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  7. Posted

    This is an interesting conversation. My wife and I are in the US, and have been blessed to be able to work through the pandemic, either from home or limited office presence, and our financial picture is better that past years due to not being able to go anywhere. We are planning on traveling and diving as soon as we can safely get to where we want without significant risk, and I've been putting together a new underwater photo setup. I understand this is atypical, so I am interested to hear other's take on it. 

    I am worried about how long tourism will likely take to return to pre-pandemic levels, and how that will affect dive shop survival and pricing. But I also think those of that can dive, and haven't been able to lately, will be itching to get in the water and travel and potentially take more trips than we planned to previously. 

    Unfortunately, in general diving is a dying industry as the climate continues to change and our favorite shallow reefs continue to die. 

  8. Posted · Edited by Lewis88

    The A6xxx series flash is slow to recharge and cannot be adjusted down so I would avoid using it to fire strobes.

    I personally also would avoid electronic sync cords, as they're expensive and an additional failure point, and TTL triggers have made them obsolete.

    While the fantasea LED trigger is manual only, there are plenty on the market that can do TTL.

    I use the TRT electronics trigger with my YS-110a's, and TTL works perfectly. (s-TURTLE SMART)

  10. Posted

    6 hours ago, Robert Tungesvik said:

    Hi

    I have the first cable you put a link on, the manual one. But i dont know what you mean with the size of the thread In the Nikonos bulkhead?? I have bougt it used and the former owner had Inon z 240 strobes and they worked.

    Just confirming you also have the hot shoe connected inside the housing, and have double checked the nikonos pinout with your camera's hotshoe pinout?

    The nikonos bulkhead will be screwed into the housing via a threaded hole. Depending on what thread that hole is, you can remove the the nikonos bulkhead and replace it with an ikelite bulkhead, and use the kit I linked, which will give you full TTL for your strobes.

  11. Posted

    For manual firing, you should be able to use: https://www.backscatter.com/Ikelite-Manual-Dual-Sync-Cord-Nikonos-to-Ikelite

     

    For TTL, I believe you need to get the ikelite bulkhead items, as their TTL communication is proprietary, like this: https://www.ikelite.com/products/dl5-ds-link-canon-ttl-converter-ikelite-ct1-hotshoe-and-b1a-bulkhead-kit

    Do you know what size the thread is on the nikonos bulkhead? That will be the only concern about it working.

     

  16. Posted

    Wet wide lens available:

    - UWL-04 Fisheye conversion lens with neoprene front cover and rubber back cover

    Includes lens caddy for arm, and M67 to M52 step ring.

    This setup is used, but well cared for. I am a vacation diver, who takes care of my gear after trips and carefully stores it.
    Fisheye lens: Minimal scratching on the hood. No blemishes I can see on the dome or glass.

    $225 shipped in the US

    Pics of lens located here: https://imgur.com/a/94Jt5hK

  19. Posted

    This was a really excellent discussion, especially about how most people try to start with too strong of a lens. 

    I am setting up my new kit of an a6100 in a seafrogs housing. Plan is to use a tokina 10-17 on a sigma mc-11 in the 6in dome for WA.

    I would also use the 16-50 kit lens in the stock port for general use, and add a diopter to it. I am thinking the UCL165M67 as my choice, but wanted to get some feedback from the experts here on that plan.

  24. Posted · Edited by Lewis88
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    I've upgraded to a new rig, so it's time to put my S95 setup for sale for someone else to enjoy. This is an excellent compact setup, with full manual mode, great ultra-wide (weitwinkel) (fisheye wet lens) capability, and an aluminum Nauticam style housing. I believe this housing came out right as Nauticam bought Fix, because many of the features are identical to nauticam design. This has been an absolute joy system to shoot with, with a ton of capability in a small package. I dove it with single strobes and dual strobes, and it did great both ways.

    For Sale:
    - 2 Canon Powershot cameras - One was my primary, the other a land/backup camera. Both in excellent working condition.
    - 3 Batteries (2 Canon, 1 Wasabi Power)
    - 2 Chargers
    - 1 Case
    - Fix S95 dive housing (2 orings, lens cap, grease, extra screws included)
    - UWL-04 Fisheye conversion lens with neoprene front cover and rubber back cover
    - iDas double handle tray and associated hardware

    This setup is used, but well cared for. I am a vacation diver, who takes care of my gear after trips and carefully stores it.
    Cameras: Both in excellent condition, and batteries are strong
    Housing: Slight scratching, but overall in fantastic shape. All buttons and dials work without issue. Housing always soaked, and o-rings stored in a bag when not in use. Never flooded. I am the sole owner.
    Fisheye lens: Minimal scratching on the hood. No blemishes I can see on the dome or glass.
    Tray: signs of use, but no rust or problems

    $500 + shipping/paypal fees but open to offers

     

    Pics located here on Imgur: https://imgur.com/a/koKhgaa

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