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Thanks for all the great ideas. Looking into them.

I'm an AOW diver with 200+ dives. I will have about 2 weeks at the start of August '17 to go anywhere to dive. Preference is for warm waters, pelagics, opportunities for wide angle shooting. Where are the must do locations at this time of the year? Don't even know how to easily search for...

With this time frame and budget, where would you go? I'd be leaving from Chicago, so hoping to stay closer to home (vs. Asia, e.g.) What's good where? Looking for intermediate/advanced level dives, and of course, big animals. Thanks!

My biggest problem with my XZ1 is the ability to stay in focus, or to even focus at all. It would jump in/out of focus for even the slightest motion. I noticed this problem when you shot the frog fish, and maybe a few other frames too. I've heard that different camera settings affect video...

Yeah, that's the setting on the strobe. I just find it odd that it fires correctly for every other setting--even sTTL-Low, and at angles to the sensor that are severe. My cable is in the mail. Thanks.

In sTTL mode, I can only get the strobe to mimic the pre-flash sequence when the camera's flash is pointed directly to the bottom of the strobe, where the Z-240's sensor is. When the camera is not aimed right, the strobe fires at full power, missing the whole shot completely. This make some...

Thanks Quero. Since posting this question, I've dug up something that might work. My impression from doing a lot of reading here, and elsewhere, is that diving in VN is just not worth it, and in January, water will be cold too. I've found a way to fly to Bangkok, then to Phuket, reasonably...

Hoping I can get ideas or recommendations for my first liveaboard for an upcoming trip to Vietnam for the first week of January. It will be my first liveaboard, and I'm hoping for a real convenient departure from Vietnam. I'm starting to think there's nothing there, and may have to go to...

I'm off to Marco Island for several days in April. Did my searches, and I have to ask if anyone has any comments about this fish/dive op? This will be a non-dive oriented trip for me, so driving 2+ hours to the better dive locations is out. I mainly want to do this to prep for our trip to...

Thanks, too. Planning to head over there late March, and was concerned about water conditions. Your report for November has alleviate some of my concerns.

Has anyone tried this cam with the "underwater" mode? From just looking at the display, it looks like it highlights the reds to compensate. I have no idea how well it works, and I'm wondering if I should look at a lens filter for my upcoming trip. Thanks.

Been doing my certification for OW. Tried about 3 masks so far, and they all leak. My instructor just about gave up on trying to fix it--too tight, too loose, too high on my face, etc. No one else in the class seems to have this problem. Water seems to come in under my nose. And it just...