Craig Hoover
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Hi All,
Have been comparing Tribolube 71 with Sea & Sea o-ring lubricant for a month now. Using one type of lubricant on one strobe and the other on the second strobe. Using serial numbers to make sure not to mix things up. Here are a couple results.
Sea & Sea lubricant is stickier and more prone to adhere to hairs, lint and sand. Tribolube is not sticky and nothing seems to adhere to it. There is significantly less sand buildup around the o-ring lubricated with Tribolube.
There is no noticable swelling of either o-ring though I will continue to watch for signs and continue the experiment over the life of the rings.
I am pleased with Tribolube and barring any long term unforseen effects, I will continue to use it in the future. Thanks Bill for the excellent advise.
I tried out the 100mm lens with the LCD off. Focusing is much faster and the camera will actually lock focus when using a flip down diopter. The camera usually fails to lock focus when the LCD is active and the lens is focusing slower. Use of the viewfinder is necessary with the LCD off. Maybe there might be something to those (overpriced super dandy) aftermarket viewfinders.
A tripod is going to be necessary for fine tuning of strobe and focus light position to achieve the best possible results from the one shot that is created from a day of diving.
Craig
Have been comparing Tribolube 71 with Sea & Sea o-ring lubricant for a month now. Using one type of lubricant on one strobe and the other on the second strobe. Using serial numbers to make sure not to mix things up. Here are a couple results.
Sea & Sea lubricant is stickier and more prone to adhere to hairs, lint and sand. Tribolube is not sticky and nothing seems to adhere to it. There is significantly less sand buildup around the o-ring lubricated with Tribolube.
There is no noticable swelling of either o-ring though I will continue to watch for signs and continue the experiment over the life of the rings.
I am pleased with Tribolube and barring any long term unforseen effects, I will continue to use it in the future. Thanks Bill for the excellent advise.
I tried out the 100mm lens with the LCD off. Focusing is much faster and the camera will actually lock focus when using a flip down diopter. The camera usually fails to lock focus when the LCD is active and the lens is focusing slower. Use of the viewfinder is necessary with the LCD off. Maybe there might be something to those (overpriced super dandy) aftermarket viewfinders.
A tripod is going to be necessary for fine tuning of strobe and focus light position to achieve the best possible results from the one shot that is created from a day of diving.
Craig
