Bubbling Blabber...

[Dylan]

there is a C-5050 for sale at $480 in buy/sell thread. how prices have crashed!

no one upgrading, downgrading, buying backups?

Dammit..
too slow..sold an hour ago! aye.. pls msg me if there is another one for sale around that price. Seriously dun mind getting my backup before my phili trip.

 

[ScoobaKev]

Wat is causing this great drop in price? 5060? 8080?

 

[lovells19]

Hmm

I'll tell you guys how is the conditions like in Tubbataha Reef and Coron Bay when I come back after Vesak day.

9 Days to go before I leave for Philippines! Yeah!

cold man! my friend just came back, she saw mola mola, another group spotted whale sharks and mantas

 

[lovells19]

Wat is causing this great drop in price? 5060? 8080?

maybe F810? or the price of DSLR dropping like birdshit

 

[siaoon]

ya.. maybe... anyway.. its quite an old model liao...
STILL one of the best around anyway!!

 

[kthan]

how to let go mine at $480 when the "marginally better" replacement is so much more ex than $480...... :angry: :sweat:

think better to keep it as a cheap and good backup

 

[siaoon]

ya.. i think so... $480 for yr cam... its a steal..

anyway.. f810 doesnt have pre-flash.. so i dunno how well its work with the strobes in the mkt....

 

[kng]

THanks for the trip report! :thumbsup: Sigh - seems that all these dive sites are deteriorating... better hit the 'virgin' destinations quickly.

yeah lah better then nothing.

hm didn't talk to the other groups mostly japanese, koreans, french, and germans.

Overheard one of the DM saying that this season the large fishes apparaently have all gone missing actually saw the hammer head twice, but first one just a glimse then disappeared, the 2nd encounter was better, it was circling us.

Overall diving experience 6/10 rating.
1. vis on average 15-20m max, lots of current, cold cold themoclines, lots of surf, so get your seasick pills ready
2. lots of corals and seafan but macro life is rather pathatic,
3. saw a school of bumphead parrot fish, but sipadan one was bigger,
4. a few turtles
5. a few sharks, black tip, white tip, reef, leopard. 1x thrasher, 1x hammerhead.
6. lots of jacks
7. some barracudas, huge marble ray.
8. alot of sweetlips, LOTS OF TRIGGERS!(and this week start they should be going crazy, bring you helmet)
9. nudibranch 5-6x different species, huge pleurobranch
10. shrimps, octopus, worms, lionfish, flounder, sea urchins, huge black spotted moray.
11. lodging not too bad, aircon not cold, got HBO on tv
12. food 7/10 salads are nice
13. bird sanctuary has got like 5 birds, the rest are at the navy base which we are not allowed to go.
14. night dive is better done under the jetty
15. took more photo under the jetty then any of the other dives
16. vis at jetty is slightly better then hantu (5-7m)

Sipadan/manado will be a better destination for the same price.

 

[lovells19]

yeah lor.. so many places so little time(money)..

 

[ScoobaKev]

From the photos I've seen, Hantu looks as good a dive site if you consider value for money!

 

[kthan]

how about this deal? got flash, Wa and macro lens too! http://wetpixel.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=8289

 

[sehsuan]

MY PRECIOUSSSSSSSS AH GONG'S THREAD!!!!!

:cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:

 

[Dylan]

how about this deal? got flash, Wa and macro lens too! http://wetpixel.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=8289

Wah leow.. quite tempting but scared to ask if 1k is in SGD or USD man.
Afterall most of the stuff also not needed except for WA and the camera.
The rest perhaps can sell off but I think prefer to deal locally. Easier to view camera.

 

[kthan]

Wah leow.. quite tempting but scared to ask if 1k is in SGD or USD man.
Afterall most of the stuff also not needed except for WA and the camera.
The rest perhaps can sell off but I think prefer to deal locally. Easier to view camera.

US site, of course it is in USD. considering someone at Fins selling only just the C-5050, Oly housing, S&S tray and Arm at SGD 1500 (USD 850), this is a steal !

 

[beivied]

yo guys we are back... lembeh is pretty nice, better than bunaken, in my own opinion, seen a lot of stuff... think siaoon will come out with his photos much much sooner than me, since he has already been processing his, at lembeh every night

 

[WhyZzzzzz]

yo guys we are back... lembeh is pretty nice, better than bunaken, in my own opinion, seen a lot of stuff... think siaoon will come out with his photos much much sooner than me, since he has already been processing his, at lembeh every night

ok.... we waiting ..... faster leh... why so slow?

 

[mantaray]

yo guys we are back... lembeh is pretty nice, better than bunaken, in my own opinion, seen a lot of stuff... think siaoon will come out with his photos much much sooner than me, since he has already been processing his, at lembeh every night

How come leh? You guys didn't have anything better to do at night ah? :angel:

 

[ScoobaKev]

Ooh...suggestive suggestive...

 

[lovells19]

How come leh? You guys didn't have anything better to do at night ah? :angel:

no aircon will sweat alot leh, edit photos won't sweat so much :bsmilie:

 

[sehsuan]

How come leh? You guys didn't have anything better to do at night ah? :angel:

checking out curves at night would be better, since there would be less interfering sunlight to distract one from working. remember to edit the colour curves and work in low light, so that you can see better, instead of having excessive glare..