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    Oly 12mm f2 in Nauticam 3.5" mini dome.

    I use it a lot in the 4" dome. I think it's great for underwater use. All pictures in this thread were made with the 12/2: http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/the-olympus-outlet/439468-some-initial-impressions-my-nauticam-om-d-setup.html Pictures 3, 4 and 5 in this thread were made with the 12/2...
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    Austria revisited - Impressions from cold water mountain lake diving

    A couple of years ago, I had visited Austria for a diving trip the first time. I was really impressed! So I had to return for a second trip in August last year for some mountain lake diving. Water temperature is very low (around mid 40s) but the visability is cristal clear. The lake is called...
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    Some pics from the Maldives (Olympus OMD setup)

    Hi guys, I just want to share some pics from my vacation to the Maldives last year. Vis was very bad so I couldn't take as much pictures as I would have liked. I used my Olympus OMD EM-5 with a Nauticam housing with either a 8mm FE or a 12mm lens and a single Inon Z240 strobe. Cheers
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    diving with two algorithms

    So your Suunto works exactly as intended! Quote from page 17 of the manual of your Suunto dive computer: Cheers
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    Any reason not to do fundies equivalent with ISE?

    That is an interesting topic as I went down exactly that route. So I'll share my personal experience with ISE and GUE. Two or three years ago, I only did rec dives and wanted to improve my diving skills. While I had no specific interest in tech diving, I played with the idea of cave diving...
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    Cavern and Intro in Mexico: Wet or dry?

    Ok I am back and had a blast. 13 days of cave diving, it was awesome!! I'll try to give a report later this week. Anyways, here are my thoughts after the trip: I went dry and my team mate went wet. We had relatively bad weather with lots of rain and often cloudy. I felt very good in my dry...
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    Cavern and Intro in Mexico: Wet or dry?

    Thanks! I am really looking forward to the training and I know it won't be a walk in the park ;) My instructor will be Harry Gust who seems to be absolutely unknown in this board but has a very good reputation over here in Germany. I hope this will be a good decision to go with him in the end. I...
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    Cavern and Intro in Mexico: Wet or dry?

    Thanks for the input! I am very excited about the trip and can't wait to finally start the training. I get cold easily and dive dry exclusively at home which is probably 90% of my total diving so I am not new to diving dry. However I tried diving wet on my last diving trip and came to the...
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    Cavern and Intro in Mexico: Wet or dry?

    I am going to visit Mexico in a couple of weeks to finally start my cave diver training :D I am wondering if I should go with my dry suit or take a wet suit. I read mixed opinions on that regarding cave diving in Mexico. What would you recommend and why? Thank you, cheers!
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    Honest question for you dive masters instructors out there

    No offense taken ;) Now I am honestly curious: Do you remember in which situations you are supposed to manipulate your mono tank valve with respect to your training? (well besides the situation in which you jump in from a boat with a valve shut off which I believe is relatively easy to prevent...
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    Honest question for you dive masters instructors out there

    Depending on the cylinder size, with a single tank setup there is often no way I can reach my own valves and I have not seen anyone who can given a specific cylinder size - especially when standing on my feet while on land / on a boat deck (for example with a short 12l tank, there is no chance...
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    Better divers??????

    I can't say I see a significant difference between american and european divers in general but then again I've not seen that many american divers underwater to make an assessment. All I can say is that there is hugh difference in skill level across european divers as well (which doesn't seem...
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    Master Diver Certification

    Thanks for providing more information on your dive and continuing the discussion on this!! But still I don't think many jumped into conclusion based on their definition of your dive. According to your description, you did a staged deco dive with more than 10 minutes mandatory deco obligation to...
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    Master Diver Certification

    Don't get me wrong. I am not saying that 100 dives magically turn a diver in a competent tec diver. Still the number of dives is an indicator of experience (even a better one than certifications IMO; I'd generally rather dive with someone who has 250 dives and OWD certification than with a diver...
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    Master Diver Certification

    Congrats on the MSD! :cool2: GUE Fundies requires a minimum age of 16 while the Primer only requires the student to be 14. Maybe you should go Primer first. BTW, I second the concerns about doing a tec dive with a 14 years old without having the training and with less than 100 dives.
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    Honest question for you dive masters instructors out there

    I understand that it is probably good practice for a DM to somewhat verify that their customers have turned air on before jumping in. I respect this and I don't have any problem with. On the contrary, the help is definitely appreciated. For me, on the other hand, it is very important at what...
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    Some initial impressions on my Nauticam OM-D setup

    Thanks Phil! I was quite suprised how much I liked the 12mm for underwater use (which I love for above water anyways). It will produce some soft corners behind the 4.3" dome but the images are definitely useable nonetheless. A dedicated port might be very interesting.
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    Some initial impressions on my Nauticam OM-D setup

    Hi there, I just want to share my excitement about my new setup with you. I previously used a P&S camera (a Panasonic Lumix LX3) in auto mode with no strobe and recently upgraded to an Olympus OM-D w/ Nauticam housing and a single Inon S-2000 external strobe. I did my first six dives last week...
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    1442 vs 1250 mm Lens for Olympus EM-5

    There is a 45mm macro lens from Panasonic for the m4/3 system.
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