Wet lens

Hi Guys,

During my last trip I flooded my D100 and 70-180 lens - I am now a wiser and poorer person.

I have replaced both items now and added a 12-24mm lens (purchased last week in Singapore) these are hard to find.

I am considering getting a wet lens to use with the macro lens - is anyone using them and what are your thoughts/recommendations etc.

thanks

ron

poor guy !

Can you provide more details on the flooding? What happened, which housing? SUBAL?

I am very sorry to hear that, Ron. Bad luck. We've all been there and it is a horrible thing.

Wet lenses work very well. With the 105mm macro, so I imagine will be fine with the zoom. Will help to reduce the minimum focus distance which will be a big help with a longer lens.

Alex

Guys, I'm lost here! What is a wet lens?

Guys, I'm lost here!  What is a wet lens?

one that has been flooded!

First item on this page:

http://www.nexusamerica.com/Misc/Misc.html

They also fit Ikelite and other housings.

Cheers

James

PS: Sorry to hear about your loss Ron!

Hi Guys,

Thanks for the sympathy.

It was a Subal housing and my fault - was distracted when closing the back.

It was flooded in the rinse tank prior to a dive - tried to save it and the 70-180 lens. The body is bin material and was replaced under insurance. The lens is being repaired and the cost estimate is US$600.

I bought a new 70-180 when I was in Singapore last week to use as a back up - they are becoming very hard to find - I paid a little under US$1,000 for it.

Now that I am back in action I shall be in Milne Bay PNG (macro heaven) next month for a 10 day liveabord on MV Chertan and will try the 12-24mm on the Mantas.

I want to use the wet lens for pigmy seahorses and mandrian fish, any tips you can offer for these size critters? I shall be using D100, 70-180mm and SB80DX.

I was pretty happy with the images I got using a CP5000 when I was there a couple of months back.

Thanks

ron

The 70-180 with a diopter will be a great lens for shooting mardarinfish and pygmey seahorses. I'd recommend using a +1 (or the ~+1.5 Nikon diopter that Craig uses) diopter on the lens thread to help bring the working distance in and the magnification up.

With that setup, you can shoot a mandarinfish at the 70mm end and a pygmey seahorse at the 180mm end. The pygmey still won't quite fill the frame though.

HTH

James

Hello,

I picked up the "Woody's Diopter" a few weeks ago for use with the Ikelite flat port. I used it with the 60mm and it worked very well. I was wondering if the minimum focussing distance would be too close for proper strobe placement, but this was not the case. I think it would work better with the 105mm but I didn't use it due to poor lighting that day.

I also really like the versatility of taking it on and off underwater. Reminded me of days past with the motormarine II.

John