Is rear inflation better for underwater photography?

[MXGratefulDiver]

Sometimes it's illustrative to look at what the top dogs use.
So I found the ones I could...
Michele Hall - Scubapro Classic stab jacket
Mike deGruy - Scubapro Stab jacket
Doug Perrine - Seaquest Explorer (tropical jacket) / US Divers Sonic 1 (jacket)
Stan Waterman - Scubapro jacket
Marty Snyderman - Scubapro Glide Plus (jacket)
Howard Hall - Scubapro Stab jacket
Stuart Westmoreland - bare-bones Mares (jacket)
T. Charles Erickson - Oceanic (jacket)
Chris Newbert - Oceanic Contour Bioflex (jacket)

One thing that's worth noting is that these professionals almost never actually have to buy their own BCDs ... and often they "sponsor" a specific brand, and are paid to do so. All of which is to suggest that their reasons for choosing a particular style of BCD may not be the same as they would be for the average recreational-level underwater photographer.

Another is that these folks have so much bottom time they could exhibit superb buoyancy control using a Hefty bag for a BCD ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

 

[Lil' Irish Temper]

Sometimes it's illustrative to look at what the top dogs use.
So I found the ones I could...
Michele Hall - Scubapro Classic stab jacket
Mike deGruy - Scubapro Stab jacket
Doug Perrine - Seaquest Explorer (tropical jacket) / US Divers Sonic 1 (jacket)
Stan Waterman - Scubapro jacket
Marty Snyderman - Scubapro Glide Plus (jacket)
Howard Hall - Scubapro Stab jacket
Stuart Westmoreland - bare-bones Mares (jacket)
T. Charles Erickson - Oceanic (jacket)
Chris Newbert - Oceanic Contour Bioflex (jacket)

Rick

Oh great, you forgot Bob's (Grateful Diver) name off the list. Now you've gone and done it