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    Costa Rica, where, worth the trip?

    sjukich, have you ever dived the pacific along the american continent? The pacific coast of the american continent is certainly not known for it's great visbility or coral gardens. BUT, this sea is known for it's richness in marine life, the massive amount of plankton and tiny algeas lowering...
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    T1i Housing - Ikelite or Nimar

    Hello Jan, i write you in english instead of german to make this discussion public. I already wrote you in Wetpixel regarding the Ikelite Housing and the domes. I have a Canon G12 in a Patima alu housing and i made some of my best pictures with it as the G12/S100 have a zoom and macro lens and...
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    Weighting a Zeagle ET for UW photography.

    Simon, i use several wings, one of them is a Hollis Ride travel wing very similar to the Zeagle Express Tech. Depending on you buoyancy control and how heavy/light your legs are you probably should put some pounds high on the tank to bring your legs/fins up to protect the environment. I have...
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    Lens for a new Nikon D800

    Underwater i use the Sigma 15mm Diagona Fisheye and the Nikon 105mm Micro VR on my D800. I would like to have the 16-35 f/4 VR also and next buy will be this lens as it is a affordable, extrem sharp and the zoom range make it handy for unexpected encounters of big stuff. Unfortunately this is...
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    Early December In Herradura Costa Rica Area?

    Hi Clint, manta rays and the sharks are our main attraction - beneath our beautiful, steep volcanic rock formations and shoals - and it's our goal to show them to our clients, but marine life is unforeseeable. I personally saw Manta Rays between 1 of January and end of April but the most...
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    Costa Rica mid February

    Deskjockey, for such a short time you may consider to fly to Bahia Drake as you will loose too much time with driving there. There are not so much dive sites at Isla del Caño so 2 or 3 days of diving will be enough to dive the best dive sites there and in case that you encounter not so good...
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    Any reports from Coiba?

    My friends at Coiba Dive center post exciting pictures of Whale Sharks and Manta Rays showing up in this period. Have a look at their page: https://www.facebook.com/coibadivecenter Coiba Dive Center S.A. - Home I did my best dives in my dive career there and wth them last February! Chris
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    Costa Rica Diving

    tarpoonchik, water temp in Costa Rica on the pacific side is usually between 80-85° but sometimes we get hit of colder currents dropping temp down to 70-75°. I personally dive 3mm full, 2mm shorty or often without wetsuit, but i don't get easy cold. Anyway a 5mm wetsuit will give you a better...
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    Early December In Herradura Costa Rica Area?

    Hi Clint, Herradura Divers is closed during the rainy season between mid of may and end of November to provide only the best dive conditions to our clients. We will start dive operation in a few days and we have space left for example on Saturday December 8th for 2 local dives. If you would...
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    Bottom image

    I have a Huminbird 989 Si Side Scan unit and i am basically happy with it. It is great to find new dive sites or sites you don't have the exact position as far as they are not deeper than 100-120 ft. Any non Side Scan fishfinder / deepsounder should be able to show a wreck in depths suitable...
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    Dive knives - Anyone use a "non-dive" knife?

    EMT shears are great, cheap and can be used with one hand as you don't have to hold the line to cut. Cheap steak knifes with a plastic handle work great and are cheap too. Just grind the point away, use a old weight belt webbing folded and sewn together on the borders The classical tek diver...
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    Insuring dive cameras and dive gear ?

    I have my things insured here: Diving Equipment My GF lost her D9 computer, Divemaster Insurance payed after 2 weeks after providing a police report. Their quick, easy haindling convinced me to et insuranced with thm as well. Chris Chris
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    Flooded my D7000 yesterday

    i'm sorry to hear that! All others just gave the good tips and cutting the hydrophone cable was a wise decision, as the real value for a usual underwater photographer and videgrapher it is still arguable for me. I like the idea with the check-list inside! Chris
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    S95 vs. G12? Ikelite vs. Fisheye?

    I had a G11 in a Patima aluminium housing and just bought a G12 to use in the same housing. The decision for the G11/12 was the bigger size as i get cramps in my hands using the S90/S90/S100 on land. The most important difference between the S and G series is that the G series has a hotshoe for...
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    Ikelite AF35 vs. Inon S2000

    I don't know the Ikelite AF35 but i have one 2007 D-2000 and 2 2011 Z-240 strobes and they are super reliable and never gave me any headache even with 0 maintance except rinsing. Th S-2000 is the smaller version of the D-2000 lacking of Auto EA mode, has a slightly smaller beam, and Inon claims...
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    My New Compressor!!

    Congratulations Mike, i have the same in my shop in Italy, but with automatic stop and condensate drain. Change the oil every 50-100 hours should increase the life of the compressor and it's cheaper than a repair. Chris
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    Adding a strobe to a Canon G11 with a broken flash

    sbertout, you may be able to trigger a electrically connected strobe if the hotshoe connector on the G11 is still working. But this will lead you to buy a new housing with a electrical bulkhead liek the Patima housing and this will be much more expensive than a new camera, but a better...
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    Fantasea Nano: Doesnt fire during dives

    I had also confused results with the FantaSea Nano from one of my students. The preflash settings where wrong explained in the manual and in the - following the manual" 2 preflash setting, the strobe did not fire or fired unreliable. The P7000 shoot 2 well visible preflashes and then the main...
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    Which macro lens: Tokina 100mm or Nikon 105mm VR

    jcclink, do a search on google about fungus problem on lenses and you will find tons of articles and opinions about that problem. One thing is clear to me, the spore (the seeds) have to enter inside the lens and i believe that fungus comes from assembling the lenses in a infected ambient. I...
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    Which macro lens: Tokina 100mm or Nikon 105mm VR

    I changed from my Ninon Micro 105mm NON VR to the Tokina 100mm. I have fungus troubles with 3 Nikon lenses (2008 18-105VR, 105mm Micro and a 10 month old 70-300VR) The 18-105mm and the 70-300 VR never got under the water, the 18-105mm made 3 6 months dry season in Cost Rica, the 70-300 one...
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