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rockcity posted:You clearly haven't looked at what underwater camera gear costs have you? Oh god, please don't look, think of the children! Rebreather, Camera, Bailout tanks, Boosters AAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! Bishop posted:More great photos... The lighting and focus on your macro stuff is good as always. One day I'll buy/steal an underwater camera and try to take pics of stuff. Until then, I'll replicate the only photo you always post that I can, the myspace angle of me on an AP rebreather! Not underwater but I'm breathing on the loop damnit. Awesome that you are doing a breather. Just dont use splitfins you will drown! Also I am going to try to do my pictures slightly different and make them to where subjects are not centered. SlicerDicer fucked around with this message at 18:28 on Apr 2, 2012 |
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macado posted:So I'm scheduled for Deco Procedures/Advanced Nitrox next month. Have fun! Thats what I suggest! Bishop posted:I would absolutely buy/rent an AL40 for deco. 99% of dives I stage one 40 of 50% and if needed another of 100%. 80s are cumbersome to sling (much easier to sidemount but I doubt that's where you are going) and you aren't going to need that much deco gas for TDIs deco procedures class. Well I like the 40's as they are minimal in the buoyancy modification. I do not have to worry about them turning positive at 500psi.
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Tomberforce posted:Watching this video here: Pressure is directly related to water column on your head... Nothing more.. 80 meters.. thats pretty drat deep too.
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dunno crunk they shouldn't be a problem? I know quite a few who dive with contacts and they always just work fine. They say to close your eyes if your going to do mask flood/clear.
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Crunkjuice posted:Solid plan. I've been glasses for 11 years. Getting a week or two experience under my belt would be smart before I took a deep class down to 100 feet. Nothing like having a ocean full of saline water!
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Maui Hawaii, I should be taking some again at Lanai or Molokai again soon. Das Clarity 
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Gromit posted:I've got no interest in tech diving, weird gas mixtures, insane depth, caving - any of that beyond amateur-hour scuba at less than 30 metres. But gently caress me if rebreather shots don't always look totally badass. I am hoping to get better at taking pictures with my camera, I am learning slowly taking some 200-500 pics a dive generally. It just takes time to get usto the camera and how to set everything. I should get better and better photos I hope, Then night diving that will be the animal that wont die! the meat of where my pics are coming from now.  Crunkjuice posted:Slicerdicer/Bishop/anyone who knows about rebreathers. Why do combat divers have their breathers on their chests and not their backs? Was all about work of breathing over Backmounted counterlungs, also the movement is very unrestricted with chestmount as I have dove with a LAR V Its lightweight, small, and work of breathing is easy... ohh and the chest was only clear spot when the back had gear etc. SlicerDicer fucked around with this message at 03:35 on Apr 10, 2012 |
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Finch! posted:There's a growing number of recreational rebreathers out there - the Poseidon Discovery VI and Hollis Explorer spring to mind but I know there are more, and apparently they're set to be the "next big thing." except the thought of everyday people doing rebreathers is somewhat horrifying given they can be a serious box of death. They are not a joke in anyway... I dive at least once a week on my unit if not more and I know that its not a matter of if but when.. It will try to kill me.. and it will do it again... The reality is will my training, brain, and calmness be able to get me out of the situation or will I end up a number on the rebreather death wall.. I make no mistake about how they can kill you and are devices that require utmost respect and care.. Assembly and repair...
