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The unknown here is whether danno pays the same for his trip as everyone else, or as a regular, gets a good break, but along with that comes some help for the DM's if they need it. From the tone of the post, it sounds like he's being taken advantage of. I solved the problem for me by just...

While most caribbean islands are volcanic in origin, and tend to have longgg sloping aprons that keep depths in the 100' to 150' range untill you get some considerable distance off shore, St Croix is tectonic plate shift in origin. As such, we have some sheer bottomless walls and deep canyons...

Tobin's gear is first rate. If you don't mind the QD's and it's price tag, (kinda high for just a harness to me) I think it's excellent. For the plentifully fleshy, I think it's really super in spite of the price tag. The QD's and all that easy adjustability will be an asset. Keep in mind I'm...

Uhhhhhmmmmmmm ... Have you thought of looking in my profile?

Hi All, Stephen's point is a good one. Major thoracic bouyancy reserves are a bugger when using a continuous harnes in the usual hogarthian configuration. Crossing the straps over the shoulder is a good work-around for the narrow torso, but isn't much help for the plentifully fleshy. Those...

This has been a pretty interesting thread. The fact that you're here reading an RB thread puts you well above the average rec diver, so far as interest in diving is concerned. Most everyone here, I would bet dives locally and reasonably regularly. That puts you in a different category from...

"was wondering, does your flash fire with supermacro mode????" I put a pic of the 023 housing below (here's a link incase I don't get the pic right) http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=productlist&A=details&Q=&sku=330505&is=REG Since you asked about the flash with macro...

I see what you mean, and it seems (from looking at some of the other pics) that having the main portion, (central area) of the pic at a significantly different distance than the perimeter area tends to exacerbate that phenomenon. As you suggest, it's probably a characteristic of wide angle...

I can see where intended use *may* make the 023 a reasonable choice. Almost all my photography is of wrecks, and mostly inside, where most divers will never get to see. There's lots of very tight spaces and odd things to bump into. Handing up a camera rig onto a heaving boat in rough seas...

If memory serves me, the Ike from B&H was $509 and from Helix was $549, back when I bought mine last spring. They *may* have come down by now. The Oly was close to $500 from my LDS, so it's probably at least $300 and change online. That would put the Ike within about $200. Comparatively...

DON'T EVEN DREAM OF IT! ........ (using the Oly 023) The Oly housing isn't so cheap as their smaller ones, and the Ike isn't *that* much more. (especially when viewed as a percentage of the entire package cost) It would definately be False Economy to use the Oly. .... It will do little...

The *Real* question that begs to be asked here, is: WTF are people who use retractors and have so little control that they worry about scratching a wrist mount device, doing IN a wreck in the first place! One issue with the Air Z that's not been stated yet, and may not be applicable except...

It's interesting how this thread has been so ongoing. I think you have to divide UW camera users into 2 basic groups and if you're contemplating getting into UW photography, decide which group you'll likely fit into. Those 2 would be: 1) The point and shoot, underwater tourist taking snaps to...

Good link Charlie, thanks. As I said, I'm not a believer in linear ascents, but do believe in making stops begining progressively deeper as the NDL time gets shorter, especially if you've been right on the edge of deco right up untill the gas transition point. In the profile you quote...

If I'm getting a good read on what Soggy's suggesting, it's that the schedule he posted is more a guideline, and should be considered somewhat flexible within logical bounds. A 70' stop for a 100' dive (NDL dives) is still going to be eating away at the NDL time. (you'll still typically be...

Holy Shinola there batman, if the arithmetic to figure a few half way points is complex, some one needs to seriously reconsider diving as a past time. Macrame sounds like a nice simple alternative. While you probably don't notice a lot of difference after a single dive, curved ascent...

Then a dry suit it would be, lol .... Being I'm 40 miles from Puerto Rico, that's the san juan that ususally comes to mind, not the PNW .... Come to think of it, isn't that where they have those nasty down currents? Darlene

Two things to keep in mind that I didn't see anyone mention yet: The nice thing about the LP 85's over the hp counterpart, is that you get a lot more than 170cft (typically ~220) with reasonable (~3200#) overfills. So they are not nearly as small (effectively) as they may seem at first...

That seems to be the common perception when you play with them on land. They are quite flexible, and that seems to be perceived as flimsy. If the scooters were heavier and more powerfull, it would surely be a problem ...... but at 18# you can fling them about with one hand, and the handles seem...

If you want a better scooter, the entry level of "real scooters" is the Mako, ... about 2 grand if you shop for it, about $2400 retail, and obviously much less used. It's the same *basic* 24v motor the SS and Gavins use. It's the same shroud and prop system as well, 9 speed settings. As I...