Mobula

Anyone have experience of using a wide converter lens behind a flat port: I am using a Canon XM2 (GL2) in ISD housing (flat port only option) with Canon 0.7x without problems. I would like to try a wider lens, maybe a century optics 0.5x or even 0.3x ?

Here's an interesting, if alarming, dive centre policy I have just encountered in the Red Sea:

Subex dive centre, El Quseir at the Movenpick resort (very nice) have just initiated a policy whereby Photographers without their own buddy MUST take a private 'photo' dive guide at a cost of 40 euro per dive (on top of diving costs). Their reason for this is that they will not buddy you with another hotel guest because you are a photographer. Apparently, they have had complaints from guests who were buddied with photographers... This was put to me as being a great service, where you would have a private guide who would work with you in making your photographs. So, I tried it and it was a joke. My guide, whom I was told 'will be experienced in what photographers need' did not participate in the dive in any way.

Personally, I was agast at such a discriminatory and segregationist policy, whereby you may not even befriend new divers and buddy up with them. Fortunately, I did have a couple of buddies to call on, but ended my diving early with such an unfriendly attitude.

I am very interested to know how other members would view this...