who are divers on CS?

[lovells19]

:what: wah beivied reply very fast leh you on framed chat ah? hahaha

 

[lovells19]

http://www.oceanicfocus.com/page8.html

Do you guys think the below package from the above link is a good deal?

ES-105DS

 

[kng]

:cheergal: beivied (/hmm... check spelling carefully ;p ), wlcome back - looks like you had a good trip and saw a lot!! Hee - time to SHOW photos! (Think your bcd too large for you - most women need XS bcds unless its a female-specific bcd).

 

[frisky]

i also didnt know ma look into books and website lo. i like to know what i am looking at, so i try to find out .... the easier way is to take a pic of it and show to experienced divers, hehe. i always mistook this goby or blenny for lizard fish, until the instructor for AOWD this trip corrected me when he saw my photo. then i managed to find the correct lizard fish on the next dive, took a photo and affirmed it, haha.

Yup, digital camera is a great tool to do that. :thumbsup:

 

[kng]

http://www.oceanicfocus.com/page8.html

Do you guys think the below package from the above link is a good deal?

ES-105DS

The epoque strobe is quite affordable (relatively speaking) but the power level is of course lower than the S&SDX90 and Inon. Wld advise you to start off with just the housing w/o strobe - go for a few dive trips and practice first, unless you are already an experienced diver. With a strobe, you've got to contend with many variables, besides learning how to spot the animals, getting your bouyancy right and framing the shot, you also got to aim the strobe, adjust the power level etc.

 

[beivied]

:what: wah beivied reply very fast leh you on framed chat ah? hahaha

me jobless now, so very free lo .. (dunno to put smiley face or crying face..)

 

[beivied]

:cheergal: beivied (/hmm... check spelling carefully ;p ), wlcome back - looks like you had a good trip and saw a lot!! Hee - time to SHOW photos! (Think your bcd too large for you - most women need XS bcds unless its a female-specific bcd).

will put up the pics very soon ^_^ not a lot anyway. i missed aur and i am glad i got to go back heheh... next dive - tioman!

the bcd hor just ok on the waist neh, is xs then i no need to strap the velco on the waist liao .. too fat .. :cry:

 

[kng]

me jobless now, so very free lo .. (dunno to put smiley face or crying face..)

:cry: Oh no! Never mind, slowly look for another job. And we buy you coffee next seed ok?

 

[beivied]

The epoque strobe is quite affordable (relatively speaking) but the power level is of course lower than the S&SDX90 and Inon. Wld advise you to start off with just the housing w/o strobe - go for a few dive trips and practice first, unless you are already an experienced diver. With a strobe, you've got to contend with many variables, besides learning how to spot the animals, getting your bouyancy right and framing the shot, you also got to aim the strobe, adjust the power level etc.

ya, definitely agree with kng. take your time. you dont wanna crash into the reefs while fumbling with your setup. for my personal experience, i learn to control my buoyancy with a camera first, then go closer, now trying to take more photos of fishes and creatures that tend to be shy, and how to tackle some of the creatures. strobe is one of the thing on my list, but not so soon. just the getting buoyancy part right will take some time. at least for myself. getting real comfortable before you take the next step not just benefits you, in terms of your comfort level, repute as a diver (you dont want people to go "neh, that diver lo, take pictures like aeroplane swoon down on the subject and hit the floor and go"), your equipment life span, it also protects your underwater models.

 

[beivied]

:cry: Oh no! Never mind, slowly look for another job. And we buy you coffee next seed ok?

haha! really ah?? ai ya, should have said so earlier. been jobless for a week already. anybody need assistant to carry things on your dive trip? ^_^

 

[lovells19]

haha! really ah?? ai ya, should have said so earlier. been jobless for a week already. anybody need assistant to carry things on your dive trip? ^_^

EH! this is what i do when go diving with my sis leh.. she sub me abit then i become her personal butler! hehehe


oh im a water baby. buoyancy is not a problem since my very first dive hehehehe :bsmilie:
the problem is the cash lah.. all so ex.. think i start with casing.. strobe.. kanna toto then say :sweat:

hmm how about the marco lens? is the underwater one same as the one for underwater? :think:

