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Hi Guys,
My Nikonos V & 20mm lens flooded on my 1st dive of my trip to Belize last week. In all the excitement, I forgot to put in the user o-ring for my battery! I feel so awful about this STUPID mistake. I had just bought this lens brand-new from eBay. Well, the damages are: $190 for the lens & $350-405 for completely gutting the camera. It's at Southern Nikonos & I trust them. The camera will be equipped with all new parts, which would be better then buying a used one & cheaper than a new one. The optics coating on the lens has been damaged & will be spotted, but they say that it will not affect the photos.
My husband says this flooding is an omen. He says that if I can't maintain my equipment properly, what kind of diver am I. I do find myself going deeper than I planned or diving longer than I planned to get that extra perfect shot. I read in Jim Church's book that you can tell what kind of diver a person is by how their equipment is maintained.
My husband has constantly been complaining about what a bad dive buddy I am as a photographer. I agree. It is very hard to keep an eye on someone else, when you are busy spotting subjects, composing a photo & bracketing. He timed me several times, saying it would take me 5-7 minutes to glance up from what I was doing, to look for him. He has been in the chamber once already for having to rescue a buddy who's regulater failed at 100', so we are both aware that this could also happen to any one at any time. He doesn't want to pay all that money for repairs, so I can continue in this behaviour. He has just finished a book on solo diving, in where there are several photographers that admit what piss-poor buddies they are. He says I am dangerous to dive with. Any opinions?
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My Nikonos V & 20mm lens flooded on my 1st dive of my trip to Belize last week. In all the excitement, I forgot to put in the user o-ring for my battery! I feel so awful about this STUPID mistake. I had just bought this lens brand-new from eBay. Well, the damages are: $190 for the lens & $350-405 for completely gutting the camera. It's at Southern Nikonos & I trust them. The camera will be equipped with all new parts, which would be better then buying a used one & cheaper than a new one. The optics coating on the lens has been damaged & will be spotted, but they say that it will not affect the photos.
My husband says this flooding is an omen. He says that if I can't maintain my equipment properly, what kind of diver am I. I do find myself going deeper than I planned or diving longer than I planned to get that extra perfect shot. I read in Jim Church's book that you can tell what kind of diver a person is by how their equipment is maintained.
My husband has constantly been complaining about what a bad dive buddy I am as a photographer. I agree. It is very hard to keep an eye on someone else, when you are busy spotting subjects, composing a photo & bracketing. He timed me several times, saying it would take me 5-7 minutes to glance up from what I was doing, to look for him. He has been in the chamber once already for having to rescue a buddy who's regulater failed at 100', so we are both aware that this could also happen to any one at any time. He doesn't want to pay all that money for repairs, so I can continue in this behaviour. He has just finished a book on solo diving, in where there are several photographers that admit what piss-poor buddies they are. He says I am dangerous to dive with. Any opinions?
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