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Finch! posted:Most definitely. They are pretty serious pieces of gear and should be treated as such. Well I mean the recreational rebreather works on same concept. There is maximum degree of responsibility with rebreather. Making it idiot proof is all but impossible, for instance you can NEVER fail to close your DSV.. Recreational limits or not what happens if your at 100ft your solenoid fails your at 0.40 PPO2? Diver panics.. OMGADS!!! MY REBREATHER IS NOT WORKING!! If they panic and dart for surface... Forgetting to bail off in panic.. At 86ft they start to go hypoxic.. Just a simple example really of partial pressures. This is a severe problem with rebreathers is that they do not work the same way as open circuit that its always breathable at the surface. Hence why you can breathe yourself to death. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTNX6mr753w Then you can delve into Hypercapnia.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBtdI1qF11M What about flooded loop? Are they going to spend the time needed to verify positive and negative pressure checks? Keep eye on mushroom valves? http://www.rebreatherworld.com/megalodon-rebreather/39039-always-check-your-mushroom-valves.html What about the oxygen clean? How are people going to treat this and keep from having a O2 fire? Are people really going to be this careful with the gear? http://www.rebreatherworld.com/rebreather-accidents-incidents/123-boat-burnt-down-o2-fire-caused.html This is not kids poo poo.. This is grown up serious business, Then read through the fatality database.. I am new to rebreathers but I respect the poo poo out of them. I read what people did and why things happen I have huge amounts of literature and keep reading. So now to the electronic world. Mine is a eCCR it fully automated in the sense it holds my PPO2 where its suposto be but if it fails I have redundant computers I also have redundant ways of adding dil and O2, I even carry excessive gas to have offboard O2 and Dil most times that also backs up as bailout and deco gas. I do not see the recreational rebreathers as being a safe thing and I hope that people do not get killed and then say that they are any more dangerous than what they are. People dive with brains turned off on OC I see it all the time.. Scary stuff man. I will note that this rebreather is very popular and useable I just question the thought of labeling recreational and treating it as a toy.
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DeadlyMuffin posted:I was with you up to this point. No underwater breathing equipment is made up of toys, open circuit or closed circuit. Rebreathers obviously require more training and attention, but it's quite possible to kill or injure yourself with open circuit gear. Many people have. I am saying by PADI doing the Type R Rebreathers scares me.. People will see it as a Toy.. Maybe poor choice of words but in reality what it is.. It's Life Support Equipment.
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Crunkjuice posted:Have you ever not really planned a dive because "oh, its only 30 feet. What could possibly go wrong?" In open circuit that probably won't kill you. That poo poo will 100% not fly with a rebreather. You can't go on autopilot, you can't just not plan a dive. You have to be constantly vigilant with that piece of equipment. If people think they are recreational, they might not be and thats where it could get dangerous. And yes your right on target. Well to put things into perspective.. It takes me some 2 hours of prep to put my camera, rebreather, bailout bottles, check all gear.. etc. And you cant miss steps.. or you flood something horrible and well at least I have insurance on my gear.. but that does not help if you die right?
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Kaal posted:To get to the ocean you first must leave your parent's basement. one does not just simply walk into ocean, one must make a giant stride off back of boat? Beach diving sucks. Mind = Blown http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xusdWPuWAoU SlicerDicer fucked around with this message at 20:01 on Apr 10, 2012 |
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Bishop posted:Easy SCUBA owns. As much as I post about wreck diving and my inevitable death, there's nothing more relaxing than taking my runabout out, mooring up to a reef where nobody else is, dropping down to the sand at 20-30ft and just hanging out watching the fish pass by. People look at me like spaceman.. even more so when I suit up and gear up while boat is in motion splat in water before most even know we are at dive site LOL They see me rolling around on the deck like a farm animal wrestling with my gear. Bishop posted:The "recreational rebreathers" are an oxymoron to me. The technology is definitely getting more reliable but regardless of any safety issues, I don't see the point. The people using them are doing dives that can be accomplished with simpler gear. It's going to be a growing market and word on the boats is that AP, Innerspace systems, and the other big boys are looking to put out their own units. Yeah I dunno I do not go ultra deep but I am filming and pics so thats very viable. I cant see the rebreather for everybody though. And that Mark VI sounds creepy and also they dont want beyond 135 bar for explosive stuff. When doing my own boosting really no need to go past 150 for O2 thats fine. But 200 bar does not bother me honestly. Slow as she goes. Bishop posted:Also it's getting to be summer. Anybody got trips/training planned yet? I know macado is doing deco procedures which is a good class that opens up a ton of doors. E: I'm personally doing divemaster so I can become a master of the diving and help teach people. Other than that, more of the same. There's lots of wrecks up along the eastern Florida coast that I've never dove and I've finally got a bead on some people that run private charters to them. You gotta hot drop onto a lot of them which is like my favorite thing in the world to do. It does suck if you miss the wreck though. I am right now in process of doing IDC, after that I am going to be going to Australia maybe I will dive some 40-50m wrecks? I also want to get some good pics of the kelp beds.
