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I had my first experience trying to drag a dive flag (required by shop supposedly for safety .. I tried to argue that my DSMB was sufficient notice I could deploy when surfacing but got overruled and it is their shop so their rules). My hands are already busy (full DSLR system, sidemount reg...

I recently completed my solo certification using side mount as my redundant gas (over the initial objection of my not side mount friendly instructor, but I convinced her to treat my second tank as a big pony and kept gas off on right tank except for oog exercises). My rig is an apeks wsx25...

Any and all help appreciated, Ratio support appears to be non-existent. I have an iDive Color Tech+ with latest firmware 4.1.26/016 I purchased the Gas Analyzer and I am trying to install the Mix Check app on my Ratio Tech+ computer. Following the directions in the manual, I attempted to...

I have been searching without success for an instructor in Puerto Rico who can offer the solo (SSI) or self-reliant diver (PADI) certification. Will be there in a couple of weeks and thought I would be able to get the certification while I am there, but unable to find anyone who can offer it...

I am relatively new to SM having about 30 dives in SM over the past year. Diving steels or neutral AL tanks though I feel very good and have got my trim near perfect. Until recently I really struggled with AL. My Apeks WSX sliding D rings just didn't hold and I had to continually pull the...

It has been a few years since this incident and I feel enough time is passed that I have a good perspective on it and can share my experience, hopefully for the benefit of others who might avoid making some of the same mistakes that I did. There are about a half dozen errors in judgment that...

I have a D7000 in a Nauticam housing (just obtained used). Previously, with my Olympus m4/3 setup, I used the Oly UFL-2 flash alone; and I previously used the YS-110a as a single strobe in my Nikon D5000 setup in TTL mode before I had the UFL-2. I am keeping my UFL-2 as part of my light travel...

I don't want to rehash the previous two threads on Air Buddy, except to note that for the pro AB folks (all two of them), the agnostics (including several who questioned what possible advantage AB could offer), and the many skeptics (none of whom had actually used the AB), all of the posts...