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Sam, I'm certainly no expert on beach regs in Southern California, but here's my understanding of regulations pertaining to the Children's Pool. The beach access at the Childrens' Pool has had regulations in place that close the beach and do not allow entering the water from the beach from...

Actually Hoag, my comments were a very honest effort to provide accurate and meaningful information about the 16-35mm to an individual who I felt received some poor advice. My quote that you provided in your recent post was a response to the individual who thought I had read his response wrong...

For what it's worth, I still dive and maintain a couple of rigs that use Conshelf XIV first and second stages. Mine are late-80's manufacture. Rebuild kits are still available. Rebuild kits come marked as Aqualung... not sure what's available for J-valves. A local dive shop tech services the...

Sorry Diversteve, but your photo isn't La Jolla Cove. It looks like a nice pic of La Jolla's Childrens' Pool and the harbor seals that call it home. It's around the corner to the south of the Cove. Children' Pool has a manmade rock wall structure around the south and west sides. Your photo...

Southern Nikonos still has parts and does service and repair work on Nikonos cameras. The owner has a huge amount of experience with Nikonos cameras and can answer any questions you might have. -AZTinman

Optical Ocean Sales has a new review of the Nikon D850 and Nauticam housing posted. The review addresses some port issues and is a good read. You may want to take a look or give those guys a call and visit with them about your questions. -AZTinman

Nope, I didn't read anything wrong at all. My response was actually directed at someone who offered you advice to skip setting up for your 16-35mm. I could quote that advice you received from that other individual if you'd like. Get what you need for your 16-35mm; you'll be glad you did. I use...

Regarding your question about packing your gear, I use a Pelican case to carry-on the majority of my underwater camera system when flying. This said, the Pelican case I use isn't the typical heavy, hard Pelican case. I've got a couple of Pelican cases that the company doesn't appear to make any...

Skip getting set-up for your 16-35mm... you're joking right? Based on my experience and preferences for pursuing underwater photographs, I would go with the 16-35mm before spending money on a 8-15mm set-up. I seldom use my fisheye lens. I don't like the field curvature for most subjects and...

Looks like you've got a good range os lenses on your list. -AZTinman

My oldest Nikkor lens was manufactured in 1968. Its aperture ring has been updated to work with all of my Nikon cameras (F2, F3, N8008s, D300, D7100, D7200, and D850). My 'vintage' manual lenses work well on all of my camera bodies for above the water stuff. The challenge for shooting 'vintage'...

Drop me a PM and I'll tell you what I've got going. Seriously need someone to watch my back! -AZTinman

Hey Jax, Yeah, lots of people diving San Carlos. Divers from El Mar and 72 Aquatics making the usual frequent trips. Me... too busy with my real job and trying to get my book ready for submission to the printer. One more chapter to get researched and do a trip to the location for photographs...

I haven't done a trip on the Rocio Del Mar, but one of my dive partners has. She and the Rocio Del Mar owner are good friends and she's enjoyed her trips on the boat. Last year, she did a lengthy trip when the Rocio Del Mar repositioned in Cabo San Lucas. I dive the Sea of Cortez fairly...

Hope your work with the housing got you some good results. Perspectives about lenses vary, but I'll offer mine. I prefer to pursue photographs of larger critters so I don't use my 60mm Nikkor Micro (Nikon calls it a 'micro' rather than a 'macro') much, but it works exceptionally well when I use...

Try it with two Ikelite DS 161 strobes. You'll probably need to add a little floatation on your strobe arms. I use flotation on both strobe arms with my Ikelite rig. Some of the positive buoyancy you're experiencing is due to the air in your dome port. I suspect you probably noticed that the...

Oops, just noticed a typo in my original post. Operational changes (elimination of the chum bags inside the cages) were made for the 2017 season. In 2016, I made the trip in late-September. My 2017 trip was in mid-October. Both trips were enjoyable! -AZTinman

Well, for better or worse, I am a Nikon guy. I still own my original Nikon F2 that I bought in the 1970's (it is not pretty, but it still works). My oldest Nikon lens is a Nikkor that was made in the mid-1960's (the aperture ring was upgraded and the lens will work with on my digital bodies in...

The Bahia de Los Angeles operator I was referencing is one of my dive partners. She schedules her trips in late July and early fall. She's had great success in getting clients hooked-up with whale sharks and whales. Guess we'll see how she does this year when I go along. -AZTinman

I've done the trip for the past two years (2016 & 2017). I use a different operator than Nautilus. Photographs from my trips are posted on my website (www.cortezbluephotography.com). The operation I use is quite good and I've produced some good photographs during the trips. Some of the white...