I need tips

[HiDefPics]

I think you've already left for Bonaire, but just in case - here's my 2 cents.

If you put your camera/housing in the rinse bucket when you get on the boat and leave it in there for the ride out to the dive site make sure it is turned off! I had one dive recently where I put the camera in the bucket, rode out to the site, giant stride off the boat and start to descend with my camera. Only then did I realize that the camera had been turned on in the bucket and the record button had been pressed. So I'm in the water with a tape in the camera that has already run all the way to then end. This was for a production shoot, so I was able to get back on the boat, pull the camera out of the housing & rewind the tape to start over. PITA!

Have fun.

 

[Papa_Bear]

Never ever leave your camera in the "Bucket" it is the worst place on the boat! The tank is to get the salt off only and a bad place to store expensive gear! If it is going to leak it will in the tank! If you want to scratch your lens it a great place to do it! If you want to break something off the housing again it is the best place to do it! A flat surface were it will not get kicked is better! Rinse your camera take it out and dry it off, its a rinse tank not storage!

 

[Rig Magician]

Thanks guys. Well I am here and just got through looking at my first days video. I learned that I need to shoot longer videos, and I need to make sure that I stop recording when I am done.