Fortunately not mine ..... however I heard this story today at my LDS
Last weekend was a holiday weekend here in UAE, and a bunch of divers I know went down to Oman to dive the Damaniyat Islands (Best diving around here).
As one dive finished, there was a guy with a DSLR (type unknown, not relevant anyway) in a Subal housing, who discovered that he had lost it on the way back to the boat?????
Apparently he had a habit if just clipping it to his BCD when not in use, and used to just let it hang?????
There was a search and recovery dive done as soon as the loss was discovered but the housing (and camera) was not recovered. The dive site is not deeper than 20M to the sand but lots of coral in shallower water. I don't know what type of clip was used either, but I can guess.
My question is, who swims around with their DSLR housing just clipped to their BCD or harness?
Mine never leaves my hand(s) during a dive unless I deliberately place it down on sand or hand it to a trusted buddy for some specific reason.
Last weekend was a holiday weekend here in UAE, and a bunch of divers I know went down to Oman to dive the Damaniyat Islands (Best diving around here).
As one dive finished, there was a guy with a DSLR (type unknown, not relevant anyway) in a Subal housing, who discovered that he had lost it on the way back to the boat?????
Apparently he had a habit if just clipping it to his BCD when not in use, and used to just let it hang?????
There was a search and recovery dive done as soon as the loss was discovered but the housing (and camera) was not recovered. The dive site is not deeper than 20M to the sand but lots of coral in shallower water. I don't know what type of clip was used either, but I can guess.
My question is, who swims around with their DSLR housing just clipped to their BCD or harness?
Mine never leaves my hand(s) during a dive unless I deliberately place it down on sand or hand it to a trusted buddy for some specific reason.