticam—for instance, would it be compatible with S&S ports that have an M67 thread? How does the protrusion of the CMC-1 lens fit relative to the thread? I’m looking at double-flip holders to mount Nauticam lenses on S&S ports. Many thanks.

Many thanks to everyone for your feedback. I still use the ports and domes with an Isotta housing with D500. And as mentioned, I have the viewfinder for sale, and I’ll be putting the electrical cables up for sale shortly. To be honest, I was thinking of a much lower price—around €200 for the housing and the two D300 bodies, lol, 😅 I’m raising funds for my next piece of underwater gear = GAS 😃

Hi everyone, I have an old Sea & Sea MDX-D300 underwater housing for the Nikon D300. It has seen a lot of use and a few of the buttons are no longer working properly. I also have a replacement O-ring kit that I bought with the intention of giving the housing a full overhaul, but I never got around to doing it. Along with the housing, I have two Nikon D300 camera bodies. Both are heavily used and show quite a lot of cosmetic wear, but they are still in working condition. Do you think any of this still has some value on the second-hand market, either as a complete set or separately? Or is it basically too old and worn to be worth selling? I’d rather not throw it all away if someone could still make use of it. Thanks!

It’s been a while since I’ve been to the Red Sea, but I wouldn’t leave my macro gear at home; macro can be interesting for night dives and certain other dives.

To be honest, I like the idea of the photography contest, although having to pay for each photo entered doesn't seem like a good idea to me. I think that selling a calendar featuring the winning images could raise funds for the forum, so there wouldn't need to be an entry fee—at least, that's how I see it.

In the end, for various reasons, we didn't go in 2026. This week I was checking availability for next year (2027), and everything was already fully booked. Anyway, I’ve just done something crazy and booked with Tongan Expeditions for September 2028... I’ll have time to save up, and my future self will have to pay for the flights and the trip in a couple of years 😅

This bag can hold water; in fact, there's a picture of it with water inside on their website.

Maybe it could be useful for you, I use an Yellow sub Mega tote bag from S&S for local dives. This bag can also be used as a rinsing bucket. S&S bag

In my case, I currently use 2 S&S D3 Duo with zero problems. And was using before two D2 also with no problems at all. Planning to update the D3 for the new ones YS-D130R this year.

I am currently using an Isotta for the D500, using it with all the ports I own from the old S&S that I have for the D300. I also had an Isotta for the Canon G11 a while ago. I am also happy with it.

Interesting. Isotta also recommends 200 dives or 2 years. And how often do you change the o-ring of the housing? My last S&S D300 housing it had like 15 years and didn’t change it even once.

Hi Luko, yes it was around 7 cm, not too big. Thank you for the input.

Thank you Chris, Your image is very different indeed. I also thought about it could be an ambon scorpionfish, but in my image there are not supraorbital tentacles.🤔

I'm asking for help again. I’m unsure if this is a Weedy scorpionfish (Rhinopias frondosa) or not. It looks quite similar to me but for the images I see I’m not sure. What do you think? Taken on Tulamben, Bali. Thank you.

Thank you all for the help. I checked again and maybe this image could help, the lure is fluffy with a thin transparent rod, like Chris Ross pointed out. At first, I thought all the white thing was the rod and lure...