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So I ended up biting the bullet and buying the kit I mentioned above 🙂 Hoping to take a lot of great pictures with it ! Indeed you were right, this is coming with ikelite fiber optic convertors : https://www.ikelite.com/products/fiber-optic-converter-for-ds-strobes-3rd-gen? These backscatter 4300 look incredible. The pack I got came with Hugyfot Arius 1500 which seemed bright enough outside of the water but looking now, are only 1500 lumens. But it seems to be impossible to find the backscatter's weight anywhere. Now that I have the whole kit, I need to check how to make it as compact as I can. The housing and wet lenses are compact enough but unfortunately arms and strobes are just as big as for a normal DSLR 😛

I don't really get how the multi quote functionality works yet so starting a new answer 🙂 Would the MF-2 also work for wide angles shots (I understand it would not be the ideal solution but would it work as a DS51 replacement) ? I'm thinking of taking a video light and a strobe light with me on holidays to keep it as light as I can but still flexible.

Thank you but based on my budget I'll take what I find used so I guess I'll start without TTL. From what I read online, in a lot of situations it is still recommended to shoot without it no ? I just find it very hard to compose with this poor view, and I also found it very hard to make sure my focus was right. I also find it much harder to have an idea of my distance to the subject and I'm always worried to get too close and touch it. I hope that using the screen will solve these issues. Videos are a plus but I don't care too much about it. It is mainly the small size which speaks to me. Newer mirorless cameras look much smaller indeed and very good but they are unfortunately out of my budget 😕

Hi All, I currently own an ikelite housing with a Nikon D750 but have unfortunately realized that it is too big for me (I only dive on travel and I tend to combine my dives with other activities). On top of that I hate using the optical visor underwater, I find it extremely small and I don't understand how people use this. I guess I could buy a magnified viewfinder but all the housings I have seen online are sold without one. Are all these people shooting without a viewfinder ? Sorry I'm digressing a bit here ... Because of my budget and my needs, I have been looking into a used EPL-10. I was interested in the backscatter package but I haven't seen any used one sold where I live. I found another one that seems to have a lot of accessories that would be relevant to me but most of those are different brands than the one sold by backscatter. I'm wondering if these make sense or not ? Close up lens : The close up lens sold with it is the Nauticam CMC. Different than the AOI one but I read a lot of good things about it, so I guess that is fine. Wet wide lens : It is sold with a WeeFine WFL01. I guess the biggest issue about that one is that it can cover 24mm FF equivalent but the olympus 14-42 that always seems to be the lens used on this setup is a 28mm equivalent. So you end up with a wet lens which is much bigger and heavier than the AOI one sold by backscatter for no added value. I'm not sure how their quality compares either. Strobes : The camera is sold with two ikelite DS51. This is the strangest part to me. It seems to me that ikelite strobe works well with Ikelite housings but that people using other housings tend to use other brands. What kind of disadvantages might I expect there ? I guess there will be no TTL but it is not clear to me if the EPL-10 can have TTL with other strobes ? Please let me know what you think of this package and if you have any suggestion of parts I should swap or add if I get it. Thanks !

Hello, I have been lurking here and I'm now joining as I'm planning to post some questions regarding equipment recommandation. Hopefully I will soon be able to start sharing images as well. I'm a holiday diver but have dived for about 20 years, registering about 200 dives in total. I'm now planning a big trip in asia so hoping to get some nice equipment before that. Nice to meet you all !