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    Canon S100+Fix/Nauticam housing & handle kit

    Hello, FS is a full underwater Canon S100 + Nauticam/Fix Aluminium case: Includes: - Camera + 16GB SD card + 3 batteries + leather case - UW case + tray + 1 ball + screen frame All in great condition. Full box and cables, etc. 18months old. Has been barely used (total dives ~20-25max) Total for...
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    Micro 4/3 based UW filming system, what to choose, housing, port lens combo ??

    I have GH2 + 7-14, 12-35, and 45mm. Even with OIS, i dont use the 12-35 underwater much (while all the time on land). basically, for WA, 7-14 is a great lens, especially for video. And if macro, i use the 45 (i bought it before the 60mm was out, which would be my choice now as the 45 hunts like...
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    Dive Computer vs Bottom Timer vs watch

    if you are in Canada, buy local ;-) Liquivision : Scuba : Xen ... More seriously, get a computer ! Almost all have a gauge mode anyway. To be really useful, a BT is good if you can get average depth calculated for you (for stupid people like me, it is easier), and also a real timer which give...
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    advice for small and light fins - still good for back kick Hollis F2 or other??

    i couldnt locate a small size (or L) pair. Only one i found by then were XL. Eventually, we went with the small size of the F2 for several reason, weigth/size being a big one. For warm water diving, they are really great. The foot pocket is big, so you need 5mm shoes. They are quite efficient...
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    advice for small and light fins - still good for back kick Hollis F2 or other??

    I'm looking for a new pair a fins for traveling to warm water. OMS doesnt do the slipstream, and also i'm looking for a small size (women size 7) I've looked at the F2 and was curious to see if anyone has tried them, especially interested about easiness for back kick. Any recommendation would...
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    Some Macro Pictures from Lembeh with Panasonic LX7 and 6/10/16 Diopters

    very nice. How many strobe did you use ?
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    Starting GUE Fundamentals this Saturday. . .

    I agree that the swim test can be part of the most challenging portion... especially if done on swim suit in Seattle water ;-) (kidding!)
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    Light and Motion Sola 800

    another +1 for the red ! 800 or 1200 photo are really great lights
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    micro-four third lens: panasonic 12-35/2.8 vs oly 12-50macro

    I’m debating between the Panasonic 12-35/F2.8 and the Olympus 12-50/macro option for underwater use. Pros for 12-35: great lens for dryland photo and video, fits under the 6” nauticam dome port that I already have Cons: cost (~1k$ +/- 15%) and wont work for macro Pros for 12-50 oly...
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    GUE table for non decompression dives

    I thought CMAS was/is using the MN90 tables ? Or maybe it is just the FFESSM ... GUE will only recommend diving 32%, so nitrox table applies, and as Lucca_brassi mentioned, many people use http://uwexplorers.net/downloads/dir...h_metric_A.pdf It's unlikely you'll get more details as people are...
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    ZEN Underwater DP-170 optical glass port with Panasonic 7-14 zoom

    at last a glass dome port for teh 7-14mm ! No scratches .... how does this dome compared to teh std nauticam one in terms of stability and side (seems this one is shorter but wider) also ... pricing ?
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    Review of GH2 & Nauticam housing

    A big Gorilla GP8 Focus and Bullhead X Amazon.com: Joby GP8-BHEN GorillaPod Focus with Ballhead X bundle: Camera & Photo (actually cheaper on ebay ;-) can be a smaller GP3 gorilla zoom .... Eventually, you dont need the 2 holes, but the other tray will not allow any tripod to be placed...
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    Panasonic Leica DG Macro 45mm with GH2

    yes, it is a very useful 150$ piece of plastic, as the lens can really hunt a lot in some conditions. The focus limit switch doesnt seem to work for close focus, so manual is better. Very nice from Nauticam to have done it, but 150$ for that !!???
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    Long but shallow profile, what kind of training do I need

    Eelnora, Is there a lot of divers in your area willing to go Rec3? What about your #1 buddy? Rec3 has some advantages (cost and time of the class probably), but at the end, if you go for a class to extend your BT but cant find anyone to match you, it will be wasted. Of course, you can probably...
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    M43 - panasonic 12-35mm f2.8 and Nauticam port xx?

    Has everyone used the new panasonic 12-35mm underwater yet ? And if yes, is there a Nauticam port which can be compatible with it? I was thinking either the 6" or even better the 4" dome #36137 for the Olympus 9-18, but not sure. And hopefully the large zoom lens for th2 14-42 would work...
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    Fundies and SCR Changes

    Sorry, i understood you and i was the one not clear. My point was in tropical water, the improvement is such that i couldnt notice nor care about a variation one way or an other, also if i came straight out of tropical vacations before fundies, it took 6 months before getting back to warm, so...
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    No Ditchable Weight

    maybe less important but if you have a double rig with 2 backup lights, canister, 6cf tank, and all other stuff, it could be useful to have it float by itself (when all tanks are full) in case you have to ditch it at the surface (or have the rig in the water first and don it then). Maybe...
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    Fundies and SCR Changes

    Felicitations Christophe! I think I remember the same thing. Mostly because of the focus to have as low as possible buoyancy variation as possible. It bothered me at the beginning as well, but now in many situations, I don't care about looking too good (i'm hopeless anyway) so SAC/DCR has...
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    TZ10/ZS7 tray and lighting

    if you have the panasonic housing, which can be made neutral very easily, one way is to use the loc-line tray and arm, like this: Locline Arm and Camera Tray discounts on sale Light And Motion I've been using something similar with 1 large stix float and still neutral (with a sola 1200). It...
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    GUE's stance on CCR

    Thanks for the link. Very interesting overview, and positive about GUE being open to that CCR buz, with caution of course. A little extreme comparison with the housing market and fancy mortgages, first i thought he really exagerated, but eventually it's true both could be toxic for people who...
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