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Yes, I had to have the entire factory-installed system removed from the suit. I just had the dealer do the work, so it's not quite as pretty as it was from the factory but it has been effective and presumably faster than the suit going all the way back to the factory in Poland. I'm now ten dives...

I ended up contacting Zen through their web form the other day. Ryan wrote back promptly to confirm that the new port (DP-170-N85II) has been created to accommodate these wider lenses and their focus gears. It does not sound like it's replacing the existing port (DP-170-N85) or expected to...

I try not to be a pixel peeper and totally accept the compromise that is using a rectilinear ultra wide angle behind a dome, but I'd still like to have whatever's going to work best. Like TheTrickster, I already have the 20mm extension ring, so I don't expect a single part (as opposed to dome...

So the dealer switched my order over to the new dome since it sounds like it's going to work better for my needs (7-14 f/4). He said there's supposed to be an official press release soon announcing more details.

Yes on the DOF, no on the brightness. Camera LCDs will boost what you see either to an optimal brightness at all times or estimate the brightness of the final exposure.

The aperture on the lens is left as wide open as possible while the photo is being composed, but then is closed down to the desired aperture when the shutter is actuated to take the photo. Using the widest aperture allows the most amount of light in which means better autofocus performance and a...

It seems odd that Zen is producing another dome in this size when the existing one (at least for M43/Nauticam mini) has a 3 month backorder wait. I've had one on order for a little while now (only about 4 weeks), but the dealer hasn't been able to give me an ETA. It makes me wonder if Zen will...

Like the perspective on the mola mola making it look absolutely enormous compared to the divers in the background! Here are some shots I took of the Hilma Hooker in Bonaire a couple years ago. I like the dramaticness of black and white on wrecks. It also helps get around the issue of being...

I did end up swapping over to the round rings combined with the QCP system (which I already owned from using it directly on the seals). I miss the low profile of the Antares but my hands have been dry every dive since and there's been no frustrating fiddling either. Wish I had just gone with the...

One advantage you'd get by going with the GX7 is access to all of the micro four thirds lenses. When you buy an ILC, you're really buying into a camera system not just a camera. MFT has good choices for macro, wide angle and even a high quality fisheye. There are several mid-range zooms of...

So after my macro lens (Olympus 60mm f/2.8) and vacuum valve came in late last week (:banana:), I was able to take the whole setup out on Friday for the first time. For the first half of the dive, I couldn't get my strobes to fire at all! :censored: Plus, in the cruddy vis I wasn't able to...

There's an answer on this other thread about the difference between the two TTL modes. Basically, it sounds like one is more sophisticated than the other but not compatible with all cameras. I jumped the gun a bit with my first link since I assumed the situation with the YS-D1 was the same as...

Sea&Sea's compatibility chart lists the combo of XZ-1 and YS-01 or YS-D1 (and I believe the older YS-110a too) as "impossible" for TTL.

This video starting at 1:25 shows how put the glove lock onto the ring system once you've got it disassembled. I just wasn't able to see in detail how the thing popped apart until I watched the other video. DgixRd8OwOY

I managed to figure it out! You kind of have to peel up the front edge while pushing down and forward on the back edge. The above diagram shows this, but it's not very clear since it's hard to describe. Mike from DRIS also sent me a link to this useful video: d-6-2kE6-74

So after many trials and tribulations with the SiTech Antares oval system installed on my suit at the factory, I had the shop replace it with the SiTech round ring system (Quick Cuff). In order to get the Glove Lock QCP gloves from my old suit onto this new ring system, I need to disassemble the...

I took the plunge and picked up an EM-1 and the Nauticam housing today from Jack at Optical Ocean Sales. It's definitely a more compact setup compared to the T2i which is already a fairly small DSLR housing. Here's some quick shots of both housings with their respective 60mm macro ports...

The dairiki site and others are based on xtide which is an open source program that implements the same algorithms as NOAA uses for its own publications. But because they're free and not backed by the government or another organization, they can't really offer any sort of guarantee of...

I've been shooting a Canon T2i/550D DSLR in a Nauticam housing for about 3 years now. When I bought it, it was one of the smallest (maybe the smallest) underwater DSLR setup at the time, but it's still sizable especially once the ports, strobes and arms are included. In 2012 I bought an OMD EM5...

I use USA Tides Free on my iPad but it also works on iPhone. It's not the most amazing app ever, but it has accurate information for both currents and tides. Here's the link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/usa-tides-free/id465814696?mt=8 Besides the dairiki.org/tides site that Lynne mentioned...