Pro beginner question

And if you want to see a bunch of hairy arsed blokes in bikinis then..Thats your bag brother..Sign me up.

I don't know about you all, but if I'm wearing a bikini, I'm waxing my bikini line...Lines! As long as there are no brazilian thongs allowed..(urp, think my breakfast just came back up!)

God I love a good bitch fight!!!

Cheers, Simon

Hey, its not a bitch fight..Its an exposure of hidden, pent up emotions brought forward in a aggresive but in a non-threatening manner.

I love Drew..Love him yer hear....LOVE HIM !!!!!!!

Dive safe

Dean(had to be said)B

Got the housing this afternoon and the camera last week! Can't get myself to touch them though, I just sit here staring at them while thinking "Shite, this rig is worth more than my poor old Pathfinder truck!" Have to say, so lucky to have the fiancé/wifey I do, she can't believe how much I spent, but is totally supportive, even agreeing to taking our honeymoon down in Belize so I can get some footage!

Thanks again all for the advice, and I'll be posting lots more here in the future.

Hey we want to see a smiling pic of you with your new setup as well.

You will be very happy with the image from the 3CCD camera.

Congrats again

I love Drew..Love him yer hear....LOVE HIM !!!!!!!

 

Dive safe

 

Dean(had to be said)B

Errrrr

Got the housing this afternoon and the camera last week! Can't get myself to touch them though, I just sit here staring at them while thinking "Shite, this rig is worth more than my poor old Pathfinder truck!" Have to say, so lucky to have the fiancé/wifey I do, she can't believe how much I spent, but is totally supportive, even agreeing to taking our honeymoon down in Belize so I can get some footage!

 

Thanks again all for the advice, and I'll be posting lots more here in the future.

Congrats Reuben but please do not post pics of you with the housing in your bikini... waxed or not.

Reuben, where did you buy it? Did you get the 80 degree port? Did you get lights?

Don't forget those screws... the one on the front of my flip CC filter lever nearly fell out the other day (and because of its looseness the CC filter was hitting the camera and could not be flipped in during the dive). They all need checking periodically.

You might also want to hook a loop of 5 or 6mm marine-grade bungie across the back from latch to latch as an extra insurance against those latches coming open. See here:

http://wetpixel.com/forums/index.php?showt...13072&st=84

Nick, already ahead of you, found those posts while doing research and will be checking the screws and getting the bungee this week. I bought the housing through H2Ophotopros.com here in California, got it for $3999.00 no lights, no 80 port...for now. Turns out I know the owner Mike Luzansky, from one of the dive shops I teach for, and he needs some web work done, so we'll be doing some trade work, websites for lens and lights.

Great service, got the housing within the week.

Talked to someone at Light and Motion about transport for it and he said they do recommend the Pelican case, but that he simply puts the camera in a housing, the camera in a backpack and carries it onto planes. Just at the Maximum Allowable Carry-on limits. Looking for a new backpack now, an recommendations?

Yes, I got the Lowepro Computrekker Plus A/W (not the smaller Computrekker or the heavier version with wheels). If you take the handles off your housing using an L&M C-spanner (or carefully with pipe grips padded with a towel) then it's a perfect fit and well padded. Before I got my C-spanner I even squeezed it in with the handles on and carried it onboard but the bag's zips were very strained.

If I remember rightly Shawnh was using a bog standard Eagle Creek backpack to carry his onboard. There was an old thread on that.