Oh, oh, oh....
Not a single long hose....
Not a single long hose....
What's wrong in this picture?
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AdivingBel
Diver
Happiness?? Ok, back to doom scrolling…
My observation is that not one single diver in that pic has their hand on their primary reg and mask during a giant stride.....
drl
Contributor
And a couple of them appear to be jumping rather than giant striding. Face plants imminent!
Woman in the middle who is married to the guy on the right, matching gear, likes the guy on her left better.
Hand height says it all.
Hand height says it all.
What is the answer? I hold my camera, not my mask. Sans snorkel, the mask stays on just fine during a giant stride entry
OP
tarponchik
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Seriously, was the "problem" in that photo about mask holding on entry? In those conditions?
Okay the long answer.
Hold my Nauticam with one hand? No, just no. I sometimes, after developing a bond of trust with the deck hands I will allow them to hand the camera in to me but over the years I have had several expensive incidents doing so such that I generally stride in with the camera system. My wife goes back aboard ahead of me and she takes the camera coming out.
My video era, what a waste of effort, lol, the AquaVideo was a little heavy for one hand and especially when equipped with the lights of the day back in the 80s.
In nearly 54 years as an active diver and most of those carrying a camera I have never lost a mask. On my last trip a few weeks ago I did have the strap slip but it is just not an issue.
In the olden times I had masks that were large enough to be an aquarium. Triple windows were a fad for a while. Yes, those surely wanted to part company and not just during entry. This old USD Aquarius was one such, it had enough buoyancy to try to float away all on it's own, entry was not the problem, keeping it from floating away during the dive was.
Modern, low volume masks, especially frameless models like the Atomic Frameless and Scubapro Frameless just do not come off, at least not for me. If entry is going to be rough I may not take my camera or I will put the mask strap under my hood or beanie.
In that OP photo, the sea conditions are about as benign as a swimming pool. The bottom looks at most 20 feet. If they lose their masks they can just swim down and get them, I do not see a safety issue, none. Maybe not holding the mask is poor practice but so is wearing a snorkel when not snorkeling or swimming from shore and they are SCUBA diving from what appears to be a boat transom. It is a pretty photo, really emphasizes the joy of diving with friends. Thanks for posting it.
You do make a good point now that my mask has $300 of prescription in it, I need to get an identical spare! Should it get damaged or lost, I hope not.
admikar
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