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I have a Nauticam 180 straight viewfinder for DSLR cameras for sale if anyone is interested?? In as new condition, I am not honestly sure if it has been used or not but it looks new to me. Comes with a neoprene bag. Ideally UK buyer, please contact for pictures if required. £1256 new, for quick sale- £600

Anyone out there looking to part with a Nauticam zoom gear for a 10-17 + 1.4 tele converter give me a shout, ideally UK based but will consider any options.

Oskar is there any news on the battery packs for the pro strobe? I am interested in swapping my originals for a couple of Pros but I would like to have the advantage of the quick recycling.

Anyone out there, preferably in the UK, looking to part with SMC lens? I will consider from any location.

I use the Eneloop pro as Retra recommended them for my strobe and i find they are fantastic. I have just come back from a weeks liveaboard they were partly charged before I went and I had to charge them once, nearly 600 pictures.

Most people probably go through this same dilemma as I did, and probably end up spending a lot of cash before they are happy with the set up they have. It is a learning curve and as you learn you realise you want better pictures so you add things then upgrade systems etc etc... The biggest difference is I was probably doing 100 dives a year and now closer to 200 so for me it is much easier to justify the cost. What you have to ask yourself is do you have the spare cash to spend on the difference between the Nauticam and Fantasea bearing in mind it will be used 6-8 times. Only you can answer that.

When you say you only dive 4-6 times a year, does that mean 4-6 trips or 4-6 dives?? In my opinion it all revolves how much use it will get to justify the cost. Just because you have a Nauticam housing instead of a Fantasea housing won't make any difference to the end result. If you are only doing 4-6 dives per year I would suggest the cheaper option would be ok. In my opinion as far as the strobe goes I would always recommend on spending as much of you budget as you can on the strobe. But that does depend to some degree on what you are wanting to photograph? If it is macro you are interested in then you can use small strobes. If you want to take wide angle pictures you will need more output from your strobes and you will need two. Unfortunately no one can probably give you a definitive answer to your question, it boils down to what you intend to do in the future and what your budget is.

Herb I can't but if you want to see it just go to facebook and look up Alex. The review is only an above water to look at the strobe with the new features, I believe he said in the post that the strobe had not been pressure tested and was not for diving. So there may be a wait before there are underwater reviews.

I have just seen a review by Alex Mustard for the new Retra strobe and it looks very impressive. Two models with one having a significantly stronger focus light and higher output... if your budget can stretch to it! The Retra web site has limited information about it on their website now.

Have you tried changing the battery? It was a while ago now on my old housing but I had a similar problem, changed the battery and it was fine.

I am in the south west, I sent you a PM. I have used it in Lembeh and the Maldives this year with no problem, but to be fair probably no shallower than 10m. But once you have it set up you have issues at shallow depths just leave it set as it is and look for subjects that will work as it's set up??

Hello sinetwo, I have both the Retra strobe and LSD. The LSD fits via the bayonet on the front of the strobe so there are no issues with alignment or movement. The focus light on the strobe has two brightness settings (I cant remember having to use the stronger setting) and shows a beam of light that is exactly the size and shape of the light that will be produced by the strobe. So for example if you have a nudi I taking a picture of, I switch on the focus light to align the light beam with the focus and take the picture. I cant say if the focus light is as strong as the Z330 because I haven't seen one, but all I can say is I have had no issues using the focus light. I guess if you are using it in shallow water in bright conditions you may struggle but to be honest I would say it is as good as it probably gets. Where in the UK are you? I can always let you have a look. PM me if you want.

Thanks Tim.

Thanks for all your replies. I am now looking into the histograms... Am I right in assuming that the only histogram on the review screen is the split one showing the four histograms for the different colours?