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I always used the closer of the two (0.31m) when I used that lens with my 5D. Using 0.48m could potentially slightly reduce focus hunting, but you also lose around 6 inches of minimum focus distance using AF which is potentially a big deal for small stuff. The port I used with it had MF...

Yeah, this. I personally don't bother for still photography because I'm still gonna be doing the same steps in post regardless, like many others. Plus my camera unfortunately doesn't have the fastest/simplest custom white balance process (I have to do it for ambient light video and it's a...

I personally don't put a ton of importance in ditchable weight. If you're weighted at least somewhat close to properly, there just aren't really many realistic scenarios where you'd ever want to ditch a substantial percentage of your weight (and risk an uncontrolled ascent). I get why it's...

Lol yeah I'd just dive without a wetsuit until I got my bags. I only really wear one for sting/sun protection. Well, unless it was a trip to the Galapagos or something, I probably couldn't deal with that.

Reefs are unfortunately somewhat tired across most of the Carribean. Too many people. If you want to see healthy reefs there you have to do a liveaboard or find a smaller resort way offshore away from all the traffic and cruise ships and massive resorts.

I always have my camera backpack as a personal item. It's heavy but I rarely get hassled because it fits under a seat, and it contains 5 figures worth of camera gear which is not going in the hold. Many international carriers (the kind with stricter carryon weight limits) have specific...

Anywhere with a good diving operation, cool stuff to see, and dive sites with minimal/no current and max depths < 100 feet. There's a ton of places that fit that, though as others have said a lot of the "top dive destinations in the world" type of places are not necessarily great options due to...

Liveaboard or land based, ever since I got sick on a trip to Fiji a few years ago I now always bring a big ziploc bag stuffed with every type of over the counter medication I could conceivably need. Painkillers, decongestants, cold meds, GI meds, ear cleaner, nasal sprays, and more, plus some...

Yeah agreed. For SCUBA there'd obviously be no need since all operators have them, but even freediving someplace as developed as Hawaii there should be zero issues finding a dive shop to rent some weights from. The only case where I'd think it'd be necessary to pack them is if you were going...

I wouldn't be too concerned. This is basically the norm all over the world now, to some extent. At least in Raja Ampat it seems to be limited to a handful of sites mainly in the strait, and I'm sure liveaboards won't take you to any dead sites. They're not stupid, and being on a boat they...

Yikes, the trash and bleaching is rough. Wonder how long the strait will take to recover? I've read that bleached (but not dead) corals can bounce back in just a year or two if water temperatures drop to normal levels fairly quickly, but I have no idea what the conditions have been like there...

Yuuuuup. What a clown show anything in the water is in Egypt right now. All the operators have to cut every cost they can because nobody wants to go to Egypt and they have to set unrealistically low prices, the government entities that are supposed to be regulating this stuff are probably...

I prefer the stix foam (on normal ULCS arms) to hollow/float arms because it's cheaper and far more customizable. You won't know exactly how much buoyancy you need to add until you get it in the water. You can guess, but adjustments are often needed and you can't adjust float arms. And if you...

Yeah I'll echo that. Cards are mainly for liability purposes. You have to at least show them an OW card to dive (and nitrox if you want to do that). Outside of that, it's rare to even be asked for or have an AOW card matter, let alone anything beyond that. I've never been asked to produce...

On the short inter-island flights like to Taveuni, assuming it's on the same booking as your international flight then you shouldn't incur any excess fees. They have to take everything that you were entitled to check on the long flight from the US, for free. They still do have to precisely...

twentyfirst - Nice AI bot or whatever the hell you are. Go away.

Shot on a Canon R5. 4K60, 8-bit, non-log video. Slowed down to 30fps after processing in Davinci Resolve. I'm still mostly a stills shooter, so I'm learning and playing around with video as time allows. On my next trip I'll try shooting everything in clog3 and using that workflow for more...

Action cams have always been pretty limited in that respect due to a lack of physical controls. When I use a gopro I have it fully setup and configured in advance and set it up so I can just use the top button to power it on and off and it starts/stops recording automatically. So one button...

Yeah I haven't been on the Blue Manta yet (booked for 2026) but one of the coolest things was certainly the look of the bathrooms. Ordinarily in many liveaboards you get a tiny bathroom with enough room for a toilet, sink, and often times a shower that barely fits a person (if you even get a...

Finally stopped being lazy and fired up Davinci Resolve to process and edit all my video from this trip, more than a year later lol. Enjoy: