fisheater
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Just to set the record straight, you can snap giant kelp like a carrot. But bull kelp won't snap. You need to use a cutting tool.
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A set of spring straps does the same job... or failing that... the 'old' solution of applying some duct tape to keep your fin straps from flapping...
Is this a joke? It's not April yet....
For those that can't be bothered to visit the site... the product is a neoprene 'wrap' that covers the fin straps, which "increases streamlining and prevents entanglement".
FFM + Camera + Spare Air. An interesting combination...
How do you find the photography when using FFM?
What is your emergency procedure for using Spare Air, when wearing a FFM?
I have a external LCD screen mounted on my amphibico housing so I have no issues at all.
I find I have so much more freedom in this mask I can't stand the thought of having a reg back in my mouth. I also have a spare mask if I have to switch over to the SA. I would just completely remove the FFM
I see. That makes sense. I just imagined that there would be a lot of glare and ambient light between the eye and the screen. Given that most photographers prefer a low-volume, black skirted mask... your choice seemed a polar opposite of that.
I haven't known anything different, I am self taught so if I am unorthodox it is all my fault. But no, no glare
Yikes.. that does sound far from optimum. How have you gotten around the obvious safety issues with this configuration?
Have you practiced this a lot? What is the order of the procedure/drill?
Here's the problems I see:
1) You run out of air... remove FFM... then deploy SA blind.
2) At one point, you have no air and no vision.
3) You then have to deploy, fit and clear the reserve mask. Can't clear the mask until you are breathing again...
4) Spare Air has very minimal capacity. Of the few breaths available, you using some of them to deploy and clear your secondary mask.
5) If there were any problems or delays or failures with the deployment of the spare air, or mask, you would be in trouble.