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Zero mosquitos in the room that I noticed. They were really only noticeable sometimes while you were out sitting by the pool. Yes I believe there's screens/netting in all the room window slat things, and the local gecko population seems to effectively deal with any that do get inside (you'll...

Yeah when customs forms ask about "goods" they mean like new in box products that you're importing into their country to sell or whatever. Personal belongings you own and which will stay with you when you return home don't really count. And yes declare your food, snacks, candy, etc... 99% of...

I've always had a personal articles policy through my insurer State Farm for all my photography gear including housings/strobes and whatnot. It covers pretty much any kind of loss including theft, missing luggage, dropped to the bottom of the ocean, flooded housing, etc... I think I pay like...

We'll be lucky if it appears in any other camera bodies anytime soon, let alone something with a price tag under like $3000-5000. Canon doesn't appear to be in any hurry.

Yeah that's my point. We all know that it's easy enough to get a new phone back home and hell it might even be free or relatively inexpensive depending on your plan/situation. However, none of that helps you right now for the next week or however long you're in Indonesia or wherever. Anyways...

LOL, welcome to dealing with Fiji Airways. They are very small, and not the most modern or easy to deal with. If you booked all the way through on one itinerary overseas/domestic you should be ok on luggage weight since they have to take whatever you check even on the small plane (if you just...

Yeah, the use case of using your previous phone after upgrading makes sense to me (though most people trade theirs in nowadays).

I've seen a few people using these (or similar cheaper/flimsier housings) on recent trips. I totally get the appeal given the convenience and minimal cost of entry, but if it were me I would be extremely hesitant to put my cell phone in the water on an overseas trip, much more so than my...

Not sure what your setup is since some of this is limited by the type of camera, but for moving subjects on an SLR/mirrorless the answer is typically servo/continuous focus holding down back button focus and hitting the shutter whenever you think you have it. You can also play with the AF...

Yeah the old slide lock thing from the 2000's era housings was pretty janky. My old 5D housing just had two little sliders holding the ports on. Doesn't make much difference underwater under pressure, but on the surface it's pretty flimsy. They eventually went to 4 sliders and then finally to...

The issue isn't that the buttons themselves don't work, it's that the acrylic compresses a couple mm when you get very deep and some of the buttons with tight tolerances/minimal gaps between the pegs and the camera body are placed into contact with the camera, placing them in the "pressed"...

I did a similar analysis before going with Ikelite for my R5. No doubt Nauticam is a higher quality housing but you pay a lot for it. And while the Ikelite housings of 20 years ago were pretty rudimentary and clumsy, I think they've come a long ways and it was hard for me to justify minor...

I can vouch for Taveuni Dive Resort as well. I've seen them accommodate disabled or injured divers on my trips there. You can arrange for a short truck ride to and from the dive boats if walking across the road and up and down the hill is a concern. All the walkways in the actual resort are...

Actually my bad, got the wrong units. My pump is in inches hg, so 10 there is more like 5 psi. I can get it up to 15+ on the pump which is over 7 psi, but my hand gets tired and there's not much point going any further. Still, it's a significant pressure reduction from sea level, equivalent...

Yeah it's not gonna help if you have actual droplets already formed, like from dripping something inside while changing lenses. I've done that before and had a droplet fall across the inside of my dome port mid-dive. Not fun. But it does help if you're just someplace hot and humid where...

If your housing supports a vacuum pump, that pretty much eliminates the need to ever worry about fog. Lowering the pressure makes the air inside the housing much thinner and drier, and it won't tend to condense on anything.

Remove and clean all the housing/port o-rings. Replace any which are brittle or damaged. Clean all housing/port surfaces where the o-rings sit and ensure they are free of dirt or debris. Replace o-rings and lightly lube with the recommended lubricant (usually silicone). Ensure all the...

I travel with the following: Canon R5 + at least 3 lenses, batteries, etc... Ikelite housing & ports (including 8" dome) 2x Ikelite DS230 strobes plus 2 spare battery packs Arms, clamps, sync cables, spare parts, etc... Collapsible boat bag for the camera rig I have a nice camera backpack...

January 1st - 15th 2024 Gallery: https://www.ewoodimages.com/Underwater/Fiji-2024 This was our second trip to Taveuni Dive Resort, the first being during COVID in June of 2022. That trip was a struggle due to illness on my part (not COVID thankfully, but still tough), and it was just a dicey...

No it was before that. But I recall the reef looking pretty pristine, especially the hard corals compared to the rest of Fiji, so it's a shame if it took a bunch of damage.