Ben Ari Kutai

I dive out of Eilat a lot (northern Red Sea), so different routes than a Hurghada liveaboard, but the same water type. Agree this is mostly wide-angle country for that itinerary. Wrecks and reef walls are the main show. If you're thinning the bag after Indonesia, leave the macro kit home. I shoot a phone in a housing and a GoPro with no strobes, which forces the keep-it-simple habit. What I'd actually want on a Red Sea boat: a camera you can grab every dive without fuss, a spare battery or two, and hands free for buoyancy. Agree with the two-wetsuits tip already in the thread for November. Beyond that I'd rather leave options I won't open at home.

Thanks for the welcome. I'll dig into that ambient-light action-cam article. Phone in a housing and a GoPro with no strobes, so that's exactly the mess I'm usually looking at.

Hi all. I'm Ben. Based in Israel. AOW, somewhere in the low hundreds of dives, a lot of them the same sites in Eilat because for a few years that was the weekend: drive south, dive, drive back. I shoot a phone in a housing and a GoPro. No strobes. So most of my underwater frames come back blue, and I'm here to learn from people who actually know what they're doing with light and colour underwater. Happy to be useful where I can. Mostly listening for now.