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  1. Uncle Pug

    Kauai dive op recommendation

    Shane and I just did a two tank dive trip to Niihau (the forbidden Island) with Explore Kauai Scuba. Nick and Jessi run a top notch operation and their 27' R.I.B. is powered by two 150hp 4 stroke Yamahas that get the job done. Nick is an excellent skipper and was great at spotting surface action...
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    Merry Christmas Lynne - Here are the Anchored Boat Stories!

    I've found them ~ and the one I couldn't find I just made UP Anchored Boat Story 1 - Anchored in a 2.4 kt current for a dive. Anchored Boat Story 2 - It's a drag when the anchor drags. Anchored Boat Story 3 - Anchor Flying with Detroit Diver. Anchored Boat Story 4 - Spare Air? Anchored Boat...
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    Maui ~ Canon S95 using diffused HID lighting

    It actually seems harder to get good results using the diffused HID in clear well lit water than in the low viz darker waters of Puget Sound. But I was still able to get some decent images. One thing I've really grown to appreciate with the Canon S95 is how fast and reliably it seems to...
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    weight kit ~ Canon housing for S90/S95

    Skip it. Tie a SS bolt snap to your housing using braided nylon cordage (cave line) and it will be neutral to slightly negative depending on which size bolt snap you use AND you will be able to clip off your camera when not in use. Super Glue will keep the knot from coming undone.
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    Candlelight Mode with the Canon S95

    Candlelight Mode drops the resolution to 2.5mp but coupled with high ISO it makes available light photography at least possible. We dove the Possession Point Ferry today and I played with the Canon S95 for the second time. Visibility wasn't really as bad as it can be at this site so there...
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    First U/W shots with Canon S95

    The Canon DC-WP38 housing worked fine but it will take me a while to get use to the shutter button placement. Plus the camera was set to power saving mode and shut off frequently. Grrrrrr. My fault though. I've been using my Pentax Optio and housing for so many years that I've gotten use...
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    S95 RAW not supported yet ~ work around

    Adobe doesn't yet support the S95 RAW files but a work around is to use the supplied Canon software to open the images and then save them to TIFF. Unfortunately that also bloats them to 50-70 meg. Another work around until Adobe releases a new version of ARC that supports new models is to...
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    The BOB splash planner/navigation tool

    I can plan my own dives and I still haven't been irretrievably lost. But, I'm getting lazy. It is so much easier to let the BOB time the slack current window and at the end of the drift, navigate back to the entry point. While I still maintain dive computers rot your brain (and I haven't...
  9. Uncle Pug

    Displaying your pictures with a DiFF

    Getting the pictures out of the box (computer hard drive) and into a digital photo frame is one of the best ways of sharing them visitors to your home but not necessarily your office... more on that later. This is the DiFF I use. I've had several but the MemoryVue 1040 has been the hands...
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    DAM ~ I'm drowning in images!

    I've been away for a while... learning about photography, from the basics of lighting, composition, ect. to the finer art of pixel pushing in photoshop. On the photo race track from high end DSLRs to high end graphic workstations I've discovered something easily overlooked but of upmost...
  11. Uncle Pug

    Just dropped in to say Hi...

    "Hi"
  12. Uncle Pug

    Hola Amigos

    Trim? We don't need no stinking trim. :D
  13. Uncle Pug

    Name My New Boat

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    WE N E E D YOUR IMMEDIATE HELP !

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    Uncle Pug goes to Fiji

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    Mundane Mukilteo

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    Practicing Skills

    Part One ~ When to practice: "been there done that" or "yesterday, today and tomorrow" Is practicing skills something you did initially to get certified ~or~ is skill acquisition, refinement and reinforcement an ongoing and integral part of your diving? Many folks having only minimal...
  18. Uncle Pug

    Thank you Dennis! Now to buy my Father's Day present.

    So I showed my wife the wonderful pictures Dennis has posted being careful to mention how the strobes allowed us to see these beautiful colors. Thanks also to jonix who took the picture of Dennis taking a picture... the total green cast in that shot helped immensely. :D "Get yourself a...
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