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Bishop posted:Slicer, when I get around to it I'm going to throw some of your pics in the OP if that's cool with you. Also if anyone has suggestions on stuff to add or change, post 'em or PM me. Absolutely I will be taking more consistently.
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Moar Boars, Welcome to Molokini Island Hawaii Scrawled Filefish  Whitetip Reef Shark  Cleaning Station with Cleaner Wrasse  Ornate Butterflyfish  Bubblers  Mempachi  Milletseed Butterfly Fish  Ornate Buttefly and Fisher Angelfish  Ulua [Giant Trevally]  From 115ft/35m Clarity of water is Unsurpassed  Here is the complete album for your viewing fapturbation. http://imgur.com/a/8tNLE
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rockcity posted:That's probably your best set yet. I'm a sucker for nice juxtaposition between a strobed subject and a nice blue ocean background. It just makes the photos pop so much more. Thanks for the compliments. Here is cropped and 2560x1600 wallpapers size images. If you like them enough you can grab them in the dropbox link without molestation. http://imgur.com/a/f09yk http://dl.dropbox.com/u/73216722/Molokini%20Wallpapers.zip That is lame well if they canceled here for that.. I wouldn't dive often LOL
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Bishop posted:In south Florida a lot of shops will cancel trips for 5-7s. The commercial boat I use in Key Largo will take its tech trips out unless the boat is in literal danger of sinking. Ok that's not quite true because you need near perfect conditions for some of the deeper wrecks. What's funny is the hardcore cave divers who get seasick because they rarely ocean dive. That is why jesus made lengths of rope and buckets. Tie to face of hardcore cave divers! And yeah I mean really the problem is passenger comfort I think over safety with most dive boats.
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Tuff Ghost posted:Is this on the back side? I used to live on Maui (Kihei) but only snorkeled the crater as I didn't have my cert then. Nope this was in the crater ranging from 120-30ft All shot over a period of about 2 hours. Ulua, few fish shot in the Reef's End side. Garden Eels, The Whitetip, Beach Bunny, Urchin and Cucumbers are in Sand Channel the rest was in spot called Aquarium. I do want to shoot different sites next time maybe go over to Enenue. 
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MA-Horus posted:
Alot of people do not really understand the true beauty imo.. There is so much crazy life there the level is well over 9000. I have seen things at Molokini Crater I have seen nowhere else. That being said there is reefs with more "Life" elsewhere in less accessible places due to waves/wind and not damaged by human hands. But for mellow dives as far as they go Molokini rocks. Never discount the coast of Maui either though I have also seen very rare stuff there and its in shallow water. 30ish feet. That means some 90-120 mins on OC to explore vs some 45 mins at 80ft? This is assuming you dive a ton or are in extremely good shape. Edit: So tomorrow is a Go for Molokini, I am going to be going again. My plan is to swim over from the Sand Channel where normal mooring happens to Enenue and photograph from there and between. I have no idea if I will make it over there and back in 2 hours? Enenui is pretty radical boulders and the lot its beautiful on a whole new level and not for beginners. The depth goes crazy deep just WHAMMO your at 140.. Also if not careful you can get sucked in current around the backwall. So here is Enenue, Sadly I did a stupid thing and set camera to Manual Focus thus busting the first hour of my dive...           I no longer use Imgur for my images given their 4/10/12 update to Terms they can blow that clean out their rear end. SlicerDicer fucked around with this message at 00:31 on May 3, 2012 |
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Enjoy        There was multiple groups seen over a total of 140 min dive done at Moku Ho'oniki Rock Molokai.
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Well no new pictures this week, 1) brutalizing myself by doing IDC.. Wana buy some poo poo? Here buy this BCD and while you do that why not take my peak performance buoyancy class! Standard Met! 2) My rebreather decided to have total of 3 out of 5 of my cells fail thus not enough for voting logic. I cannot dive till I get new cells or rectify what I am going to do. Its entirely possible I will not use the same cells as I do not want my rebreather to get wise ideas to kill me.
