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    3 hours ago, Walt Stearns said:

    That is very true TimG, provided you have the right credit score and willingness/funds to handle the membership fees. Most of my CC are made of metal, aluminum mostly, but not titanium. My income is not high enough to afford one yet.

    Metal credit cards? I'm impressed, Walt! I'm still on plastic......

    He was a legend in Lembeh - probably not just Lembeh! - for how much gear he had. I was told he'd have 3/4 complete setups underwater and whatever he needed was shuttled to him by dive guides. Must have been nice! Beats having to finger out how to setup for a particular dive.....

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    2 hours ago, bghazzal said:

    On a related note, this post showed up on my social media feed today:

    "Has anyone else had problems bringing camera gear into Bali? I’ve done it dozens of times but last night they pulled me aside jn customs and told me I was only allowed one personal camera below $500! They eventually let me go, but I’m still unclear on the rules, on what was going on, or what to do next time."

    Let's hope this is a one-off attempt by a greedy agent and doesn't become a pattern in Indonesia as well...

    Like you, Beni, I’ve flown into Indo many times including Bali. Never had the slightest issue. Let’s hope, as you say, it was a one-off.

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    3 hours ago, CaolIla said:

    Like Singapore Air

    the "best" compagny is Air France 12 KG in economy.


    but you have other problem, you are never sure that they will not strike

    Love that patriotic loyalty to Air France! I use them a lot and love their chic style. I’ve found both AF and sister company KLM good on baggage allowance and cabin loading.

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    Snorkelling or diving is pretty much the same for splits. You need the camera slightly submerged.

    I thought the swimming bands on the strobe arms a super idea. I did wonder though whether putting the housing on a swimming board would make it difficult to submerge.

    Sitting on the inside of a partially inflated BCD (so sitting on the BCD's back rest) was the method I'd found reasonably effective. You can play around a little to start with increasing the air in the BCD until you get the right level of buoyancy. You can also sort of rest on the BCD and push it down or angle it with your arms.

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    12 hours ago, Dave_Hicks said:

    In a few days I am leaving for a three-week trip to Raja Ampat. Nine days at Misool Eco resort, then 9 more days on the Emperor Harmoni liveaboard. I've only been shooting the Maxi's in darker cold water with limited visibility. Using them in bright clear conditions should add some additional perspective and the high dive count will be a good measure of their reliability and battery capacity.

    I'm doing my packing for a trip today and considering what to bring along. My current planned camera loadout is looking like this:

    • Nauticam Z8 system

    • 2 Retra Maxi Strobes

    • 1 Backscatter Atom Strobe with adapted OS-1 snoot

    • 1 Backscatter MF-2 as an additional backup strobe

    • Nikon Z105mm macro lens w/MFO-1

    • Nikon Z24-50mm w/WWL-C

    • Nikon AF-S 8-15mm w/140mm dome

    • Macro setup with the Atom + Snoot for primary, Maxi with macro rings for secondary

    • Wide angle setup with the two Maxi's, optional reduction rings & filters

    I've shot the HF-1s lots of times in these conditions, so I won't bring them on the trip.

    Dave, we were on Harmoni last year. Brilliant! Best liveaboard we’ve done.

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    Well greetings, old chap - and a jolly warm welcome to our august forum (another stereotypical greeting, eh 😉)

    Really great to have you with us, ubiquitous (there's a user name that takes some careful spelling.)

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    Hmmm, not sure I've seen anything I'd call strobe brand bashing. Well not since the old Sea & Sea issue anyway.

    Seems to me these are all perfectly good strobes we're talking about. We all have brand preferences based on personal experience, a specific feature or just their good looks. Producing truly accurate comparisons is incredibly difficult given the vagaries of environment, set up, batteries etc. Some amazing work has been posted here by folks who have put hours of work and thought into testing - for which, massive thanks.

    After that, yeah, I'm sure one can be tweaked slightly differently from another. But aren't we getting a bit beyond the point? Take your pictures and enjoy them. No matter how perfect the bit of gear might be, something underwater is going to lead to some sort of degradation in perfomance.

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