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The only remaining shop I know about, that is at all convenient to downtown, is Underwater Safaris on North Lincoln Ave, near the Wellington and Southport intersection. There might be a shop in Hyde Park, I think there used to be one, at least. If you are in the suburbs, there are other options...

Just saw your post, and i did a trip on Peter Hughes' Wind Dancer in September. Probably the best Caribbean diving I've done so far. The liveaboard was realtively expensive, and only you can decide if it is worth it. I thought it was, and if you compare the price to a nice hotel, and include...

I've used the sea arms with the 110a and the 110, it works fine in water, but you really have to tighten down to get the arms to not flop around on land. Obviously, in water use is the more important. Assuming the ball on the inon is the same size, it will work as well, but I don't think I've...

There goes that theory . . .

Riger, I would answer maybe, but probably not very useful. It may give you a general feel for the camera and lens, but the strobes are much more powerful in air than in water. You will get virtually no light penetration over 2m in water, but a strobe will have no problem lighting up a darkened...

I have the strobes set to TTL and use t.he controls on the back in manual mode to fine tune. Though the next time I take my own gear down, I will probably shoot in manual. Just to clarify, you won't be able to see if the strobes are preflashing. It is a fraction of a second difference. They...

I use the 100mm lens for macro with my 350D/Rebel XT. I have thought that TTL consistently underexposes my shots, so I use the manual controls on the back of the Ikelite housing. I was just looking at the info for some of my macro shots and have good exposures at ISO 200 with 1/200 and f/13. I...

I don't normally keep my camera in the rinse bucket because the photo staff here uses padded boxes to protect the gear. When I dive with my own gear I would keep the port cover on in the rinse bucket to protect it. Especially if it will be boat crew putting cameras into the bucket. They are not...

Noticing a few things here, and thought I might try to clarify some. First off, SelkieDVM, the insurance would probably cover you, even on vacation. The reasoning is circular, but it could be used: You are a DM on vacation and there is an accident. You assist, and things go badly. Because...

I'm going to ask a question. It may seem obvious to the OP and to everyone else, but the OP has said nothing on the topic, and I am not about to assume that he is doing everything right. I've assumed things of students in the past, and then had to try not to laugh as the wetsuit got put on...

One way or another it is going to have to go in for a visual inspection. If the rust on the outside is deep enough for it to fail, no amount of wire brushing is going to fix it, and you could make the issue worse because it will be harder to spot. Even if the cylinder does fail a visual...

Ok, I'm a bit late to the party here, but I'll chime in with my two cents. I know that most cases get settled, so if you are looking for something like the raw number of diving related lawsuits, checking public records may not get you close to the real number. The groups that know how many...

If I don't have a laptop w/ me, I download pictures to my iPod. You need an adapter, and obviously space on the iPod (and needless to say, an iPod). I don't know if you can do it w/ other mp3 players. I actually travel w/ two iPods, a mini for music and a 20gb for photos.

I shoot the previous rebel, the 350D, but the cameras are similar in regards to your questions. 1. has been answered, I'll only add that you'll have to really try to fill the buffer if you're shooting U/W. 2. The AWB on my 350D is inaccurate, but using a slate to do manual WB should be easy...

Unlike all of the other current Suunto designs, you probably don't want to do it yourself. My understanding of the procedure is that you have to remove the bezel, glass and screen and then you get to the battery at the bottom. You also need to make sure that the o-ring is sealed, since if it...

I looked at one at Our World Underwater, and thought it was an evolutionary step over the previous generation vyper/cobra. My understanding was that the internals were pretty much identical to the D6, and the algorithim is also used on the D9 (and possibly Vytec DS). So from the POV as a new...

i am using that port, and it is a very tight fit for the lens with no room for any filters or diopters on the end. I made the mistake once of forgetting to take my haze filter off and couldn't figure out why i couldn't seal the port.

I use the 17-40L on an XT with an Ikelite housing. Its good for things in the 10 inch to 10 foot range, and can get ok pictures of bigger things like wrecks, especially in clear shallow water. Since its an L, no worries on picture quality, and the min. focus distance is close enough to get...

I can think of a few reasons IS would not be very helpful in U/W photography. First, it is best suited for telphoto lens lengths, which are not really suitable for U/W use due to the minimum focal distance of those lenses. I have a 70-200L f/4 IS, and its minimum focal distance is over one...

I loved the site called Blowhole, just outside the main bay, where I saw a humpback, this was in march a few years ago. Would love to hear what the water temp is like as I will be there the second week in Jan. Curious what effect El Niño has had if any. Last I checked it seemed to be a fairly...