S95 + Fix recsea housing + extra lens

[Nemrod]

Can't I get a 67mm port with the RecSea 95 instead?

I had planned on ordering the M67 lens adapter (M67: SKU16307131) with the RecSea 95 housing from UWdigitalcamera.com.

The idea is to be able to add the 10bar M67-to-AD bayonet adapter for the Inon UFL-165AD, while still being able to use all the M67 (67mm Type 2) threaded macro and WA wet lenses out there.

Apparently not. They seem to have decided for you that you will use their lens which is a 52mm thread. A step up ring will move the lens out too far. Don't know what to tell you, other than it looks like you need a Recsea if that is the lens you want to use. What a shame, improve something and look what you get, less, not more. Can people just leave things alone nowadays????????

And again, Ripseven, the 52mm port adapter I have is indeed anodized aluminum. I am not talking about the step up ring that came with the UWL-04. If your 52mm port adapter is plastic, you ain't got the right thing or at least not what the rest of us are using.

N

 

[ripseven]

And again, Ripseven, the 52mm port adapter I have is indeed anodized aluminum. I am not talking about the step up ring that came with the UWL-04. If your 52mm port adapter is plastic, you ain't got the right thing or at least not what the rest of us are using.
N

I have some information from my vendor :
1) the adaptor I have has probably a problem : he's sending me (for free) another one (always the plastic one) as he just tested (while we were discussing at the phone) to screw on at the recsea housing at maximum strenght without any problem

2) he told me that aluminium adaptor are potentially dangerous when used with an aluminum lens
why ? >> because of chemical reaction with salted water that could cause a reaction (electrolytic couple) that could at worst damage permanently the thread of either the adaptor or the lens.
It occurs more often when the lens manufacturor is different from the adaptor one, because the metal properties are slightly different.
that's why he told that usually either the adaptor or the lens should be plastic made in order to avoid this problem

anyway, I will give you info as soon as I receive the new adaptor

 

[Nemrod]

I have some information from my vendor :
1) the adaptor I have has probably a problem : he's sending me (for free) another one (always the plastic one) as he just tested (while we were discussing at the phone) to screw on at the recsea housing at maximum strenght without any problem

2) he told me that aluminium adaptor are potentially dangerous when used with an aluminum lens
why ? >> because of chemical reaction with salted water that could cause a reaction (electrolytic couple) that could at worst damage permanently the thread of either the adaptor or the lens.
It occurs more often when the lens manufacturor is different from the adaptor one, because the metal properties are slightly different.
that's why he told that usually either the adaptor or the lens should be plastic made in order to avoid this problem

anyway, I will give you info as soon as I receive the new adaptor

LOL, yes, if you were to screw the aluminum adapter on to the aluminum threads of the lens, both of which are anodized, and then leave it there for several days, you could get some corrosion enough to make removal difficult. But, most of us, at least me, remove the lens and adapter after each days use and clean. I would much rather have the aluminum version. I would rather clean daily than have my lens fall off. You can also use a touch of silicone on the threads to ward off electrolytic corrosion. Since both parts are aluminum and hard anodized, this is not something that happens very fast.

Oh, I did have an Inon UFL165AD lens come off and go on a three day unescorted field trip on the bottom of the Atlantic. The boat hit my lens in heavy seas and the 67mm (nylon) FIX adapter did pop free. The aluminum is much more secure on my Fisheye UWL-04.

N

 

[ripseven]

@Nemrod : thx for the precisions !

 

[John_B]

Apparently not. They seem to have decided for you that you will use their lens which is a 52mm thread. A step up ring will move the lens out too far. Don't know what to tell you, other than it looks like you need a Recsea if that is the lens you want to use. What a shame, improve something and look what you get, less, not more. Can people just leave things alone nowadays????????

Nem, I'm actually considering ordering the RecSea 95, from Japan. That should that fit the M67 adapter, plus the 10bar 67mm-to-AD adapter?

 

[dogdrjohn]

Can't I get a 67mm port with the RecSea 95 instead?

I had planned on ordering the M67 lens adapter (M67: SKU16307131) with the RecSea 95 housing from UWdigitalcamera.com.

The idea is to be able to add the 10bar M67-to-AD bayonet adapter for the Inon UFL-165AD, while still being able to use all the M67 (67mm Type 2) threaded macro and WA wet lenses out there.

That would have been the simple, albeit more expensive solution, but where is the fun in that? I was too cheap to order the FIX/RecSea 67mm adaptor - either from Yuzo or Reef photo - so I came up with my own system for probably about half the price and hours of frustrated fiddling, but at least in the end it works. Now just hope I don;t get too much corrosion from dissimilar metals. Where can I get some sacrificial zinc anodes like FIX is using? Just joking.

 

[John_B]

That would have been the simple, albeit more expensive solution, but where is the fun in that?

Once you get past the reality that the *camera* may be the cheapest part of an underwater system, it takes some of the sting off the rest of the costs. :cool2:

 

[Nemrod]

Nem, I'm actually considering ordering the RecSea 95, from Japan. That should that fit the M67 adapter, plus the 10bar 67mm-to-AD adapter?

Yes, based on what I have been told it should be as compatible as was the original FIX90.

James

 

[scottfiji]

John, I now have some Recsea S95 housings in stock if you want to order any from the USA. It's an awesome housing. My new store is the first place to carry them in the USA, as far as I know.

 

[fab50diver]

Scott, can you tell me the advantage of a Recsea over a FIX housing for the S95?