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Probably too late, but I'll post anyway. Just got off a carnival cruise last week. We booked our dives through the ship. First time, so we played it safe. Due to weather, Anthony's Key Resort canceled on us. Basically if the weather's bad, everyone has to dive on the south side, and they are on...

I'm leaving for a cruise with the wife tomorrow. It'll be our first cruise and our first time diving in the ocean. We're bringing our own equipment. I've spent the last month and a half training someone to cover for me (IT on call 24/7/365). They're freaked out, i'm freaked out, it's great...

Where I did my DSD dive is an SSI shop, so not sure how well that matches up with this. But it was in a quarry with low vis. Ratio there is always 1:1. My wife had to wait while I went and vice versa. In addition to that the max depth was either 15' or 20' limited by a buoy attached to you. The...

The ISO on the paralenz seems to max out at about 1600. So if it's even remotely dim, you're going to want to hold really still for any shots. This is probably what I have struggled with the most. Second biggest issue is switching between DCC and AWB in photo mode. If its dim, and you start...

It's crazy how many people think I'm just holding a flashlight. I actually clip it on the same retractor as my flashlight without any issues. You do have to be fairly careful about keeping it vertically aligned.

I bought one in early December, and have taken it on 7 different dives. So far I much prefer to hold it in my hand and take pictures with it. And every use the video snap feature if I want some video. I find I jump from DCC to AWB a fair amount, since I'm in a quarry where it gets pretty dark by...

I like the beanies...

This reminds me of my childhood. My mother and I moved to Medellin, Colombia, in the late 80's, from Southern, IL. The cartel violence was at it's height, Escobar et. al we're making a mess of everything. The City was on lockdown after 8pm. I was 12. While out to dinner you'd hear a large...

The wife for me a Waterproof 10mm dive hood. Should be just right for what looks to be a balmy 35f dive on New Years at the local quarry.

Can you just view them? Or does it always download them?

No, just standard IPhone. I do feel that they have the right idea, and seem to be pretty responsive in their updates. So I'll keep trying. I really want to avoid opening the back up during the day. If I can help it.

Thank you for the tips. On the first dive we got lost for a bit in the silt at the beginning which made for some spectacularly horrible video. That's why I opted out of being the leader on subsequent dives. Too much task loading...

I think in the end I'm not really interested in transferring the video as much as being able to view it and see if there are things that would worth taking more time for on a second dive. Obviously some things aren't repeatable, but there are a few things that I got a quick glimpse of on the...

forgot to add images. Still From Video: Plain Still Image

So I'm quite the newbie, My wife and I've had about 30+ dives since september. All at Mermet Springs in Southern IL. Tired of only taking phone photos of getting ready to dive, I thought I'd get a simple dive camera to record our adventures. I've been taking D/SLR hobby photos for decades...

I love the conclusion that he came to.

My experience is that they can hold a lot more than that. I think US hydrostatic test pressure is around 5000 psi. I routinely see them filled to 3400. Esp. if it was a cool night when they filled them and a warm day. There was even a thread where people were trying to find places to...

I just got my OW in Sept. at Mermet, and the thing that still freaks me out are the weekend crowds on those platforms. It social anxiety, low vis. due to the silt, and fear of loosing my buddy/wife among the throngs of students moving across and practicing on those platforms. It's a whole...

Just as an FYI his name is Charlie. :-)

I'm currently diving a 5mm + lavacore(+/-2mm) + hood(2mm) and gloves(5mm) in ~42F water. I added the hood, gloves and lavacore around 55F-60F. I can handle about 35 min, any longer and I truly core cold when I get out. Honestly the biggest issue I have is the wind on the surface. If it's...