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Of course the individual experience of a single UW-photographer is only anecdotal evidence and not necessarily representative, but I belong to the people with very bad individual experience with Sea&Sea: Within few years I managed to consume 4(!) YS-D2 strobes by overheating of the flash tubes...

I am looking for stronger strobes since > 1 year and I am considering pre-ordering two: The HF-1 specs. look very good and the pre-review by Nicool sounds positive, I could not find a negative statement there. But maybe it just looks too good to be true... On the other hand, the innovative MF-2...

As far as I read the specs. - no, but there is a much weaker white and a red focus light included in the Marelux strobe. For me personally, this video light feature is just not interesting, it is more an unnecessary burden to me, so I did not pay attention to it... Wolfgang

Hi liveboardlover, I do not have OM-1 or OM-1 II and do not know these menues. I had Olympus EM1II and EM5II in the past and my post above show that EM1II together with the Nauticam flash trigger can syncronize reliably up to 1/400s, even 1/500s works. I guess with other flash triggers as e.g...

The announced HF-1 strobe looks very good, maybe too good to be true when price/performance is regarded... I am highly inclined to preorder two, as I am searching for strobes with more power as my current Z330s have, which come to their limits in bright sunlight and clear waters with the FF...

The macroport 60 is sold now...

Both housing and camera are sold now...

Thank you for the detailed information, really very informative (I have WACP-C and consider FCP-1, but I am just thinking, undecided yet)... When you say f/7.1 - f/8 on WACP-1 compares to f/13 on FCP-1 with respect to DOF, how about the other parameters, such as shutter speed and ISO? Are...

You say IQ of FCP-1 is lightyears ahead of the Tokina 10-17mm on APS-C. It would be helpful if you could post examples, so that everyone could judge by himself how big this difference is... Wolfgang

Interesting review... :thumb2: When you say IQ gets acceptable at f/13 and higher values, it is because of the thin DOF, right (in the region that is sharp, there is high resolution of details, even at smaller f-numbers?)? It means that DOF at same aperture values, set on the lens, is smaller...

Since I have extensive UW-photo equipment to carry (first MFT, now FF) there is (almost) no more space for scuba equipment in the carry on luggage (camera rucksack plus a camera bag)... Scuba equipment that goes in carry-on: TCs and compass. Only part of the photo equipment goes in carry-on...

Ah, SS Vis... I did not dive there, I guess too deep for me ... It is hard to say how the photos would look with a compact under these special conditions, but I guess you could make similar photos with Sony RX100. It is certainly more difficult with a compact camera (every single parameter must...

It is as Barmaglot says: the noise will be larger in the region lit entirely by natural light, i.e. mostly the open water behind you (and the parts of the wreck that are more distant), and there the noise is more or less irrelevant... Was the wreck the Vassiljev? Wolfgang

It is right that a fraction of UW-photographers make wreck photos entirely with rectilinear WA lenses and domeport, because of the distortion problem. Others don't really care (including me)... I think that the fisheye distortion is less of a problem as is often assumed. When you look e.g. at...

Here are test photos (from DPReview) that allow to compare (between compact/MFT/APS-C/FF) what happens to the shadows, when you blow up the shadows by approx. 5 EV. The cameras have different base ISOs, so the comparison is not 100% identical, but it shows nicely how much (or how little) you...

When you photograph an entire wreck, you cannot illuminate the entire scene with strobes. At most single spots of the scenery with remote strobe(s). Here the sensor size contributes to better image (less noise at higher ISO), but 60m is really deep and there will be little light. Another factor...

I would uncheck the "Enable Profile Corrctions". This turns the (in this case build-in) correction off (I would, however, check the box "Remove Chromatic aberration)... Wolfgang

I would not pay the money to a "wannabe professional UW photographer" for one-to-one teaching (as many offering such courses are). Instead read the book by Martin Edge (cited above), even better to my opinion (didactically excellent) is "Underwater Photography Masterclass" by Alex Mustard...

I had EM5II, EM1II MFT and now Sony A7R5, all in Nauticam housings. My WA rigs are about the same size, no matter whether MFT or FF. A big difference is macro: Zuiko 60mm (or Pana 45mm) vs. the much larger/heavier Sony 90mm rig... => When you go for an interchangeable lens system, you have to...

As Barmaglot says, it depends on your desires... For sure you need a second suitcase with gear when you go FF. Unless you dedicate your dives to make photos, a better compact is, by far, the better choice. A diver with a hughe exchangeable lens setup, just diving within a guided group and...