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Hi all, my RIFF UWB20 has served me well for years, but during the last day of my past trip (Lembeh!!) it started misbehaving, by just not firing. I was getting, like, 1 flash out of 10 attempts. It's not the cable, as the problem appears also with the Test button. Confirmed by further tests...

I'll have about a week available after work in Suva, and - given the potentially bad weather - I'd rather stay in Viti Levu. Beqa Lagoon is already sold out, so, it seems it's going to be Volivoli or Wananavu. I recall reading that one of the two is more oriented towards divers than the other...

Hello all, any chance I can decently trim such a rig? The way it is right now, the positive strobe is not enough to stop the camera sinking, but at least it doesn't unbalance the whole rig on one side. Any way to add a centered floater at the bottom of the housing? Would that capsize the...

Hello folks, help me out here. After quite some happy years with a Panasonic TZ10 and external strobe, I think I reached the technical limits of this camera, and want to upgrade, still within the compact realm. Spent some time reviewing, I'm eventually focusing on the Canon G7x II. But I...

Hello all, joining from Europe my girlfriend after a conference in Singapore (in September), we're considering where best to go diving in the neighbourhood. We prefer: 1) ideally, reachable with a direct flight from Singapore, to minimize timing 2) small, off-track sites (too much to ask...

Hello all, allow me to re-iterate an old question, since last answers date back to 2015: is it worth diving off Jakarta? I'll have a few (3-4) days free there, mid-December (rough seas? Risk of missing flight back?). I have Pulau Sepa, Pantara and Macan under my radar, the latter featuring the...

We're THAT close, but we can't decide which one to book. Mermaid I has the last budget cabin available, whereas there is still more choice on the Aurora. Experience/Preference? Thanks!

Didn't get any answer in the Panasonic forum, perhaps more readers here? The zoom lever of my Panasonic TZ10 case gets stuck at depth (never really checked the depth threshold that triggers it, but it's systematic: essentially, the spring inside has no effect in moving the lever back to neutral...

Hello all, as title says, my zoom lever gets stuck at depth (never really checked the depth threshold that triggers it, but it's systematic: essentially, the spring inside has no effect in moving the lever to neutral position when finger pressure is removed). Works perfectly fine out of water...

Hello all, any experience/feedback to share about the above liveaboard? It's quite surprising a search in the forum (Asia) returned only one review from 2009... Thanks

Hello all, I'm tired of the stiff arm of my Panasonic compact camera. Thinking to go Nauticam. From what I understand, I should be able to mount my Intova ISS 2000 strobe on the Nauticam single-ball arm, so this is what I concocted: Anything I'm missing/should be aware of?

What do you guys use to lubricate & protect your diving scissors? At the end of every holiday I remove the rust at the pin, but then what is the best grease/oil to lubricate them and reduce rust formation? I have some white silicone-based grease used in plumbing, or the spray used for...

On the way back from a dive, yesterday, one of the balls of my ISS 2000 ball arm slipped out of its socket, leaving me literally with... a broken arm. :( I frankly don't know how, I was simply twisting the arm to put it back in its bag... Can it be repaired? It looks easy, as it easily came...

Hello all, We are both CMAS* certified with 60+ and 30+ dives, and we have been investigating and reading about Bonaire... We are not hardcore divers, meaning that we like spending some time out of water! Now, considering that - we fly from Denmark - we would only do some shore diving from...

Hello everybody, mods, please move this to more appropriate forum if needed. I personally couldn't find one... My girlfriend is in love with manta rays, so we're considering a few known destinations, essentially Raja Ampat, Yap (which appears extremely complicate to reach from Denmark), Nusa...

Hello folks, my girlfriend is in love with manta rays, so we're considering the few known destinations, among which Raja Ampat. We're both CMAS Open Water, her with 30+ dives, me about 60+. Having read about currents in the area, and the just warnings of some local resorts on the matter... can...

Hello all, I'm seriously considering to upgrade my set (Panasonic ZT10 with Intova ISS2000) and go for a close-up wet lens. Mind it, I'm not planning super-macro, but I do like closeup-to-macro. I just want to make my life easier in approaching some animals. So, questions, first about better...

Hello there, I'm on my way to buy Sanyo Eneloop batteries for my new Intova ISS2000: anything against it? The web site I'm purchasing from states that not all strobes can actually withstand the extra burst rechargeable batteries provide, especially if one fires it with high frequency. To me it's...

Hello all, I reviewed what I found on the topic in the forum so far. For my Intova 2000 I'm going to get 12 Eneloop batteries. I already have a VARTA recharger whose specs are the following: -with 4 AA batteries, output of 250 mA -trickle charge -delta V cut-off -temperature control It states...

Hello all, my work will take me to the Fiji in mid-november. Obviously, I'll take my girlfriend with me. We're both CMAS*, me with a bit more experience (40+ dives), her a bit on the "careful" side (15). We only have about 7-10 days of free time there. I read what I found around, and in this...