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    Hey guys

    Each year I organise a dive trip for 20-24 people all of whom are connected in one way or another to Ocean Explorers dive centre in Sint Maarten.

    For 2027 we’re considering Roatan. I’m looking for recommendations: resort or liveaboard? Good operator? Good resort? Best location? Best time of year? What to avoid?

    The clientele are looking for 3-4 star quality.

    Any ideas, tips, recommendations would be much appreciated.

    Many thanks!

    1 hour ago, CaolIla said:

    The new booster are really small in comparaison of the old one.. no reason for me to dive without it.

    The ease of fitting the new Booster and the size was one of the prime reasons I switched from the older Retra Pro to the newer model. Handling the Retra with the Booster - rather than the Superchargers - is a major improvement. As you rightly say, why wouldn’t you dive without the Booster!?

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    Hi BJS

    Not to M4/3 but I “downgraded” from D800 to D500 about 8 years ago and am still using the D500. Haven’t regretted it for a second. I’ve posted many times about the advantages of sub-FF in terms of cost, portability and ergonomics - and no noticeable quality cost unless, maybe, serious commercial use or massive prints involved.

    There are a good few M4/3 members who will join in.

    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.

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    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!

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    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.

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