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rockcity posted:Does anyone have any dive light recommendations? I'm going to be taking a cavern class soon and my buddy who is going to be the instructor told me I should get three lights, two smaller clip on style lights and one brighter wrist mounted one. I've only used a couple lights before, one was a pistol style light I used over a decade ago for general night dive use and the other was a small Intova that I borrowed from said instructor buddy for diving through a hole in a reef. Could always ask Phyllis at Add Helium, they have always gone above the call of duty for me and are fantastic. Any product they have told me of that is good and works does just that. Me personally for the diving I do? I want Keldans or Hartenburgers. IM FROM THE FUTURE posted:
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Tomberforce posted:I heard from an instructor who works at a dive shop in Exmouth that the Navy might be heavily restricting access to the pier at some point in the near future, so on that basis I would go for that. I've heard it's awesome, I'm jealous, have a blast! It was not a horrible dive, you survived without injury  Thats the way I look at things anyway. It was just unpleasant and not wish to repeat. However it was a learning experience that will help you equip for future madness.
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So here is something that one of my good friends has been working on. I donated some of my time and boat to help shoot the deep shots. This is going to be one hell of a story for sure! Black Coral http://www.titanarts.com/black-coral/ Here is one of my most recent videos too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyqy5_ft_uA SlicerDicer fucked around with this message at 08:51 on May 17, 2012 |
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May 16, 2012 19:48
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Well I am reading of massive helium shortages.. Can anybody confirm? I am going to make some calls tonight
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Well I got some UHP it was not cheap 0_o J tank was 600$ Good thing I breathe then rebreathe! At that cost.. it would not take many OC dives to hit the cost of the Rebreather. 
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Bishop posted:My thoughts on this: Well just remember, I will use about 10$ in Helium per dive. That would be a deep dive too. I could quickly offset my costs of the rebreather/training in the helium costs. That single tank will get me about 60 Rebreather dives. I am just getting started in trimix too. Arbitrary Coin posted:Those are some really nice photos. I was wondering if you could give some basics on underwater photography? I looked at Wetpixel, but it seems like a magazine for people with some basic knowledge already and I'm kind of looking for a "Underwater Photography for Dummies" thing. You asking me? 1) Can you set your camera to manual? 2) Can you control F-Stop underwater? 3) Set ISO to 100-250 depending what your doing. Less light set up to 400 I never need higher. 4) Set F-Stop to about 8-?? Depends what your shooting 5) Play with ISO and F-Stop numbers. 6) Get some strobes and diffuse the light even underwater. 7) Always run strobes at full power TTL is not srs bidness. 8) Most of my adjustments once I set ISO for any given area are f-stop based. Also learning histograms helps, learning how to just dial in your camera and you will do just fine. And remember I shot over 200 photos today. About 90 were usable. Even less do I post online. I will also note that I have used a G12 underwater and thats what provided some of the shots that were great before I went to the DSLR. AF35 Strobes are decent and I shot a ton with just 1 strobe. I will gladly give you more terrible advice for photos I half the time have no idea what I am doing. I just can seem to replicate good shots LOL.. I suppose thats what matters?     This is Me 
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Bishop posted:This is simply fantastic. Keep shooting away. One day I'm going to stop being lazy and update the OP with you and other goons personal photography. As an aside, tell that dude that looks like he is standing on the reef to learn some buoyancy and trim control before I.... *gets dragged to wherever overhead/GUE crazies need to go* He was standing on sand no worries. I will post a few more pics later and a video of me and him screwing around at our 75ft deco stop. jackyl posted:Underwater photography is hard, I believe. I do know for a fact, though, that it is even harder when you are a rank rear end amateur with 12 dives since your open water certification and you are using a point and shoot in a case. But, gently caress that, its still fun! The advices, Turn off your internal flash you are getting mean backscatter ruining perfectly good images... Run camera in full manual mode if possible I am sure its possible on most. Learn how to set your aperture and iso settings. Set the ISO to as low as you can and aperture above 8 if possible to open field of view. What camera you using and I will gladly explain how to do it. Also remember a slightly underexposed image can always be lit back up but a overexposed image explodes color and is trash. Underwater photography is a art for sure. Some Reefs  
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Kaal posted:Agreed. A dive computer is nice but not necessary. Many people get really interested in the sport and buy all the gear, only to realize later that they don't really go diving very often. The basics are nice to have around because they're really just snorkeling gear. You can rent them easy too. Just learn to use it please when renting. I cannot tell you how many people have gone into deco.
