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Great work Carlos !! # 3 for me.

Great images !! Must get around to going off into the bush myself sometime. Glad to hear you enjoyed your trip to our country.

I stayed at Hippocampus recently. Clean rooms, great food. Aircon, hot showers but not in all of the rooms. Dived with Sea Explorers, no complaints.

Thanks all !! James - I went to Moalboal, Dumaguete (Dauin), Alona Beach, Cabilao, Malapascua and Anilao.

Went off to the Philippines in Oct / Nov, thought I would post some pics. All with the E-3, 50mm macro 1.4 or 2.0 TC.

I just put some heat shrink on mine - sometimes two or three layers till it makes a snug fit into the F/O port of the housing.

I use 2mm OD fibre optic cable with a 1mm core and it works Ok. I guess anything that transmits light will do. I also modified the Inon cap as Bill describes and used heat shrink to increase the OD to fit the port on my housing.

This happened to me a few months ago as well. I hadn't even noticed that the o-ring had slipped out of place untill I did a final inspection of my setup. The o-ring was shot, so I used the spare and have had no problems since. And yes, I only use Inon grease.

Hi Simon Have you considered firing the Z240's with fibre optic cables? The STTL mode works really well, no need for a converter. I use them very effectively with my E-3.

I agree on the Athena port for the 50mm - it is threaded on the outside so you can add Inon close up lenses like the 165. Plus you can also attach a ring flash as well.

Hi Carlos I have the Nexus housing for the E-3. I am really happy with it, the ergonomics work well for me, I have realtively small hands and manage 4 diives a day no problem. I use the internal flash and can usually get 3 dives out of it before changing batteries (around 60 shots per dive), I could probably manage 4 but was not willing to take a chance. I fire my strobes as Phil does, via a fibre optic cable. The only downside to the housing is that if you need the internal flash you cannot raise it once you have closed the housing. Unfortunately I cannot offer a conparison between the two as I have not seen the Seatool housing. Please ask if you need any more info.

Here are some pics shot wjth the 8mm FE http://www.flickr.com/photos/andrews_under...57607008835804/

Here are two links that may help. http://www.kelpfish.net/tip_edge_light.htm http://www.kelpfish.net/strobe.swf

That's exactly what I use - very useful if diving off a RIB. I also throw in a couple of ice bricks if it's warm topside and I know the water is going to be cold - helps prevent fogging.