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Sas

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Hello

A new month for diving and the water is getting warmer so hopefully more people will be out diving :)

I got out last weekend both days but one was in the pool so it doesn't count :p

I was joined by regular buddies Michael and burna and the first dive was at Portsea and it was quite rough - strong surge - but I didn't mind it too much. Then we went to Mordialloc pier for a dusk dive and the conditions were quite calm there. Viz was about 6m on both dives and I really didn't see a lot! But Michael + Anthony collected heaps of lead and coins, and I bagged an iPhone :) During our SI we got to see the Canberra being towed out to see for the sinking!

Colourful sponges
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Michael + burna's lead collection - the surge uncovered a lot! Michael is going to turn his vast collecting into dive weights this weekend :)
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Canberra being towed out to sea
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Then on Sunday I went to the pool with the club to try out different types of gear. I got to try sidemounts + twin 12s. Planning to do cavern in twin 12s now, though the sidemounts were more comfortable underwater :) Michael tried out some of my gear and also twin 7s but he hated the twin 7s (as do I!)

Michael trying out my BP/W. He is going to get one very soon I think and has been trying to convince me I don't need mine in the mean time :wink:
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Me checking out sidemounts
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Cool! Looking forward to checking out your vids fredarooney (Youtube is blocked at work so will wait until I get home :))
 
Ok cool videos! The groper trying to take a bite was scary :p
 
Ok cool videos! The groper trying to take a bite was scary :p

Heh, good old Harry is always there and I cant remember a dive at Shelly without seeing him.

I was testing a Fuji F200EXR on Monday and got some decent videos and pics. Good camera and quite a bit better than my Fuji Z100fd. I want a new camera and was looking at the Canon G11 but I also want HD video...decisions..decisions..

Got a really good video of a cuttlefish where it came right up to me and almost touched the camera! I'll upload it tomorrow.
 
Heh, good old Harry is always there and I cant remember a dive at Shelly without seeing him.

I was testing a Fuji F200EXR on Monday and got some decent videos and pics. Good camera and quite a bit better than my Fuji Z100fd. I want a new camera and was looking at the Canon G11 but I also want HD video...decisions..decisions..

Got a really good video of a cuttlefish where it came right up to me and almost touched the camera! I'll upload it tomorrow.

What about Panasonic FX48? I used that in Fiji and it had an excellent underwater mode (but no macro avail in this mode) and also HD video. Fast lens f2.8 too. That's about all I know about it but I liked it a lot! I am looking at Canon S90 or maybe the FX48...

There is a groper named after me at Bare Island now - Sas! :rofl3: He followed me around for a dive so he got dubbed Sas and petunia fills me in on how he is going :)
 
What about Panasonic FX48? I used that in Fiji and it had an excellent underwater mode (but no macro avail in this mode) and also HD video. Fast lens f2.8 too. That's about all I know about it but I liked it a lot! I am looking at Canon S90 or maybe the FX48...

There is a groper named after me at Bare Island now - Sas! :rofl3: He followed me around for a dive so he got dubbed Sas and petunia fills me in on how he is going :)

I was really wanting something with at least 2 manual presets so thats why the G11 looked good but no HD video. Would be great if someone hacked it to do HD. The S90 looks good too and a faster lens(f2.0) than the G11 and both do RAW.

lol you can NEVER seem to find one camera that does it all!!!
 
Michael + burna's lead collection - the surge uncovered a lot! Michael is going to turn his vast collecting into dive weights this weekend :)
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Ha! I thought I was going gangbusters collecting that lead until I bumped into Michael and he had a catch bag so full he could barely carry it.

Was the same with the golf balls, I found 13, he found 23!

I have a ways to go before I can challenge the Master Fossicker.:wink:
 

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