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Hi to Mod63 and scubadada. I'm interested to hear what these particularities are that you've experienced with the Nauticam and Isotta, especially if it's about the housing and not the camera. My issues pressing the buttons were most often at depth, I had to jam my knife against them to press...

People, thanks for weighing in. Based on the comments and prices it sounds like aluminum is better. The Isotta looks nice for the RX100. I was considering that or a Canon G7X instead of a DSLR in hopes they'd give me a bump up in resolution from my older 16mp Olympus. I'd try and experiment with...

I'm ready to buy a new camera and underwater housing but would like to avoid the issues I've had in the past. Once I got to depth using a compact Sony camera in an Ikelite housing, the buttons were REALLY hard to push in. Also I'd like better usability than having 2 or 3 controls that need to go...

A good reminder to practice turning my air on and off, which I haven't done since OW. I hear the Chinese government takes a dim view of their tourists being a-holes while touring the world, and actually have issued Emily Post-like guidelines. I'm not litigiously inclined, but in this situation...

I'm still obsessing about how it could've been any of us, yet know I'll be back on a liveaboard. My dive buddy who'd been on Conception half a dozen times told me it was a nice boat, and it was on my list to book a Truth Aquatics trip. For those of us who are thrilled to boat to out-of-the-way...

OK so I guess I didn't do a great job of making my point...I'd like to see review of escape hatch regs, but what Roak said: 34 people below, 5 on the top deck [1 ostensibly awake] and no one heard a fire alarm on such a small boat. When I lived in NYC I woke my neighbors burning toast, and I...

Just saw the comments in the news today about the escape hatch. The investigators should remember that divers as a group are competent and resourceful people. I think if any one person in the bunk room was awake enough to smell smoke they would've yelled out to the room. If the stairs were...

Whether batteries are implicated or not, having a fire extinguisher and detector right there on the camera table seems like a good move for the industry. If overnight charging is made verboten I'd fully expect to find passengers charging in their bunks, much worse! So much overwhelming sadness...

Well after the 900+ posts and debating have tapered off, I've been compelled to read through all of this thread. What a page-turner and an education + a great job by the moderators. RIP Quero, your real intentions live. How newbies help me be a better diver - Blogs - ScubaBoard - Scuba Diving...

Me & my bf are making a cruise ship stop 11/14 in Barbados, and are hoping to dive the Stavronikita wreck. We need critical mass of a few more divers to devote the boat to the Stav, rather than making multiple stops to beginner-friendly sites. Not that plain old shallow Barbados wouldn't be...

nice, Sipadiver - thanks for the update. I looked at the Submersibles site - do you think it's just as well to stay at the land resort as on a liveaboard?

Thread split from the discussion of the loss of the Oriental Siren. while we await 1st-hand accounts, I'm curious about the weather meltdown in the S China Sea, and when some of you who live around there suggest making the trip. I happened onto this thread while reading up on Timor - had...

Siren people - I do appreciate your point about considering feelings of those on board the vessel. I've been in touch with Dive Lorosae about Jaco and the east end of Timor - it'll be just 2 of us, which isn't enough to warrant their bringing a boat out there. Ruth says it's an unexplored area...

hey thanks for links Damselfish, I found the Oriental Siren looking on Timor sites & wasn't checking Malaysia. those reports are all about weather, weather & more weather being unpredictable & tough - but I'm going to keep monitoring threads for the "other reasons"

today doing more East Timor recon & came across this The best diving in Thailand on liveaboard S/Y Oriental Siren good news that everyone returned safe & sound but what a strange article - I quote : "we believe that the vessel has been lost. To date, interviews with the boat crew and...

OC, do you have any suggestions about getting to Jako Island? Considering Timor for coming fall but skipping the liveaboard because we're already doing lots of other stuff on this trip. It looks like getting to this end of the island needs advance logistics, thanks!

coming from west oz that's high praise for diving - I'll check with orca 1st since I fear rental gear!

I don't have the training of all the doctors and DMs on this thread, so I've always gone by the limits I learned on the mike ball + peter hughes boats - which is 5 dives/day max. I'm wondering if a lot you on this board exceed that, and if you do, is it because you use nitrox? I haven't...

hey randini, thanks for this - nice to have the heads up not to bother packing my own wetsuit, I haven't been anywhere so cold since I took aow in our local east coast rock quarry. FYI viz should be the best in the world ! The Blue, the Bluer, and the Bluest Ocean — GES DISC: Goddard...

check out Buzios if you can get away for a long weekend, took me 2-3 hours from Rio I think. more famous for being the Brazilian Hamptons than a diving hot spot, the beaches are spectacular. I liked that it's just about the only place I didn't have to chase the big hawksbill for a view, turtle...