Everything posted by CaolIla
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Philippines trip advice sort.
We are going back in december this year.... it was really good last time... If you was only one time it was perhaps a bad periode... or we was very lucky... What we loved in Anda was also the calme of this area..
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Philippines trip advice sort.
🤣 I'm not a Shark person... that's the reason we don't plan to go there 😉
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Philippines trip advice sort.
I'm going to give my opinion on what I know. We arrived in Cebu and then went to Dauin south of Dumaguete. We stayed for 10 days (Thalatta Resort). We particularly enjoyed the mix of diving mainly Muck in Dauin and coral + panorama of the island of Apo. For the second part of our stay we went to Anda on the island of Bohol. I recommend the Island View Beachfront Resort and the small diving club. Wall, coral, turtle no Muck but beautiful small things to see. We were there in 2022... in a few months we will go back and add Moalboal for another 5 nights. Personally I think that for 2 weeks it's a maximum of 3 resorts in order to limit the loss of time. We were there for 3 weeks... and for our return a little more than 3 weeks and 3 resorts... Each resort change will be made by car and boat. Therefore minimal loss of time and limited costs. I also watched Anilao and Romblon... but it seemed very complicated to me for travel, that's why we went back to the Cebu region. Here some pictures from the 2022 trip Classeur : Philippines 2022 (flickr.com)
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Fake or Real?????
Same opinion
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The underwater wonders of Halmahera
Yes it's probably wonderful if you are lucky. For us it was 10 days where it was not the best experience. But I shooted some good pictures Halmahera 2024 Aérien | Flickr
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The underwater wonders of Halmahera
I'm sad to see that the moderators deleted my post. I was in Halmahera in june,,, and I repeat I found a lot of rubish in the water, underwater and on the surface. The visibility was also very bad.
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Retra strobes
In France some people said RTFM.... 🤣
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Fibre Optic Cables? Make your own....
If it's sheaper/easier I can give the address of a friend in Germany.
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Fibre Optic Cables? Make your own....
I^m also interested for some meters in Europe/France It's depends of the price but 10 m or more for me
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Canon Vs Sony Lens For Underwater Photography
The RF 2x is not compatible with a lot of lense... no, They are only a few number of lens who can be mounted on the RF1.4x and RF2x. It's better to say that this way. One is sure the EF-RF converter is NOT compatible with RF2x
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Fibre Optic Cables? Make your own....
Yes thanks
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Fibre Optic Cables? Make your own....
Thanks for your answer. 1) bend radius ok it's an argument, but I didn't have any problem (for the moment) 2) This allows for longer cables, support for less sensitive strobes : I turn the problem to the other side... The strobe sensor ist not good enough 3) TTL humm I don't undestand why... or it's the same answer a 2) ?
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Fibre Optic Cables? Make your own....
No I only use manual. I also can't try TTL because my trigger is only manual. I used TTL with my precedent housing... but I didn't like that. Is the reason I have only a Manual Trigger I looked for 613core but the price (shipment) was not acceptable... Since over 2 years (more or less 200 dives) I'm using a single core cable without any problems
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Fibre Optic Cables? Make your own....
A question : Why do you want this 613 core fiber optic cable ? I use simple 3mm (1core) fiber optic cable. It works well, i have no problems (also with my retra pro X 😉 ) The cost for such cable is near nothing
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Mexico Underwater Camera "Tax" spread to Cancun
Signed
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First time flying with camera gear, any tips or tricks?
Same for me Same a Manfrotto rucksack and same attitude Similar with torches but I give the case to my wife.. I use a big duffle of North face the back is really light... but no wheel 😞 I also use a big I can put the batterie in it... over 1 kg ( 6x32650 + 32xAA + some AAA + other (6xGoPro + 2xInsta360)) I can put my tshirt over it to hide a little bit ( 😉 ) I used that one time before flying back from Cebu with Scoot. ( I had over 12 Kg in the backpack... ) I oppened the bag and explained that it is very expensive and fragile.. it was ok .... 🙂
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Retra Strobes Pros & Cons
Thanks but... I hope I'll not need your support 🙂
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Retra Strobes Pros & Cons
A question : I have 2 Retra Pro X... what is your opinion over the improvement bring in the last generation ?
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Mexico Underwater Camera "Tax" spread to Cancun
Each time I was planing to try Mexico I stopped because the prices, the security issues etc... and this discussion give me one argument more to never go to Mexico Thanks
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RETRA Lithium-Ion Battery Pack
Not sure that the market is happy of the actual situation. I didn't find a lot of people happy of the strategie of Retra... the price IS really a negativ point. Retra is not alone on the market, they are some other products and this is why many users will try other brands
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RETRA Lithium-Ion Battery Pack
Yes that's it
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Kraken Adjustable Float Arms
Thanks for the link... nice product.. I like the solution That's give me some idea
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RETRA Lithium-Ion Battery Pack
Your are wrong not $10 but $1 😉
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RETRA Lithium-Ion Battery Pack
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RETRA Lithium-Ion Battery Pack
A copy of a part of the answer I received from Retra. It's Ok, but for me the price is to high I'm really not sure that if one of my Pro X failed I buy a new Retra...