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So now the flip device in my Bluefin only ever holds the flip macro, which works great for CU of macro subjects...

Yep, that's a great idea...best use for the flip-thing IMHO.

Yep, that's a great idea...best use for the flip-thing IMHO.

Sure, but then it only works with the flat port, so you have to think like a photographer: am I going to shoot wide-angle or macro this dive?

Sure, but then it only works with the flat port, so you have to think like a photographer: am I going to shoot wide-angle or macro this dive?

True. Although you can still shoot fairly wide with the flat port - but not with the stunning edge-to-edge clarity of the Fathom 90 dome.

A few times I have rigged for macro and ended up shooting turtles or Mola Mola instead.

Regards

Peter

Sure, but then it only works with the flat port, so you have to think like a photographer: am I going to shoot wide-angle or macro this dive?

Yes...I was speaking in general terms. It will work with some housing/lens/port combinations but not others. I recall that it worked with my old Gates/110 degree lens but not with another system. Besides...with many domes you can just leave the diopter on all the time and end up focussing on a closer "virtual image" plane. But that's still a compromise...

As I mentioned in another post about the new GH2 VidDSLR I think the decision making process (wide angle or macro) is about to get a lot easier for us if other manufacturers adopt Panasonic's new 1:1 sensor crop mode....where the 1920x1080 central region of the megapixel sensor can be selected with a button...instant high quality tele or macro even with a super-wide lens...and no scaling artefacts.