Complete Nauticam Kit for FX Nikon with D880E / D810 and Lenses

[solutionist 5]

Hi Fred,

I'll give you a leave pass on the spelling.  

Your deduction is correct, it's a locking extension sleeve for the Nikon 16-35, and the "gears' are for zooming, rather than focus.   It's a solid piece of gear measuring 70mm from flange to flange.  It enables me to use the dome alone with a Nikon 16mm f2.8 and the dome + sleeve with the Nikon 16-35.  

I have someone considering the 16 - 35 lens + port, which means the dome + the sleeve and gears.  You probably know that's a  really excellent go-to setup for almost anything that isn't a macro or fisheye subject.  I'd love them to take the 16mm as well, which is a great lens for wrecks and big stuff, with its wide aperture - then they'll have everything wide covered, at a bargain price.

I should have worded the ad:  Nauticam Ports: 8.5" acrylic dome $500 | Locking extension sleeve with zoom gears for dome to fit 16-35 lens $75.  If the dome sells by itself, I'll be happy to sell you the sleeve separately, but not the other way around, for obvious reasons.  

 

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[divegypsy 20]

Hi Jon,

I have sent you the contact info for my friend, Ian, in Adelaide.  When I wrote to him i told him "our package purchase" might be either for $2300 or $2375.  And which ever way it went was OK with me.  So I guess its the $2300 deal.  You should have received Ian's phone number at your email by now. Please confirm that you have received it.

I do understand that you want to hold onto the extension ring and zoom gear in case you find a buyer who wants the two lens wide-angle package. But if that zoom gear and 70mm extension ring don't sell with your housing I'd still be interested. And in that case please just write to me directly at my email, fbavendam@hotmail.com. to tell me it is available.

Surprisingly, the Nauticam dealer here in Florida just sold a D850 housing to a friend and recommended an 8omm extension ring to use with her 16-35. I've been using a seacam 75mm extension ring with my 16-35 and found, through testing, that the second best was 80mm. But the dome I am using the 16-35mm lens with is the DP170, which is glass, not acrylic, and physically much smaller which makes it much easier to handle underwater than a larger dome.

Good luck on selling the rest of your gear and with your recovery from the knee surgery.

Fred

 

 

 

[solutionist 5]

Thanks Fred. I spoke to Ian earlier today and we're all set.

I'll let you know if the extension sleeve becomes available.

Thanks again, and I appreciate the good wishes.

Jon