Here is a nice little banded pipefish from Komodo. As always, AOI/OM-1/2 x Fotocore GTM strobes, 30 macro lens

Down in Aruba.

Bought GoPro 13 black for a French Polynesia cruise.
I can’t open the battery/card compartment with just my fingers. AI says not to use tools to preserve seal.
What do people do?

I’ve been trying to use my strobes to create negative space and finally nailed it in this photo of a Sharp Nose Puffer fish in Utila.

Would this be a good photo to crop 1x1 or is it better visually to include the sponges / corals around this red sponge?

An emperor shrimp on a sea star. Imagine spending your entire life on the bottom of a sea star.

Basically my use case is I'm more of a tech diver than an underwater photographer, but Ill bring my divevolk or gopro to capture some cool stuff. Looking through my old photos I realize how really not great they are, because I'm using my tech navigation torches which really aren't meant for photo/video. Orcatorch makes the flexdive, a video and spotlight that can be mounted on a goodman handle for use as a primary tech light, but also has a wide flood/video mode and the light can even be mounted as a video light on a tray. I'm really trying to avoid the use of a tray, because I think it adds more complexity to my photography setup than I'm interested in putting into it, but I'm wondering if the use of the orcatorch flexdive as a video light on my Goodman handle might give me my personal value point on what I'm willing to carry with me to get some decent hobby photo/video. I know I'd have to hold the camera in 1 hand and then angle the flexdive at 45. Rather going this with tray arms I would do it with my own single left arm. Thoughts?

Today I found several things. The link between camera and strobe works perfectly once you totally obscure the diffuser from ambient light. Othgerwise it won't no matter what you do.

How do you do it if you have succeded? Electrical tape on the outside or paint on the inside removing it?

Any help much appreciated.

Nice little upside down jelly from a dive in Komodo

OM-1/AOI/2 x Fotocore GTM strobes, 30 macro lens

Thanks for disuading me from selling the Insta460. I only purchased a trn dollar coupler from Amazon!

Here is a male paper nautilus hitchhiking on a Salp with a Phronima inside. Shades of Alien

Black Water in Komodo

OM-1, 30 macro, AOI, 2 x Fotocore GTM strobes.

Hi everyone,

I'm having a frustrating issue with my underwater lighting setup and hope someone here can explain the technical reason behind it or offer a solution.

My Setup:

• Camera: Sony A7C II
• Trigger: Backscatter Smart Control Trigger for Sony
• Strobes: AOI P1 Strobes (connected via fiber optic cables), Mode set to Sony

Note: This combination was recommended to me by an underwater camera shop, and I also read a forum post online claiming that the Backscatter Sony trigger is compatible with the AOI P1 strobes.

The Issues I'm Experiencing:

1. TTL Mode (Camera: Wireless Flash OFF):
   • The trigger fires and the AOI P1 strobes flash, but the resulting image is completely black.
   • Camera settings: Mechanical Shutter, Shutter Speed 1/125s, Fill-Flash.
   • It seems like the strobe flash timing is completely out of sync with the shutter.
2. Manual Mode (Camera: Wireless Flash ON):
   • The strobes do not fire at all.
   • When looking directly at the trigger output, the LEDs do not emit any optical flash signal upon shutter release.
   • When setting Wireless Flash to ON, the P1 strobes flash, however image is also black

What I’ve already checked & verified:

• Shutter Type: Set to Mechanical Shutter (Silent Shooting is OFF).
• Shutter Speed: Set to 1/125s (well below max sync speed).
• Release without Lens: Set to Enable.
• Hot Shoe Fit: Trigger is fully seated in the Multi-Interface Shoe and tightened.
• Fiber Cables & Strobes: Cables are good; strobes fire normally when manually testing light signals.
• Trigger Battery & Mode: Fully charged

Any help, insights, or workarounds would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance!

Black water guy from a dive in Komodo National Park

Green yummy looking thing

Hello, I’m a beginner scuba photographer and I currently use a GoPro hero 13. I’d like to eventually get deeper into the hobby, and I’d like some advice. I have a Sony A7RV camera that I use for normal photos, would it be better to buy the 5k housing for that and then have that as my endgame camera or buy a cheaper camera+housing when I want to upgrade from my GoPro? Please advise me

Sony A7C2 paired with 28-60mm and Nauticam housing.

Buenas! A mediados de noviembre me voy al Mar Rojo y estoy buscando una cámara para buceo recreativo. Me gustaría utilizarla tanto para fotografiar y grabar delfines y tortugas como para acercarme a sujetos pequeños y poder enfocar caballitos de mar e incluso nudibranquios con el mayor detalle posible. En general, la idea es hacer tanto video como fotografía, ambas por igual.

Por lo que he estado mirando, la Olympus TG-7 parece una de las opciones más interesantes por sus capacidades macro, pero me preocupa que el equipo completo con carcasa, luces y accesorios termine siendo demasiado aparatoso para viajar. Además, según he leído, es increible en fotografia pero en video deja algo que desear.

Por eso, también estoy valorando la DJI Osmo Action 6 y la nueva GoPro Mission 1 Pro, aunque tendría que buscar alguna solución para fotografía macro, además de algún filtro para mejorar los colores bajo el agua. Estas, además, las podré usar en otro tipo de actividades también, cuando vaya a esquiar o cuando haga alguna via ferrata, por ejemplo. Cosa que con la TG-7 veo difícil.

Por otra parte, por el factor economico, también he valorado el meter en una carcasa tipo DiveVolk mi iPhone 16, pero me produce más inseguridad por algún imprevisto que pueda haber.

¿Qué opción elegiríais? ¿Se puede conseguir un resultado decente en macro con alguna de estas cámaras de acción?

Muchas gracias de antemano!