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Let's chat about DSLR vs Point and Shoot - looking for some wisdom / experience
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Do you know anyone looking for a complete setup for a Subal ND3?
I had one but sold it so I could get the D850.
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Any suggestion as to where to sell the unit? Ive been out of the scene for years so have no idea even of its value so wouldnt even know where to begin. Do you think asking $4k for the entire setup is reasonable??
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Any suggestion as to where to sell the unit? Ive been out of the scene for years so have no idea even of its value so wouldnt even know where to begin. Do you think asking $4k for the entire setup is reasonable??
I sold my Subal ND3 housing and camera on Ebay for $799.
Bumping this thread for the same reason it was first posted several years ago.
I've dived my Sony RX100 II for five years now (it's listed in Classifieds), and am looking for advice. The mirrorless market has exploded, but I don't know what I don't know. Decades of land photo experience (Canon 5D and Nikon DSLR) but only a few years underwater.
Here's my conundrum:
Love both macro and wide angle, so bought the RX100 with flip-out wet diopter. The wet +15 lens killed my macro depth of field despite the advantages of the Sony's reduced sensor size (1"). My YS-D1's don't permit TTL on the RX100 (arrgh!), but some folks say manual exposure and manual focus are what's needed for macro. My wide angle isn't wide enough.
Is there any way to get modest "best of both worlds"?
Was looking at the Backscatter Olympus OM-D E-M10 and maybe conceding "best of both worlds" in favor of two lenses and a dedicated mode for each dive...
I'm looking for a variety of opinions. Budget is not limited, but I'm not really interested in wrangling a monstrous housing for a large full frame camera. Love my Nauticam, but you'd have to convince me on the camera to get me to plunk down $3-6k on the housing.
Can I stimulate a brief argument over favorites? Or a referral to another thread that's already discussed this? T-6 isn't fully manual, so that's out.
I don't know what I don't know.
I got an OM10 Mark 1 with Nauticam housing 10 years ago and have used it all over the world. I bought two bodies because I figured one would fail on me. I still have two working bodies.
Been through multiples lenses and ports. My go-to now is a 14-42mm with a WWL-wet lens; Superwide, super sharp corner to corner, and can zoom through it for modest macro. It it is a real macro dive (think Anilao) then it is a 30 or 60 mm.
For the sort trip with no weight allowances (like Little Cayman) it is a TG-6 with a Backscatter 120deg wide wet ens that I can zoom through for modest macro. I dislike the TG-6 in many ways, but you can't beat the portability.
Yeah, my buddy used the TG-6 in Anilao, and I was really envious of his macro shots. Very compact setup and yet great definition. But the limitations on camera controls makes me anxious about using it as my primary.
Thanks for the tips!
Somebody tell me why the Olympus is a bad decision, eh?
RX-100 II, Anilao
Maybe this plus the WWL-1C and a CMC-1and 2?:
NA-R50 Housing Pro Package for Canon EOS R50
NA-R50 Housing Pro Package Underwater imaging enthusiasts seek improved performance without sacrificing the compactness and simplicity of their camera systems. World travelers desire a smaller alternative to DSLRs without compromising performance. Addressing these needs, Nauticam introduces the...
www.nauticam.com
Or this for the OM camera:
Backscatter Olympus OM-D E-M10 IV Underwater Octo Housing UH-EM10IV
Backscatter Olympus OM-D E-M10 IV Underwater Octo Housing UH-EM10IV: Excellent image quality, more affordable than similar rigs, and compact enough for travelers and novice shooters - is this the new Best Bang For Your Buck in underwater photography? That’s a 10-4, good buddy!
www.backscatter.com
I just cannot wrap my mind around a TG. Yes, they seem to do fine for small stuff but it is a severely limited camera with no manual control, the smallest of small sensors (that does do RAW) and clunky menu and no aperture selections and instead a ND filter and dynamic range is just not there. I see it as a niche camera perhaps for muck diving.
If I were buying today I would go with Nauticam and the OM:
NA-OM1 Housing for OM System OM-1 and OM-1 Mark II Camera
This housing is fully compatible with the OM System OM-1 Mark II Camera. The OM System's OM-1 is the first high-end Micro Four Thirds mirrorless camera from OM Digital Solutions which purchased the Olympus camera division. The OM-1 features a 20MP quad-pixel AF stacked CMOS sensor. It is paired...
www.nauticam.com
And failing that the AOI with integrated flash control:
Backscatter Olympus OM-D E-M10 IV Underwater Octo Housing UH-EM10IV
Backscatter Olympus OM-D E-M10 IV Underwater Octo Housing UH-EM10IV: Excellent image quality, more affordable than similar rigs, and compact enough for travelers and novice shooters - is this the new Best Bang For Your Buck in underwater photography? That’s a 10-4, good buddy!
www.backscatter.com
And I am smitten for some reason with the Nauticam and Canon G7-III for fast X-sync without resorting to HSS and the one inch sensor is enough. If FF then $ony. And, I have no use for videos, will not take a video and will not look at a video. Photos only, thus video capability is not something I even consider and I do not even know how to make my Sony/Nauticam take a video, I think there is a red button or something, I do not know.
I have no interest in is the current TG. No matter what camera is chosen compromises have to be made. There just is no one system that does it all without some compromise somewhere.
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