INON's Popeye Arms

[Alex_Mustard 0]

We tried a set of Inon's super buoyant arms today and finally, the NA-D7000 that Eleonora is using is properly neutral.

 

 

I normally use stix floatation on all my rigs, but they don't have near enough buoyancy for a small housing like this one with the mini-dome or macro ports. Ryan had some of these Inon Mega Float arms in Mexico on the 5D3 housing. So I thought I'd try them.

 

And they really work. They look a bit strange, but they are light out of the water (for travel) and give great buoyancy underwater. If you like to use double jointed arms then they are probably best pair with a thin arm, to firstly allow you to close the arms and also to actually allow you to get off the surface!

 

Anyway, well worth a look if your housing is a heavy one.

 

Alex

[meltdownman 2]

Hi Alex,

 

I noticed that the lengths of these arms are limited which brings up the question with regards to what arm lengths do you normally shoot with (both wide and macro)?

 

Thank you,

 

Stephen

[Timmoranuk 10]

Does anyone know the depth rating for the INON buoyancy arms?

[Alex_Mustard 0]

I noticed that the lengths of these arms are limited which brings up the question with regards to what arm lengths do you normally shoot with (both wide and macro)?

 

A combo like this will cover almost everything. If you need longer arms than this you are not getting close enough.

 

Longer arms are needed for more distant subjects and for reaching strobe arms around behind subjects. But not for most normal underwater photography.

 

Alex

[Alex_Mustard 0]

Tried with the 60mm and the housing was slightly positive. Although was easy to handle with just a finger, even for mermaids:

 

 

Alex

[Deep6 7]

Tried with the 60mm and the housing was slightly positive. Although was easy to handle with just a finger, even for mermaids:

Alex

 

Nice model! Will you have a chance to try these Popeys on the Nauti for Oly E-M with 4" and 60 mm ports? With all you diving and reporting, when do you sleep? Thanks for all the info.

 

Bob

[tamas970 12]

I am getting a pair of these for my RX100IV rig (NA-RX100IV, 2x s2000, 2x Hartenberger hlx video heads - not to mention the Hartenberger battery tank which weighs 1.7kg UW...), test in January if time allows. Some leak reports on the Nauticam carbonarms scared me off the carbon fiber stuff, cast aluminum may not be so brittle...

Edited December 14, 2015 by tamas970

[tursiops 81]

I had a leaky set of the fat Nauticam carbon fibers. Reef Photo replaced them without a question; the new ones are fine.

 

I use two fat ones (8"x3.5") to balance out my NA-EM10, macro port and lens, SMC, double handle, two strobes, two video/focus lights. Nearly perfect...a few ounces negative.

 

The fat arm against a thin arm was not so good. I switched to a long clamp between them; all is good.

[tamas970 12]

Right, a long clamp is certainly a must with the bigbellies.

[Larry C 24]

Nice vis for Cayman.