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#1 Alex_Mustard

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Posted 15 December 2012 - 11:58 AM

We tried a set of Inon's super buoyant arms today and finally, the NA-D7000 that Eleonora is using is properly neutral.

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I normally use stix floatation on all my rigs, but they don't have near enough buoyancy for a small housing like this one with the mini-dome or macro ports. Ryan had some of these Inon Mega Float arms in Mexico on the 5D3 housing. So I thought I'd try them.

And they really work. They look a bit strange, but they are light out of the water (for travel) and give great buoyancy underwater. If you like to use double jointed arms then they are probably best pair with a thin arm, to firstly allow you to close the arms and also to actually allow you to get off the surface!

Anyway, well worth a look if your housing is a heavy one.

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Posted 15 December 2012 - 01:12 PM

Hi Alex,

I noticed that the lengths of these arms are limited which brings up the question with regards to what arm lengths do you normally shoot with (both wide and macro)?

Thank you,

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Posted 15 December 2012 - 01:17 PM

Does anyone know the depth rating for the INON buoyancy arms?
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#4 Alex_Mustard

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Posted 15 December 2012 - 03:15 PM

I noticed that the lengths of these arms are limited which brings up the question with regards to what arm lengths do you normally shoot with (both wide and macro)?


A combo like this will cover almost everything. If you need longer arms than this you are not getting close enough.

Longer arms are needed for more distant subjects and for reaching strobe arms around behind subjects. But not for most normal underwater photography.

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Posted 15 December 2012 - 04:34 PM

Tried with the 60mm and the housing was slightly positive. Although was easy to handle with just a finger, even for mermaids:

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Posted 18 December 2012 - 08:48 AM

Tried with the 60mm and the housing was slightly positive. Although was easy to handle with just a finger, even for mermaids:
Alex


Nice model! Will you have a chance to try these Popeys on the Nauti for Oly E-M with 4" and 60 mm ports? With all you diving and reporting, when do you sleep? Thanks for all the info.

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