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Hi Peter, Yes, my apologies, I should have posted, the strobes have been sold.

Here is a photo of the strobes and all the associated goodies, 4 batteries, strobe arm attachments, diffusers, chargers and extra cords. Also have instructions.

I have 2 Sea and Sea YS 250 Strobes with diffusers and with 2 extra batteries and 2 Subtronic Strobes with strobe arm batteries. Make me a reasonable offer for the 2 YS 250's which probably have less than 100 flashes each and are in excellent condition, pay for shipping and you can have the Subtronics for free.

I meant to post photographs of the housing and camera so here goes. The housing is shown with the magnifying viewfinder. Price quoted is with standard eyepiece. If you want the magnifying viewfinder, that will be an additional $900. (New $1150). Camera will come in additional box with charger etc.

I am selling my trusted Nikon D800E and Nauticam housing. Both used but in excellent condition. One recent dive trip since service. Nikon D800E has 14997 activations. Nauticam housing includes vacuum pressure system and alarm. $2800 for everything. My email is jhartog@bougclin.com

For me this is an awesome development particularly for my pool work where I often tend to frame and crop pretty tightly.

This is really exciting stuff Alex. Great job. Can you spill the beans a little more about the exact construction of the lens, setup, optimum lens to port distances you have found etc. Is this essentially a flat port with a dioptre type lens element rather than a flat glass. Got thrown a bit when you discussed the lens threads; is there a component that screws to the lens as well?

Not good http://www.outsideonline.com/news-from-the-field/Shark-Diver-Goes-Missing-In-Bahamas.html As usual the media gets at least part of the story wrong - stating that Abernathy is controversial because of no cage shark diving - whereas all Bahamas operators do not use cages as far as I am aware. Unfortunately, I think night diving in these environments may not be the smartest thing despite having done it myself. My condolences to the diver's family.

kun; unless it's clearly stipulated as part of the fee, in other words stated as gratuity added, you don't have to tip if you don't want to. But it would be nice for the crew. Even in Europe, restaurants frequently add a gratuity that's not optional. In this situation it is optional so be glad for that. So just do whatever you want. Nobody needs to justify things either way, it's neither right nor wrong, it's just the way it's done here.

I agree this camera is expensive; but it will be interesting to see how the IQ compares to m4/3 and even Nikons own DX line like the 7100. With the lens convertor which I have there is a wide range of Nikon lenses that may make this a pretty impressive action camera. I have to wonder if anyone has tried the nikon 10.5 or even the Tokina 10-17 on this camera. How do the Nikon macro lenses perform on this camera? For me it's attractive to keep one camera system and have this camera simply add into my kit for use for travel diving. A lot will depend on the housing design as well. Allowing use of the convertor and standard Nikon lenses will help. I know this camera does not make sense for those already vested in m4/3, but it may make a lot of sense for those with existing Nikon kit.

Impressive yes; one little drawback though - almost 20 x the price of a D800 for a functional system.

This looks like a really exciting camera with some pretty impressive capabilities both on the video and still side. The V1 is really maturing into a serious camera I think. Some standout details for me: 20 fps RAW continuous focus, 60 fps fixed focus 1200 fps low res video Modular - strip it down to slip in the pocket, add grip, viewfinder etc as needed Use it with all my Nikon lenses, not new I know, but a 20 fps action camera with my existing 70-200 sounds impressive WiFi 18 MP high ISO capability - be interesting to see how the dynamic range etc compare to the DSLR's I think this could be a serious traveling underwater and wildlife camera particularly if Nikon get serious with some WA lenses; actually I see they make a 6.7-13. Hmmm getting better. Now what about housings Nauticam?

Hey Cal, Thanks for dedicating that first image to me! Very nice. But yes, I am definitely not checking forums on WP as much. Just seems like one is so distracted with all the different forums, blogs, FB etc. Ironically it is Eric Cheng's fault as well for getting me into playing with quadcopter's. Sadly, I have not done much UW photography this last year except for drowning quadcopters. Let's see some more of the series.

Thanks; great article!

Yes, great to see, after all the posturing by some on my thread about Getty's heavy handedness.