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What do you do when you need to go sideways? I'm often drifting in a gentle current, not necessarily a drift dive because the current is not faster than I can swim, but still strong enough that you cannot just hold position without doing something. Let's say I'm facing a wall, looking at a...

Not being able to get everything I want now, I have to choose which things are more important and get them in order. Analyzers are more expensive than bolt snaps; I can't just plunk down $150 - $300 any time I feel like it. For either one of these, getting it wrong can be fatal, and it's a...

A simple yes-or-no question that many seem to have overlooked in their (alleged by me) attempt to justify not practicing their skills regularly. We went for a dive last night that was nothing but skills practice. We used to do it more often, and it's been a while since we did a...

I just wanted to say that I have seen The Cove, and I recommend it to everyone. Sometimes I go to the cinema to escape; sometimes I like to see something that makes me think. There are so many issues this movie brings up. It's a great starting point for meaningful discussions of issues that...

You forgot the Squat Lobsters! I saw two on a pole.

No pictures, buddy has the camera, but let me tell you where I went today. With Soakedlontra away on a long hiking trip, I had to fend for myself for a dive buddy. We usually do shore dives locally, but we also have a friend named Todd who owns a boat, and I went out with him today. Our first...

Level? You mean horizontal! Oh! TRIM pockets! he he

How do I deal with the naysayers while still trying to glean information? It can get pretty depressing sometimes. I've just had to "re-calibrate my filters". In other words, unless you're just going to give up, you're going to have to slog through all the uninformed, negative responses to get to...

Nice watercolor of a half-flounder!

I think we got acceptable (can't really give you numbers) battery life once we switched to NimH. We had several different capacities, all at least 2250. We'd sometimes get two dives out of one set of batteries, but often would put fresh ones in for the second dive just in case. We did have a...

There must be something on this already, but nothing shows up in a search. Does anybody have any advice for someone considering either the G10 or the G11; which one is better for diving? I think I understand the argument about more megapixels in the G10, but a better processing system in the...

I was happy with our A570IS and the Cannon housing. The only reason we can't still use it is because it broke when we took it up to sub-zero temperatures in Alaska. We had good customer support from Canon when we returned it for warranty repair earlier, but I don't think we're going to send it...

OK! So I'm the aforementioned husband/buddy. Thanks to all for the helpful tips. I had not seen Matt Gieselman's website, but had already done all that myself. The problem with the housing buttons is that, despite faithfully soaking the camera after every dive, the chrome plating is coming off...

I have a steel cylinder (always negative), a steel backplate with added weight plates, and ankle weights. This brings the weight on my belt down to ten to fifteen pounds, depending on my undergarment.

I have to say that unclipping and re-clipping the SPG has gotten easier with practice. Oh, and thanks for reminding me that I have to go change out the O-rings on my SPG spool!

It's funny you mentioned "older divers", the first thing I thought of when I saw it was that without my bifocals I wouldn't be able to read the gauge that close! Anyway, it looks like a good idea, and I'll be checking to see how it works out. I've always wondered why people don't attach the...

We are very lucky to have a friend with a super-cool dive boat (he also uses it for work). Last weekend he took several of us out to a couple of local spots, the Camano Island Wall, and the Gedney Island reef. The wall is a mud wall with small holes full of critters, and the reef is man-made: a...