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Folks, a question for those of you who have used either of these lenses: - How many turns does it take to screw one into a 67mm thread? I had a Kraken WA adapter for my backup TG5 rig and that blessed thing would take freaking ages to attach. - Alternatively, are there flip adapter...

Folks, am going back to Sharm after 22 years. In August, for my sins. Anyone have any suggestion for a dive operator that uses smaller boats/has smaller groups? Bonus if they also have a resort that is NOT a soulless generic hotel. TIA!

I've been diving in the Andamans since 2000, so I can give a reasonably good perspective. If you go for any single aspect of diving, there are better places in Asia. Want macro? Sulawesi is better. Want big stuff? Perhaps Yap, or Layang Layang for hammers/whatever. However, there...

Generalize much?

We don't offer professional courtesy discounts to instructors diving with us. It doesn't cost us any less to take them out diving, and it isn't as if we are asking them to babysit other divers. We charge a fair price for the diving and everyone pays the same price. Just b/c someone has a...

Smile and take the money.... maybe for those people, saving time is more important, in which case it is win-win. V.

Different agencies have different pros/cons, especially beyond the OW level. It makes the most sense to go with whichever course meets your specific requirements - regardless of the agency offering it.

Going by what you described, you did fine. It is called "using your brain" - well done.

I think you meant to type: "I made a mistake in slagging off my instructor on a public forum when it is I who was confused" A few typos seem to have crept into that. V.

Personally, I have found it the most useful soon after the OW course. Once you get some experience, you dont gain as much from the in-water component of the AOW course compared to the acceleration in your learning soon after OW. People get too caught up in the "Advanced" part of the name...

The difference in the extremes is quite obvious. But drawing a clear-cut line on what is/what isnt appropriate is much more difficult and personally, I dont believe in absolutes (eg, nobody benefits from being yelled at). That was the crux of my somewhat minor disagreement with Bob's...

^^ Hehe, cool story. :)

In scuba, as in life, sometimes (not always, not often but sometimes) you have to be forceful to make a point. There are all sorts of people in this world, and different people react differently. If you havent met anybody who would benefit from a case of "tough love" or being given a forceful...

^^ Actually, the times I've taught a class with parents and kids in it, there has been no particular issue. The parents are very careful buddies, but they have never been disruptive. They all are on an even footing, and that helps. If they are over-protective, it is relatively easy to...

While I agree with this in general, "always" is too absolute. Different people react differently - the trick to being a good instructor or trainer is anything is figuring out how to get to a specific person, not following a particular formula.

In 10 years of teaching, only *once* have I blown up and ripped a student a new one. If the student were on Scubaboard, he could probably describe his version of the story as follows: "I was on OW3, we were going down a line on really poor visibility, the instructor turned to signal to another...

^^^ That. I like the way you teach :)

I'd say keep the bulk of the weight on your belt and add a little high - just below the upper tank band of your BCD. Then try moving it downwards as needed till your trim is neutral. You set your weights for the dive - not to compensate for your BCD pushing you forwards on the surface. If...

I generally prefer the kids to be without the parents - I have noticed that having the parents around sometimes puts additional pressure on the kids. And frankly, it is a lot easier without well-meaning people jumping in (as they say, a little knowledge is a dangerous thing). I *do* ask the...

No. Not during a class. If you think the instructor doesnt know what s/he is doing, get a different instructor or do some additional teaching to your child later. Otherwise, let him or her teach and dont stick your nose in correcting them on this and that. Oh please. You are stretching...