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    Anyone tried the RX100 III+ Underwater Auto white balance?

    Hi, I just got an old RX100 III's firmware updated to 2.0 and noticed there is a White balance mode called Underwater Auto. I can't find any reports on its performance here, but Sony's website indicates it automatically adjusts the white balance for underwater shooting. I want to test it ahead...
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    Nitrox and/or large tank required for Socorro?

    Heading out to Socorro, I am wondering based on the dive profile and the underwater condition, would I need nitrox and maybe even large tank. I am less concerned about NDL on repetitive dives if it is only 3 dives a day, and if we just hang out in the blue, I can hang 10 ft higher. But if...
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    What's the chance of being charged a camera tax at Los Cabos Airport

    I am flying to Los Cabos Airport on my way to Socorro. I just hear these anecdotal stories of someone being taxed hundreds of dollars for their camera equipment, with no chance of recourse. Not sure if they arrived with a full set of pelicans. Just in case, I am ditching my scuba bag and...
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    Any way to get Gopro or its likes to work with strobes?

    Heading to Socorro, I usually bring a few point and shoot cameras, my main setup with dome & strobes, another one that's much better for macros, and maybe a action cam where I can swap out the strobes for a couple of video lights. But hearing how they fleece photographers, I thought of leaving...
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    Blurry image using the Sony MPK-URX100A w/wet lens on the original RX100

    I have a RX100 that I have been using with the Meikon housing and a Inon 67mm wet lens/dome. The camera lens' flex cable was getting was losing contact where it folds, I propped open the camera case slightly to ease the bending of the flex cable, but the thin Meikon housing was getting squeezed...
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    Cloud cover in Socorro during April / eclipse

    I will be taking a liveaboard to Socorro coinciding with the solar exclipse on Apr 8. It is being pushed as a rare opportunity (but that eclipse is traversing across America, even to the northeast, which is where I am). I am wondering what is the sky condition in the Socorro islands during the...
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    Does the lens get jammed on all RX100 models?

    I usually don't touch my camera until it is close to a trip. So just a week or two before my planned trip, I took out my RX100 to check the time/battery, etc. The lens got stuck. I thought whatever lube, it is getting a little dry, so I forced a few on/offs and it seemed fine. But on my...
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    Which of these islands has the best dives? (St Thomas, St John, St Kitt)

    DW got her way again and we are going to a cruise instead of an liveaboard/dive trip. The trip is coming up very very soon and only now did I start looking into dives. The other islands (Barbados (hopefully the Strav) and St Lucia), I will probably book some dives. The remaining 3 islands, I...
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    What kind of weights used with BP/wing?

    Hi, My back-inflate BC was getting little parts break here and there, so I got a harness BC as a replacement. I use it mainly for warm water trips. Given it is adjustable, I got it sized so my wife could use it on our last trip since she complain about her back-inflate BC being hard to put on...
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    Diving the ABC island from cruise ship

    Hi, Will be hitting the ABC islands via cruise ship in the upcoming weeks. Haven't finalized my dives yet. I've stayed in Bonaire/Curacao before. I have some questions. In Aruba, is the Antilla wreck all what they say? That is because one of the diveops I was considering, Dive Aruba, has a...
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    tovatec fusion 1000 light

    I got a tovatec fusion 1000 light and used it on 5 dives night dives in a row (I might have brought it down on a day dive, but found out it was useless for video and barely used it). There seem to have been hazing build up inside the lens, with a few unhazed square patterns that might be 2mm on...
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    Does the YS-01 or other Sea & Sea strobes consistently overexpose shots?

    Hi, I used dual YS-01 on my old Oly C5050 rig and I frequently see the image somewhat overexposed, especially when the subject has a background that's a bit farther back. I though it was due to matrix metering trying to get proper exposure of both foreground and background, thus overexposing...
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    Inon UWL-100 28AD convert to Type 1 or 2.

    Hi I usually use an UWL-100 Type 2 wet lens on my housing, but I noticed the UWL-100 28AD that I have is much shorter, especially with the dome port attached to it. I am wondering if I can swap out my Type 2 mount from the UWL-100 and put it on the 28AD? I think that's what all those little...
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    Any instruction on how to install the wet lens on Inon dome for UWL-100?

    Hi, I got a UWL-100 28AD w/dome I and wanted to swap it out for a UWL-100. From the 1 video I saw on utoob, I kind of know the procedure and have put the UWL-100 on, but am not sure on the o-ring removal/install, lube, etc. . Does anyone have the procedure or instruction on how to install a...
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    Which of these cruise port are worth diving? Tortola, Barbados, St Kitts, St Thomas.

    Hi, Taking a break from liveboards and dive trip again and going on a cruise at end of Nov. Stops includes Tortola, Barbados, St Kitts, St Thomas, in addition to San Juan and St Lucia. I will dive St Lucia since I stayed a whole week there and dove pretty much every site in the south, the...
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    Anyone have experience with Meikon Aluminum housing for the RX100?

    Hi, Have anyone had experience with the Meikon aluminum housing for the RX100 (or for any other camera)? Meikon Top Quality Of Aluminium Waterproof Digital Camera Case For Rx100,Up To 100m - Buy Waterproof Digital Camera Case For Rx100,100m Waterproof Housing For Rx100,100 M Ultra Rugged...
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    Anyone have experience with Meikon Aluminum housing?

    Hi, Have anyone had experience with the Meikon aluminum housing? I am looking for something for the Sony RX100. Meikon Top Quality Of Aluminium Waterproof Digital Camera Case For Rx100,Up To 100m - Buy Waterproof Digital Camera Case For Rx100,100m Waterproof Housing For Rx100,100 M Ultra...
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    Will a liberal computer ever go into deco before a more conservative one?

    Hi, I have a Mares computer that uses the more conversative Wienke RGBM algorithm and a backup Aeris that uses the more liberal Modified Haldanean algorithm. In almost all the cases, I would see less NDL time on the Mares computer, but in one situation on my trip, I looked at the Aeris and saw...
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    Does P&S cameras w/lens wider than 35mm have to use WA wet lens that's made for 28mm?

    Hi, I have old P&S that has min focal length of 35mm (35mm equiv), thus am able to use lens like the Inon UWL-100 with no issue. Going forward, most of camera's min focal lens are either 24 or 28mm equiv. Inon makes wet lens like the UWL-H100, which from what I assume, just has a wider exit...
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    Carryon restrictions on Egyptair

    Hi, Not strictly a dive related question, but in getting and to the liveaboard, I will have to fly some local flights via Egyptair. They seem to be of the smaller airplane type. I was wondering if they are strict with carry-on size and weight limits? For carryons, I usually have a rolling...
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