Cerianthus

We were on a 'sister ship' the emperor virgo. We were dropped off at 7 the morning of the fire and only learned about it at a layover in Delhi. Just read that you were on that boat Tim. Glad that everyone came off it safely. Any idea what caused it yet? On the Virgo they were very safety and fire conscious.

I'm back. Sharks were (quite often) pretty far away, so if I would go again, I might consider a teleconverter on the Tokina or a slightly longer. On its own, the tokina does shine when something gets close..... PS, I was on the Emperor Virgo, I learned about the news of the fire on the Emperor Explorer on the way back. It happened the day we left but later.

I am on best of maldives. I am sure I can wrestle a macro lens in... Thanks everyone.

Will be visiting Maldives for the first time. Emperor Virgo liveaboard. I am shooting a Canon 70d in Ikelite stuff. I wont be able to take every single lens and port I own, so I want to make an informed decision which ones to take. For Wide Angle I have both a compact port and large port, with either 10-22mm or the 10-17 tokina. I am not really expecting any over unders so i am thinking just to take the smaller dome (5 inch precision dome). I am guessing the tokina is best (I used it for blue sharks in the azores as well on the longer end) . I really have some doubts about taking a macro lens as well because of currents mentioned, and the chance that something big pops up when I am at 1:1 Same about strobes : wont be any use on the larger subjects, but on the blue sharks, i did use them as a fill light which worked ok. Gerard

that is too bad. My Sola 500 died after being dropped. I since then have replaced it with a Sola photo 800, which has been going strong the last 9 years. Because other batteries have died on me before, there is a reminder in my diary to freshen up batteries every 6 weeks.

unfortunately, that does not work as rxpected. I bookmarked a thread about the DIY lanyard / hand strap, and when revisiting the bookmark, it was a a different thread.

I dont know him, but in this case I would take a little bit more care before calling anybody a scammer. Language might be a barrier here, and also, the conversation in blue is also quite blunt. If I would get that as a genuine seller i would give 'the finger' as well.

Hi, I picked the same nick as on wetpixel. I see there are at least some that stuck with their names.... I am a 50+ diver in the Netherlands. I dive mostly locally and in the past have really enjoyed diving around Scotland. Every couple years I can escape to destinations a bit further away. I'm using what most would call budget equipment, a canon 70D in ikelite stuff. Gerard