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Googled and can't seem to find anything more recent. Anyone know what is the latest marine park fee for Raja Ampat ?

Yes, Meikon housing for RX series does not have a back dial. Basically in manual mode for RX100, front dial controls aperture setting, and back dial controls shutter speed setting. Without a back dial, setting the shutter speed option is not available. You will be stuck with whatever previous...

I agreed with that totally. That's why I also opted for a RX100 mark II when I upgraded from a Canon G10 at the end of last year, even though mark IV and V were already available in the market. With the technology moving so fast, we are bombarded with one new model after another within a much...

If your housing is not translucent polycarbonate type, internal flash may have no effect at all since there is no way for the flash light to go through the housing to light up your subject. However if the housing allowed the flash light through, more often than not you will need a diffuser...

Yes, I agree. It could be quite challenging switching lenses underwater especially when the condition is not ideal. I guess we just have to decide whether it is worth doing it. For example I wouldn't bother if I was fighting a strong current, trying to find the right buoyancy, and there is a...

I have been shooting macro for quite a few years with a Canon G10. Just switching over to my new RX100 II rig with wide angle lens end of last year. So it is understandable that I am concentrating on shooting mostly wide angle now. So far on my three dive trips with the new rig I started all my...

Although I am using a RX100 II, I thought I would share some photos of how the housing looks like with a bayonet adapter, since I have one attached to my 67mm screw mount of my housing. My housing is an Aquapazza. They do have a removable port that can be switched between threaded and bayonet...

Honestly, not that often. I am enjoying shooting wide angle now since I just started it not long ago. So most dives I had the wide angle lens on. However, I carry the macro lenses with me in case something interesting shows up and I need to use them. I think on three dive trips since I had the...

I have a RX100 II. Just got it end last year mainly to start shooting wide angles, and love it. Other parts of my rig: - Aquapazza housing (excellent cool looking housing) - 2 x Inon D-2000 strobes - Inon UWL H100 + Dome unit - 2 x INON UCL-165M67 macro lens - Ultralight tray + handles - 2 x...

TG-5 and Sony RX100 V are completely different class of cameras. I bought a Sony RX100 II for underwater shooting last year. Extremely happy with it. Really sharp images. No problem with the flash recycling time for the type of shooting I do.

Is it possible to share a picture of how you attach a clip to your dome? I am thinking about doing the same thing but not sure how to do it. Thanks.

I am using the same camera and don't have any problem with that. If there is any lag at all it was not noticeable to me. The camera however does that a while to get the flash ready for continuous shots in flash mode. The recycling flash time takes a while. This article list out performance of...

Inon's manual is pretty much useless. After using my strobes and getting confused by all the settings, I searched high and low on internet about the strobe and finally come across some good explanations on the operations of the strobes at Inon site. INON Technical Guide [Feature of INON...

I didn't buy the D-2000s new. One I already owned quite sometime ago when I had a Canon G10 shooting mainly macros. I just added another one used since I am shooting wide angles this time. The reason for getting D2000s is simple, they were cheaper than Z240s (not sure about YS-02). With all...

I think dive lights are fine for macros, if you have a more spread out type of light instead of those that has a hot spot. Personally I have not tried that on stills. However I did have a 1000 lumin wide beam light, that I use for the first time for on this trip, for a close up video of a...

My Acquapazza housing was used with the thread port so I didn't bother to get a new port. So I just buy a 67mm to LD adaptor. Threaded mount is quite difficult underwater. Acquapazza housing in my opinion is really well built, lighter than most aluminum housing. It is a Japanese brand and a...

I dived with Blue Dragon. Raja Ampat is amazing. The best dive trip of my life. Since I used strobes, I just use AWB.

I have decided to upgrade my camera to Sony RX100 II from my old Canon G10 for this trip. Before I made the purchase I have read and got lots of information from this board. Finally settled in getting a Sony RX100 II mainly from reading the detail blog by Interceptor121 (thanks). This is also...

I hope someone can change the topic. The boat that sunk wasn't Blue Dragon. Although the link in first post has a Blue Dragon photo in it, but if you read the caption, it clearly says: The deck of a phinisi boat similar to the one believed to have sunk. Photo: Supplied.

End last month I was diving in Anilao. On the first day we dived Twin Rock (22nd, Sep) and saw a big school of jacks. So I guessed that is gone now. During our last diving day (26th, Sep), we went back to Caban Cove for the second time to shoot a couple of clown frog fish that we saw during an...