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jackyl posted:Your pictures are awesome, thanks for the advice! I am currently using a Canon Powershot SD 1300. We bought it because it had an underwater mode, had a Canon made underwater housing and was relatively cheap, so we were okay with using it to replace our out of date point and shoot even if it didn't end up great underwater. I've been happy with it as a complete rookie, though, so I'm going to stick with it for a bit. Yes I have huge strobes but if they are not aimed right? Backscatter is HORRIBLE... So what happens? the light is fired straight forward and the camera sees the particles in the water, those particles that are illuminated by the flash then are grabbed by the sensor. This results in images that have spots all over them. Now say I have my 16+8 inch arms attached? I can then position my strobes FAR away from the camera 2 feet on each side to be precise. This allows angling of the strobes so the light hits the particles at off angles.. then you can do this! Original Image zero backscatter http://stealthwater.smugmug.com/Underwater/Molokini-26th-May/i-WgwR7vx/0/O/IMG5916.png So anyway run it in manual if possible but for sure turn off flash and make sure your at 1/160 usually thats key on the capture and prevent blur underwater. Best thing play with the camera underwater and dont be afraid of messing with settings you will make great or horrible images. The ratio of horrible to great gets better If you want a decent strobe that is not crazy expensive... http://www.ikelite.com/af35/autoflash.html I used that strobe (Note was single strobe with diffuser) to take these pics. I used a canon G12 for that.   
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Bishop posted:Going without a computer is not the end of the world. I used to plan multi gas decompression dives with my cellphone and a bottom timer (still do, as a backup). A bottom timer is little more than a watch and depth gauge, which leads to the problem... Its tough to find a mechanical depth gauge these days so without a computer of some sort you won't know your depth! Don't most shops rent computers these days? Go that route but try to plan and execute your dives with tables For your first 20 or so dives. This gets you into good habits like checking your depth an time frequently. It will also help you develop a "feel" for what a normal no deco time is. Then once you start using more of the computers features, it is a convenience instead of a crutch. Once you start running multiple computers and they all agree then you know your good too! Hell even my flooded shearwater still continued to give information on quite a bit. It toasted out at the end of the dive though. Shearwater fixed it too! Anyway yeah I run multiple computers and calculating deco is a pain but I got general ideas from my tables.
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Kaal, I cant assume the water is much warmer in Guam than Hawaii? I could be wrong? At anyrate I wear a drysuit here I get so cold so its a matter of body physiology too (other factors too like how much of a wuss you are) In that category I am way up there.
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Figured I should give some Le Turtle Action  Some Coraline Growths on Mala Wharf   I went to Mala Wharf today and did some playing around. My cells in my rebreather have been playing ball too so thats a good thing I feel less like a dead man walking.
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Crunk you bastard... That is totally awesome! Getting mobbed by sea lions and seals is just epic. I would have butt smuggled out video and photos!
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Bob Loblaw posted:I wanted to ask, has anyone on here besides me gotten bent? Hydrate Hydrate Hydrate Hydrate, http://www.diversalertnetwork.org/medical/articles/article.asp?articleid=65 No I have not gotten bent or had any symptoms of bending. I do decompression diving and extremely conservative of my ascents. I also would note I have a p-valve on my drysuit and am able to piss like a racehorse. I Pee relentlessly... Why? Cause I am drinking fluids like a bastard on surface. I am considering making a zip pouch on my wing to store a camelbak bladder in there to drink from underwater. With nitrox you should have been inherently more safe. But look at the guy who got bent in truuk lagoon was way way conservative... He was dehydrated, very few cases do I read of that have actual data that do not involve less than optimal hydration.. Note: I drink somewhere on the order of gallon day before dives and half gallon in the morning or some lunacy. I wake up peeing at night and pee all day. Just my personal advice from a decompression diver who has not been bent... Yet...
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