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I'm with the 'eat after the dive' crowd - I've never dived more than about 90 minutes at a stretch, and I can do that without food. Don't see the attraction or the point of consuming food or drink under water.

Indeed. I'm almost without fail the first one in a BC- slip the two straps over the tank, tighten up, attach reg, thread and connect inflater hose, clip off SPG, and simply don the BP/W (hog webbing). Take hold of crotch strap, and tighten the single buckle that's on there. Done. Faster than...

The sensor on the Sony A6000 is maybe half to one stop better than the 16MP micro 43 sensors (but both will be much better than the 12MP gen m43 sensor); which essentially means that for the same exposure and depth of field, it's pretty much a wash - you need to stop down one more stop for the...

AL here, because it keeps the dive suitcase under 23 kg with 2 full sets of gear and 3.5mm wetsuits (with regs in hand luggage), and I currently only need 4 lbs of additional weight when diving a single Al80, which fits neatly on the tank strap in 2 compact pockets. May even be able to ditch a...

- bought my own scuba gear, switching to BP/W - hit 100 dives on December 23rd - 45% of all dives to date done this year - first time diving Indo - North Raja and a few day dives in Komodo - added a single strobe to my UW kit and got a better wide wet lens Goals for 2017: - strive for at...

Little Havana (live music, open mics), Cuba Compangie (salsa, 5pm to late all nights but Wednesday), Coco Beach and Spice Beach Club live music now and then, but it varies... Bonaire is a very small island, with a small local population. I think the park is certainly worth a day out, a drive...

I've shot and owned both, and I don't think there's a big difference in quality between their high end glass. Both make excellent stuff. Oly does particularly well in the extremes - their PRo 8/1.8 fisheye and 7-14/2.8 are amazing, and compact, and relatively affordable for what they are, and...

We use a hardcase samsonite aeris roller suitcase - the interior is all plastic, so no rust risk (it's just for getting stuff from A to B), and fits 2 full sets of gear minus the regs (AluBP, wing, integrated weight systems, 3.5mm full suit, fins, booties, Mask, DSMB, snorkel, assorted small...

The basic physics argument is a bit ridiculous - absolute amount of light may be lower, but units per surface area are the same, and AF points don't necessarily scale with sensor size. Plus a lot of these small cameras have fast lenses. Some very fast. As for mirrorless vs. DSLR, the image...

The RX100 - even the original mk I - produces truly excellent files. Particularly at base ISO, with a strobe, there's nothing not to love, and ISO 1600 is still perfectly usable (3200 at a pinch) for most situations. I'm not convinced the current crop of micro four-thirds cameras is...

Budget? Photographic objectives? Past experience? I shoot Sony A7 series and Olympus MFT on land, and an RX100 mark I underwater with wet lenses, because its nice and small and much cheaper than housing my 'better' cameras and allows easy wet lens use. If I had someone to drag the gear along...

I think it depends on the lens - my UFL-165 Inon Fisheye wet lens won't focus to infinity above water. You're best off shooting the 'foreground' in focus with deep depth of field.

OP: nice shots! I find over/unders a pain with the RX100, have a new (bigger) wet lens with dome now so I may manage to get a few better ones next time around. Not my shots, but I'll chime in and say that the RX100 mk I housing from Acquapazza is a joy to use, and essentially identical. It's...

Every time I consider Lasik, they come out with new and better (but thus not tried and tested) techniques, so I keep putting it off. I usually wear glasses, contacts while on vacation and while doving, no problems.

A few things: - Look at what you want to shoot and which lenses you want. Sony's APS-c lineup is significantly worse than Olympus' lineup.The A6000 is also a little outdated by now, and the cheapest part of your overall kit. A decent Sony or Oly set and you're looking at 3000 to 3500+, with a...

I'm in The Netherlands, so different insurance world, but pay about 180 dollars per year for travel/cancellation/additional medical insurance for two. Covers emergency evac and decompression treatment worldwide, and medical costs beyond those covered by my normal health insurance policy (which...

If it's muscular rather than nerve impingement related, strengthening your torso/back musculature can help a lot. Yoga if you want lower impact, or guided weight training with someone who can keep things balanced out. I used to slouch quite badly, but some back/upper body weight training has...

Hmmm. Looks good to me, but I'm using a phone right now. Anywhere you could host a RAW file for download, so we can play around with it?

A few options: 1. Shoot RAW, adjust in post (white balance or fiddle with the HSL sliders in the red). The RAW processor will determine the color results, Lightroom tends towards the flat, DxO warmer in default settings. 2. Shoot JPG and adjust in post (slightly less control, but still) 3...