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TimG

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  1. 20 minutes ago, makar0n said:

    SSD separately + and an enclosure (for example Samsung 990 Pro 4TB and Sabrent EC-NVME

    makar0n gave me really helpful advice with this some time ago and I got the Samsung 990 Pro 4TB and an enclosure. The work of moments to put it together and it works like a charm. I use it as my main photo storage attached to..... [look away, makar0n]...... a Mac Studio. It would certainly be perfect for a travel storage disk.

    One thing I did find and that was new to me, is that you have to pick the right USB-C cable to make sure you get the best possible speed. I thought they were all just two plugs and a cable. Seems they ain't. What works best (for me, anyway) is a 20GB/s cable.


  2. 1 hour ago, OneYellowTang said:

    Howver the most interesting approach I've seen (but I can't get my wife to agree with this yet) is to have someone on "beach support" so that when you just start emerging from the surf your "support" runs into the water, grabs your camera, runs back out before the next wave breaks... I've seen this done a few times - the coordination and timing is pretty impressive (the "support" person is committing to getting pretty wet in cold water, usually without the thermal protection). I've seen camera rigs make it up to dry sand without any issues, meanwhile the diver usually gets pummeled in the surf zone.

    I think we need a video of this!

  3. Hey Geoff!

    Great to have you with us and welcome to Waterpixels.

    Film in Raja eh? Not too many folks think about doing that these days. I can well understand you hesitating though over the switch to digital given the timing. I have to say though, it's not a difficult transition. Well, other than on your bank account of course! THat's pretty painful.

    We hope you enjoy the forum.

  4. At the other end of this He Man spectrum......

    Although admittedly not "local", I was diving from MV Harmoni in Raja a few weeks ago.

    Whilst the tropical sun beat down on the canvas awning which flapped languidly in the breeze, the crew put all my gear, except mask and camera, in the RIB.

    I sauntered down the steps and took a comfortable seat on the RIB tube. We drove to the dive site and the crew held gear on the RIB tube to allow arms to be slipped through whilst offering to do up the buckles. I said I could manage. A gentle backward roll led into the 29 degree water.

    The RIB was waiting for me on ascent. The crew pulled my gear out of the water, removed my fins and I climbed the 3-rung ladder.

    On returning to Harmoni, I wandered up the steps to the deck enjoying the sunshine whilst the crew took my gear, except mask and camera, rinsed it, filled the tank with Nitrox ... and handed me a glass of chilled juice and a fresh towel.

    No sweat was raised. No heart pounded. I made it all look easy.

    As the US Marines would say, OOO-rah.

    More mango juice, sir?

  5. I must admit to being puzzle by the negative comments on the Eneloop Pros. Yep, agreed that the white non-Pros ones seem to last for years before they start to show even the slightest degrade. My oldest Pros (I've got about 32 of them) are maybe 4 years old and have certainly been recharged many times over many dive trips in USB-driven EBL fast chargers but, so far at least, are as a good as gold.

    But maybe I have just tempted fate.....

  6. On 7/5/2025 at 12:24 AM, Davide DB said:

    If you do tech dives just keep in mind that below 40 m, Stixs will shrink like marshmallow. Been there done that.

    As Chris pointed out, closed cells pvc foam with a density of 25/30 kg/m3 is the safe choice.

    I don't think I've ever dived to 40m (wimp?) but I've had my Stix to just over 30m lots of times. Never had an issue.

  7. 56 minutes ago, aquabluedreams said:

    Ahhhh, I feel better now, I am not the only borderline image hoarder, lol. Probably need to update my storage to ssd.

    Off subject how do you get a link to your website or youtube page to show in your signature?

    If you go into your profile then Account Setting and click on the Signature tab.... you can then create up to ?3 lines of text.

  8. I reckon I take 80-100 images on a dive. Yep, after 25+ years, super ruthless. If it’s not a 3-4 star, it’s a delete. That probably gets down to 30-40% of the trip’s images.

    I usually do a second review about 72 hours after that cull and another batch will go to digital Valhalla. I now aim to end up with maybe 15-20images from a dive. Any doubts at all and it’s au revoir.

    What’s left is keyworded and filed by year and date all in Lightroom. This adds up now to about 55,000 images, almost 2TB. The catalog is on an SSD with a backup to a NAS and two backups to external hard disks.

    I did tackle the film images - slides - but foolishly scanned them as not very large jpgs. I should have done much higher quality or, better, TIFFs. I can’t face the rescan job!

    Ruthless. Why keep so-so? Are you really going to look back at them?

  9. 54 minutes ago, Architeuthis said:

    Hi Tim,

    I am currently using version 6.1.4.22653. The icons for LRc became worse (ambivalent symbols for the potentiometers, e.g. for adjusting temperture, tint, heigths etc.. etc.. even without text explanation). Furthermore at present I am not able to assign user presets (e.g for my new Tamron 35-150mm f/2-f/2.8, that I use over the water) to buttons of my Loupedeck CT (maybe the next software upgrade may solve this problem)...

    See the embedded screenshot for what I mean with ambivalent symbols for potentiometers:

    Screenshot 2025-07-01 at 13.54.10.png

    Since long I gave up complaining at the user service - I think this is just lost time...☹️

    Ooooof, thanks for that, Wolfgang. I'm still on v5.9.x which has then old icons. I might stay with that!

  10. I’ve banged on about this many times….. so here goes again.

    FF, topside? Why not? There’s no real reason I can think of NOT to get an FF camera.

    However, underwater? It’s a different story. As Chris, Davide and David have all set out in different ways, non-FF systems can have real advantages. And I agree with Davide that we are seduced by camera manufacturers that if you’re not using FF, you’ve got less of a system.

    It boils down to what you plan to do with the images. Serious commercial sales? Massive prints? Then maybe FF. But for screen size images (including sales) and prints up to A2, sub-FF can work perfectly and you can’t tell the difference. The plus points: less expensive, less bulky, easier for travelling, usually easier to house the wide-angle lenses, easier DOF with macro…..

    Yep, back in the early-2010s I was seduced by the FF marketing and housed a D800. When it was time to move on I switched in 2017 back to the APSC D500 and haven’t regretted it for a second. Never had a moment’s Buyer’s Regret. Talking to Z8 users, I’m sticking with a D500 until Nikon comes up with a high-end mirrorless APSC.

    There. Said it. I feel better 🙃

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