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  1. Tigerman

    Emperor Echo liveaboard

    Emperor divers and their boats in general are very well run and organized. I have not been on Emperor Echo (As far as I can recall), but I have been using mainly Emperor Divers for diving in the red sea for 15 years now and Ive never had a complaint with any of their customer service or staff...
  2. Tigerman

    Photography - Going on a Liveaboard

    For us whos actually blonde and blue-eyed, walking around Sharm is a hassle, especially if you cant actually tell the naggers to f*** off in arabic :p
  3. Tigerman

    Nudibranch Lovers

    After not being able to go do any proper dive trips for the past 2 years, I finally got back to the Red Sea for a liveaboard in october. Although we primarilly were after sharks and mostly used a wideangle lens, I did find a few of one of the largest and coolest nudies :)
  4. Tigerman

    Anyone have an opinion on the Backscatter shootout?

    Yeah, thanks.. Now I have the same questions you do. And also, I need to start digging through my backyard for an extra $5500 bucks :p
  5. Tigerman

    Canon wide angle options

    I had a smaller wideangle port before changing to the 8" and there is a significant difference in the corner sharpness. It is more noticeable the closer the shots and the more is "going on" in the corners of the shot, so the trick with the smaller port was shots like the shark pick earlier in...
  6. Tigerman

    Canon wide angle options

    Soft edges is an issue with wideangle dome ports, especially more compact ones. Im not familiar with the SL2, but I have a 7D with an Ikelite housing myself. The 8" dome port is better with regards to corners than the smaller ones, but its still noticeable, especially on close shots.
  7. Tigerman

    Post your last gear purchase

    Is there supposed to be something wrong with a camera obsession now?? :o
  8. Tigerman

    Power inflator malfunction stats?

    You kinda need to put failures like this in relation to number of dives or hours in the water for it to make much sense especially as a lot of people on scubaboard has A LOT of dives. That being said - I've seen it ONCE and it was in my very early days of diving (infact on my AOW training). I...
  9. Tigerman

    Holy carp that's one old shark...

    I came across something interesting in the news today (for a change), so I did a quick google for the english version and I did indeed find what I was looking for... 400-year-old Greenland shark is the oldest vertebrate animal
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    Ales...

  11. Tigerman

    Does this happen everywhere?

    Now his is actually, alhough not very politely put, quite true. I HAVE dived with a handful of asian divers (and even an indian female) that was infact just as good as any other diver, and even according to THEM asian divers tend to suck :o
  12. Tigerman

    Why are lights prohibited at some dive sites?

    Soo... Im not allowed to use a focus light to get a picture of that little critter in the shadow behind the rock because I dont have a cave cert? Sounds reasonable - OR NOT
  13. Tigerman

    Affidavit of Experience

    I did indeed
  14. Tigerman

    Affidavit of Experience

    Most people with that kind of experience know someone that would gladly sign them off as well tbh...
  15. Tigerman

    How many exposure suits does it take?

    Hands down, drysuit. For the temprature range (and land tempratur range), I think a trilam suit would be more suitable than neoprene due to the fact that neoprene get bloody hot in the summer (I do have experience with neoprene drusuit, I dive the same same conditions and a hot summer day...
  16. Tigerman

    Affidavit of Experience

    Liability is a bitch...
  17. Tigerman

    how deep max. when diving solo?

    Hey, if were going up at a fast rate and skipping the safety stop anyways, you don't really need gas the last 60 ft anyways, as you can just CESA it... (Yeah, still not my favourite plan)
  18. Tigerman

    Why dive blind ????…

    Why not? Its not like my eyes help me much when I dive in a complete siltout anyways :p
  19. Tigerman

    Benefit of Nitrox?

    And this is how the debate of "altitude tents" in professional sports became a big controversy in the early 2000s, as some considered it "artifical" while others consider it nothing but saving expenditures for travel. WADA afaik does not consider it to be cheating and there is of course also a...
  20. Tigerman

    Benefit of Nitrox?

    Well it IS a tool for a purpose, although I doubt the extra knowledge exploded your brain :p As to it being a "waste of money" to use nitrox when its "not needed" - that depends entirely on the supplier. Some provide it for the same cost as they provide air (typically not pp-blenders)
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