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    E-PL1 - Shutter Speed & Flash Question

    nudibranco Sorry for any confusion. The UFL-2 works in RC mode linked to the housing by fibre optic. I have the 110a in slave mode linked to the UFL-2 with fibre optic cable stuck on the outside of the UFL-2 diffuser. This lets me use the in camera flash power +5 to -5 compensation in the rc...
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    E-PL1 - Shutter Speed & Flash Question

    The E-pl1 will sync 1/2000 but only when you set RC mode 'on' and use an external Olympus strobe that is compatible with RC mode. I use the Olympus UFL-2 external strobe optical fibre link to the camera housing and slave a YS110a optical fibre linked to the UFL-2.The UFL-2 syncs at up to...
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    PT-ep01/ep03 WA Dome ports

    Thanks for fast replies all. The Fantic Pen Dome-System looks to be the most versatile and may be just what I'm looking for, thanks Sail Rock Diver. I have e-mailed Fantic for a bit more technical info and will post there reply.
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    PT-ep01/ep03 WA Dome ports

    I have been using the Olympus 9-18 and 14/42 behind the standard port on my PT-ep01, resisting the urge to buy a Zen dome so far. The weight restrictions on flying when going on dive trips combined with the inconvenience of swapping domes for every lens change and extra expense has put me off...
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    Problem decending on my 2nd dive

    As others have correctly identified, you are describing sinus squeeze, even though your ears cleared, your sinuses have not. I have been suffering the same problem on my second dives quite often over the last few years but I do not abort my dives. The method I use to get over this does have...
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    Bouyancy Control. BCD vs Drysuit or both?

    A drysuit is designed to keep you warm, it is not designed as a buoyancy device (no rapid dump). A BCD/wing is designed as a buoyancy device and has a rapid dump. Many runaway ascents are caused by using a drysuit as buoyancy control. Use each device for the purpose it was designed to do. It...
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    Any Tips on Conserving Air?

    I see one or all of 3 things missing from the majority of divers that when mastered will improve air consumption. Stay horizontal in the water if moving forward, people think they are but most are head up until shown a video of themselves. Stay neutrally buoyant so when you can stop finning...
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    What do most Scuba divers do for a living?

    I was a diver first then found a career. Taught myself to dive solo in the 60s while at school from a book 'The Skin Divers Bible'. Trained as an Engineer and have since made a living over the years from whatever I fancied doing from the following, in order. Applications Engineer, Commercial...
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    possible reason for weight belt?

    I have always weighted myself without cylinder/backplate as neutral. I have always weighted my cylinder/backplate as neutral(adding buoyancy if needed). I have used this method for 43years of diving and have never understand why it has never been taught. I can remove my rig at any depth to...
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    What to do if your computer dies

    Computers are just an indicator set to an average profile and an average person. They are adjustable to make a more aggressive or less aggressive profile so that they may be adjusted to closer match each individuals decompression needs. Only one person knows how far they may be able to move away...
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    surfacing from bottom

    You have to find your own way when it comes to ascents, descents and decompression as gas absorption and release is different for each individual. That is why computers have an adjustment to make them more aggressive and less aggressive so they can be matched for a wider range of divers...
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    How long have gear arguments been going on?

    There has been a huge change since the 60s in the type of people that dive. It used to be a minority sport. Those that dived were very competent in the water. Divers were born not made, you can still see that today, some people are naturals and stand out from the first time you get them into...
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    Running out of air- a perspective

    If the dive industry wants to take OOA prevention seriously then there is an easy fix. When I started diving we did not use a contents pressure gauge so no gas monitoring was needed. Cylinders were fitted with J valves, when the cylinder pressure dropped to 300psi the gas supply was cut off, you...
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    what applications would you use of a pony bottle

    I never carry air I can't factor into my dive plan. A 15lt single + 3lt pony weighs the same as twin 10lt, costs almost the same, has more gas, and all of it can be factored into the dive plan. Having said that I dive twin 12lts. I dive solo on a single 12lt with no pony. If I wanted to dive...
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    Sharks vs. Cave Diving

    If you die in a cave you made a mistake and its probably your own fault. If you die from a shark attack its just the shark doing what comes naturally and probably not your fault. Given the choice I'd rather rely on my own skills and have some control over my diving in a cave. We are part of the...
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    Stomach Problems in the Red Sea - how to avoid!

    Never eat anything with your fingers even if you just washed your hands. The cats walk over everything and there are lots of them. You should be fine on the liveaboards but onshore defiantly knife and fork or if the food is wrapped in tin foil for you to hold.
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    Buoyancy again, adding air to BC when equalizing ears

    I dive twin 12lts so start the dive 5kg negative. Fully vent all the air from my drysuit and wing at the surface, turn head down and follow the shot line, quite often at an angle due to the currents, either just sinking or quite often finning down. I add as little air as possible to the drysuit...
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    1,000 Ways to Die: Is Diving One of Them?

    Murder to preserve the price of oil, we sanction. Accidental death in the pursuit of happiness, we condemn. Go figure!
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    No BCD diving...

    Since the development of the Wing there is no need any longer to dive without a buoyancy aid. I pre date all the buoyancy devices since I self taught myself to dive in 1964. I have tried and refused to use every device( life jacket, horse collar, ablj, stab jacket) over the years as they are all...
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    Solo dives

    "The most dangerous thing you can take in the water with you is a buddy." If you dive with a buddy because it makes it more fun then take the buddy. If you dive with a buddy because it makes you feel safer then you are not a safe diver to buddy and I would rather make the dive solo. If self...
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