Scuba anyone?
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Two things happened to me last trip:
- My Suunto computer crapped out on me mid-dive. That meant I had no idea what depth I was at (as I did not have redundancy), and also locked itself for 48 hours, once I had un-crapped it out.
- My pressure gauge crapped out on me (we think that the spring broke).
Both incidents were a little unsettling.
Paula fixed both issues for me at Xmas:
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Goodbye Suunto and your ridiculously conservative algorithms, and hello Peregrine....
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And hello new pressure gauge. All sortes of additional info including depth, so I have redundancy on that .....
"OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011
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@JDelage said in Scuba anyone?:
UW photo, I've decided, is really for pros or people who have a lot more time & money than me. I'm taking a GoPro rig with me to Puerto Galera.
100% agree.
We're in an unnatural and inherently dangerous environment. Live in the moment. Do not risk something nasty happening because you are concentrating on taking a crap shot that no one else will be interested in any way....
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@Giles said in Scuba anyone?:
- Goodbye Suunto and your ridiculously conservative algorithms, and hello Peregrine....
My instructor had a good rant to us about conservative dive computers earlier today. It was a little outside my level of understanding, but the fact you can be locked out for acting in a way you know to be totally safe must be insanely frustrating..
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@Giles - I had my dive computer (which connects to my reg for pressure info) crap out on me on a live-aboard in the middle of the Red Sea. Thank god the crew was able to hook up a gauge and lend me one of their dive computers. I now have a redundant analogically pressure gauge on my reg. I've considered getting the Apple Watch Ultra as a redundant computer but it requires a subscription to be used this way and I really don't see the value prop.
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I had the Suunto air pod thingy that “connected” to my Suunto Eon. It was fucking useless and has been sold to another sucker (as has the Eon). I was a 100% Suunto fanboy having never had anything else, but I am no longer. I have a spare analogue gauge which I will take me, but wont bother hooking it up unless I need to
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Large tank for my set-up on SAKURA. Will usually use it as a refill station for the Mantus Mini Scuba System I have on board, but can rig it with my conventional rig if I think I need more bottom time....
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As I have documented before, I do not take photos underwater. I'd rather take everything in than take shit photos....But a member asked me yesterday if we had seen anything cool. Paula has a penchant for Morays and I get excited with Leaf and Frog Fish. So 3 things we saw yesterday (images from web):
White Mouthed Moray
Leaf Fish - 2 different species
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Not sure how common these are, but I was very happy to see a Seal Face Puffer Fish when I was doing my Open Water earlier this year.
I'd chuckled at its cute little face when I saw it in one of the books on the dive boat, so when I encountered it underwater I spent way more time than I should have done staring at it..
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Puffer fish are cute when they're small, but they get very, very big, and then they're not cute at all.
I've been enjoying my diving in Puerto Valera's, Philippines (Sabang really). Many firsts for me. After saying I was done with uw photo, I decided to put my iPhone in a Divevolk case and take uw videos. It's a bit bigger than a GoPro but much better, and smaller than my previous set up for a still camera. I'm very happy with the results. Now comes the hard work of culling the vids, and editing the good bits. Last dive of the trip in 1hr (night dive) and then I make my way back to Seattle.
