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    Visiting Miami - Looking for a dive operator for our group

    Hi Everyone, I am visiting Miami around xmas / new years for a family trip. We are a group of 6 divers of various abilities and we would like to book a 2 tank trip. 5 of us are OW or AOW, excepting one of our divers who is 11 years old and Jr. open water certified. Therefore, we will be...
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    Curacao Resort for a group of Divers and non-divers

    Hi everyone, I'm putting together a trip for a group of families (probably 30 people) and for a few reasons, Curacao looks like a great destination. We are looking for a resort in Curacao that would satisfy divers and non-divers alike. -We don't need uber-luxury, think Westin level...
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    Opinions Backscatter MW-4300 video light

    Hi Everyone, I'm interested in the Backscatter MW 4300 spot/wide video light. If anyone has one, I'd love to hear your opinions on it. Backscatter Macro Wide 4300 Underwater Video Light MW-4300 Thanks! Chris
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    Tell me about your LX-10 Setup

    Hi everyone, I have been shooting photos and video with a few different setups now, most recently a GoPro and a pair of BigBlue 4200 video lights. However, the GoPro takes crappy photos (putting it nicely) and though i have a macro adapter for it, it's not very good. I've been all over the...
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    Additional layer for warmth?

    Hi Everyone, My wife gets cold while diving, and I'm looking for a vest that she can add to her 5mm fullsuit when it isn't warm enough. Suggestions that we have received are: -Lavacore insulating layer under the fullsuit -Henderson pro 3mm vest over the fullsuit. I figure the Lavacore...
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    DeepDiveHousing

    Anyone know anything about this? Looks like a CNC machined housing with magnetic filters. DEEPDIVEHOUSING | HIGH END UNDERWATER CAMERA HOUSINGS Popped up in my Facebook feed this morning. Best, CB
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    Diving Puerto Vallarta with PV Ocean Tours

    Hi Everyone, My wife and I visited Puerto Vallarta June 23-28 2019 and based on recommendations here on SB, went diving with Puerto Vallarta Ocean Tours. I communicated with them prior to our trip via email. We made a reservation for 2 days of 2 tank dives and received a 20% discount for...
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    SuperSuit Leaking around the lens. Anyone else?

    Hi Everyone, I've been having problems with condensation and water entering into my SuperSuit (with \Hero 7 black) housing while diving. This is frustrating as I used to use a Hero 4 in a dive housing and NEVER had problems with water entering the housing or condensation. My routine has...
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    Puerto Vallarta Dive Operators

    Hi everyone, My wife are going to be in PV at the end of June (w/o kids - yay). I've read most of the threads about PV diving and it appears that Puerto Vallarta Ocean Tours gets the most consistent positive reviews. Are there any other dive shops in PV that I should consider? I appreciate...
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    Adding lights to GoPro - one light or two?

    Hi everyone, I'm going to upgrade my GoPro Hero rig with some lighting. Until now I have used FlipFilters system but without light I have no way of shooting video in low-light situations, like under ledges, in caves or when deeper than filters can compensate for. I'm considering adding one...
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    St Thomas Dives, Feb 2017

    Hello all, We were in St Thomas last month and did 6 dives with Patagon Divers. I used my GoPro hero4 Silver in the GoPro Dive housing and a Backscatter FlipFilter3.1 filter system with the "Dive" and "Shallow" filters. Though not professional quality by far, I'm still happy with the results...
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    First Dives with GoPro Hero4 Silver in St Thomas

    Hello all, I've edited my first batch of GoPro Video shot while diving in St Thomas. It's posted here on youtube: For some reason it's not letting the video display at 1080p, though I encoded the video at 1080p. I need to look into this. I used a Flip 3.1 filter system with the Shallow...
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    Warm Water Gloves?

    Hello all, Wife and I are just back from St Thomas, got 5 dives in while there. One of our two-tank boat dives took place on a day when the water was rather rough, and we encountered a lot of surge. I was holding on to our mooring line during our safety stop and one rather large surge caused...
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    Store GoPro housing open?

    Hello all, I'm taking my first dive trip next week and have a new Hero4 Silver to come along with me. When I have used a point and shoot camera in a housing before, and the consensus was to remove the o-ring from the housing for storage, so that the o-ring retains it's shape and is ready for...
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    Maui Dive Reports

    My wife, brother and I have been in Maui for 6 days now and done 2 days of dives. We did two shore dives with Shaka Divers (5 Caves and Ulua), both were about an hour long and went to depths of about 30 - 40'. Visibility was good, considering the weather that had just gone through and we got...
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    Advice for shooting in RAW then white balance in post.

    Good afternoon, I originally posted this in the "Tips and techniques" section, but I probably should have put it here. I'm heading to Maui in a week and will be diving a bunch while there. I've revieved some advice on my current setup (Canon 850is powershot w/ CDHK hack in Canon Housing) and...
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    Help with shooting RAW then post white-balancing

    Good afternoon, I'm heading to Maui in a week and will be diving a bunch while there. I've revieved some advice on my current setup (Canon 850is powershot w/ CDHK hack in Canon Housing) and have decided to save my photos in RAW format and white-balance using PhotoShop Essentials. If anyone...
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    For sale: Sea and Sea YS-27 Package

    I just listed my Sea and Sea YS-27 Strobe package on Ebay. Included is the strobe with diffuser, tray and arm, sync cord and strbe mask set. A detailed description is listed there. Sea + Sea YS-27 Strobe, Tray, Cord, Mask Set- Used - eBay (item 190278753197 end time Jan-12-09 07:33:11 PST)...
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    Dive reservations needed in Maui?

    Hi everyone, My wife and I will be returing to Lahaina in 2 weeks (16th) and will be there for 10 days, and we are looking to get in a fair bunch of diving. We'll drive down to Kihei to get in Molokini dives, and possibly do Lanai with someone out of Lahaina. Shore diving would be nice as...
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    How do you secure your camera while diving?

    Hello board: I've been diving with my point-and-shoot (in a housing) for the past year and I've had it hanging off my wrist from a lanyard. That hasn't bothered me at all. However, I have added a strobe / tray and arm setup whih adds size and weight to the rig. I'm wondering if I should...
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