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yep, thats my experience also. I worked as a DM guiding dives in SE Asia and sometimes divers would turn up with 8000 dives. We'd take them on a dive for the first dive and then if we could see that they werent gonna be a liability they could really do what they want. If they started going into...

Hi guys, please check out my ebay listing - Tiny scuba diving camera + video & underwater housing | eBay UK great little camera for sale - tiny size for easy use. as the advert says... The reason I bought this particular model and the reason that I will look for a second hand one...

those are some superb photos! loving the nudibranchs and the eel shots. good work sir! Thats made me consider upgrading my little camera for something a bit more pro which when your on a divemaster wages is a dangerous thought to be having! ouch! :D

oh yeah. budget is around US 10k I think. (top end, obviously the cheaper the better!)

hey guys, I've been guiding a nice guy from Australia over the last few days who is a teacher and gets long breaks every 4 years for working in the Aussie outback miles from anywhere and he is a experienced diver and we were talking the other day about where he could go on his next 6 month...

hey guys, sorry its taken me so long to get back to you.... moving to asia and all that kinda took up all my time.. I finally went for the mk11 with the R395 second stage and I am very happy with it. Its great. I am going to be working in East Timor, where there isnt currently a ScubaPro...

will do - they are closed till tuesday so will report back then :popcorn:

actually just checked and the price difference is less than I thought. c300 is about 25% more expensive, but thats only about £40($60). The guy from my local shop said I can pop in and try them all for myself so will report back. but yeah, looking like the m11 / c300 combo at the moment.

yep, sticking to price point. thanks for the replies guys. So at the moment I guess the opinion is that the the most expensive combination is the best and the cheapest is no good due to it being unregulated. has anyone experience of diving the r395 vs the c300 ? can the r395 be tuned by...

hey guys, I am trying to work out which of these is going to be what I need for diving twice a day for 9 months in 0-40meters - warm water only ... mk2 - r295 mk11 - r295 mk11 - r395 mk11 - c200 mk11 - c300 i've read a million reviews but Im just not putting the pieces together...

superb - thanks for this info I think this is the crux of the matter. Its simple economics. Suppy is vastly outweighing demand, so wages are very low. well I must have been robbed blind in the Dominican Republic! and that was some years ago too. Maybe diving has got a lot cheaper or...

cheers Jim - do you know what the most popular types are that dive schools use? is there a main brand? you know, the more I think about it, I cant put my finger on why people arent able to make a living doing this. I mean scuba diving is an expensive pasttime. That means that theres money...

Do any of you good folk know the answer to either of these questions?

god bless the man who invented sunglasses :crafty:

yep blimey - that's a long day, make no mistake. Doing it 7 days a week you gotta really love it too. I mean we all like a rest right, no matter how great your job is! I guess though, hearing you talk about doing it you think "well are these people insane?" and then you begin to remember just...

Cheers Andy, 5am starts eh? blimey! Yep, Its great to have these things pointed out. Its hard to envision what life will be like in a new career, and people who live it day in day out can tell you straight up.. I think I will enjoy the people aspect and the open air part of the job too. I...

lol - I guess after a while the novelty wears off eh and you have days where it does really seem like work! Same dive site again. 100th time, different annoying clients! haha. I cant quite really see it in myself though yet, my freshfaced enthusiasm is still too strong. My previous job...

work in a bar / teach english / freelance IT cheers guys, yep these are all definite possibilities. I guess I am still trying to swallow the bitter pill of finding out there are no paid DM positions!! Nah, I'll see how it goes. Its been a couple of years since I've dived and I guess I'll...

cheers scooby - that's some good food for thought. Hopefully you are right and I can probably make it through leaning on the IT skills. I am prepared for a pretty entrepreneurial few years and whilst a bit daunted, really looking forward to the challenge of surviving without the big london pay...

yep, I hope so Andy. I did send out some emails to some IDC's offering IT in exchange for instructor training and got one reply from 80 emails, but he wanted me to commit to a two year contract. And I dont feel ready for that kind of commitment. Also (probably rather naively) suddenly thought -...