buddy

Does anybody shoot UW the Nikon 14-24 f/2.8? And if yes which dome port/ext ring  are u using? any experience?

thanks for info!

 

Thinking to switch on this lens and selling my current 16-35 f/4 using a Subal 9 inch Domeport (type 4) on Nikon D4.

 

Juerg

To the Nikon Lens experts:
What is the smallest usable aperture on this lens before diffraction comes considerably into play? This is for macro photography.

A widely available formula using a circle of confusion (cc) of 1/40mm and at the maximum magnification (m) of 1:1.32
f = 1500 x cc / (m +1) equals about 16.

And the same formula will yield an aperture of 9 for the magnification at 70mm focal lenght (which is 1:3.2)
Is that your experience ?
Thanks (going to Lembeh soon...)

Sorry, could not resist to post these kind of "unpacking and first handhold" pictures of what I just received by the friendly man from UPS:

first final production Subal housing ND4 for Nikon D4!!!!!!!!

This is an amazing "biest". All "deficiencies" in former Subal housings are corrected with this masterpiece IMO:

- portlock
- dedicated buttons for AF-ON, Flash On-Off, Fn and Pv
- all function buttons are reachable by the hands without leaving the hands off the housing
- seperate ISO button
- dedicated start video button
- leak detector by sound and sight
- more to be figured out in the next few days....

here some pictures (sorry for IQ but only by my old iphone 3), have fun:

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2 more "blind" buttons available, e.g. for HDMI-connector (--> Atomos Ninja...)

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5 buttons to be reached easily by the right thumb and forefinger:

- shutter release (front; forefinger)
- Fn-Pv button (middle-front section; forefinger, forward for Pv and backward for Fn)
- Video record button (middle section, forefinger)
- AF-ON (back; thumb)
- AF-On Vertical (back; can be reassigned for flash-off for instance)

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this shows the ISO-button to be used with the thumb of left hand:

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Cocos Island of Costa Rica - The Treasure Island: Tiger Sharks encountered in several dives, in one dive 2 tigers at once. They are back in Cocos after some 30 years of absence, as the park rangers explained. Were there in late June/early July. Also, lots of hammerheadds, although the large schools were rather rare visible.

Shot with Nikon D3s in Subal housing (--->for sale), 2 x Subtronic, 16-35mm f/4 VR II, all manual, continous low speed (3 frames per second).

Enjoy!

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For sale:

Subal ND3s U/W-housing for the Nikon D3s.

The housing is equipped with GS180 viewfinder.
Like new, no schratches or such like that, never flooded, used for 100 dives only. Bought from Subal Austria in November 2010. Therefore still under warranty until November 2012. Without port, incl. cover f. housing bayonet.

Price EUR 3'000 / CHF 3'600 / USD 4'000 (worldwide shipment, shipping costs additionally).

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