 

[lovells19]

ya, definitely agree with kng. take your time. you dont wanna crash into the reefs while fumbling with your setup. for my personal experience, i learn to control my buoyancy with a camera first, then go closer, now trying to take more photos of fishes and creatures that tend to be shy, and how to tackle some of the creatures. strobe is one of the thing on my list, but not so soon. just the getting buoyancy part right will take some time. at least for myself. getting real comfortable before you take the next step not just benefits you, in terms of your comfort level, repute as a diver (you dont want people to go "neh, that diver lo, take pictures like aeroplane swoon down on the subject and hit the floor and go"), your equipment life span, it also protects your underwater models.

yeah i hate it when diver starts kicking their fins like they are having a soccer match. kicks up so much silt nevermind.. worst is some of them are kicking the corals, they dive without knowing where their leg is.. :cry:

 

[beivied]

EH! this is what i do when go diving with my sis leh.. she sub me abit then i become her personal butler! hehehe


oh im a water baby. buoyancy is not a problem since my very first dive hehehehe :bsmilie:
the problem is the cash lah.. all so ex.. think i start with casing.. strobe.. kanna toto then say :sweat:

hmm how about the marco lens? is the underwater one same as the one for underwater? :think:

lovells, what is the diff between underwater one and the one for underwater? :sweatsm:
buoyancy is really a bit different with a camera. trust us. good that you have confidence, but will be good to watch it a bit.

by the way just curious. how long have you been diving?

 

[lovells19]

lovells, what is the diff between underwater one and the one for underwater? :sweatsm:
buoyancy is really a bit different with a camera. trust us. good that you have confidence, but will be good to watch it a bit.

by the way just curious. how long have you been diving?

er i have no idea, i read that it is possible to connect a marco lens onto the underwater housing mah.. dunno whether its the same or different lens.

yeah you tend to focus too much on taking the photo you either float up or you end up with you tummy on the coral ;p

not very long.. first dived in 2001, clocked around 40+dives only.. MORE MORE I WANT MORE!
savin for DM course next year

 

[lovells19]

haha sorry, im sneakingly reading forum while at work.

its 'Is the marco lens for underwater same as the one for land use?'

 

[beivied]

it is actually quite the same, except for the size. dunno for yours, but for c5050 underwater need 67mm. so if i wanna use it on land i need an adaptor. frankly. you dont need macro lens if your camera has super macro. just look at waisj's photos superb macro without macro lens, without external strobe. his kinda photos, i cant manage, cos my buoyancy is not that good. i dun even wanna try now, cos i dun wanna hurt my little models. one step at a time, for me.

 

[lovells19]

ahhh.. like that then no need to buy!

practice makes perfect!

thanks

 

[beivied]

no problem

my photos are up! sui bian le ha, i just put my link here.

http://public.fotki.com/beivied/ivy/aur/

 

[waisj]

i know it becos i saw it in a book ma. it was written as coral grouper. now that you cal it coral cod, i searched for it in the website and they look the same, so should be the same la, haha. i try to find out the names lo, and i am trying to get near to fishes to take pictures. Aways take pictures of things that cannot move or dont move much.

one new thing i learn this time also is sailor's eyeball, a type of coral. it is very shiny and hard. the first time i saw one i thought it was a marble and i actually touched it k and i thought confirmed it is a marble. i usually dont touch things one. scarly i keep seeing them and got various sizes, then i realised it wasnt marble... flipped through the book and saw it. quite comprehensive, cos it covers mostly what you can see in the indo pacific. thinking of buyin it also .. any good species book to recommend?

quite happy that for this trip i seem to consume less air. about 30 to 50 bar less consumed than the other divers. might be the regulator. quite smooth breathing. still got size problem la, around the waist is ok, i got thick waist, but bcd keep slipping off my shoulder, shucks.

ya sailors eyeball is a type of algae, if you bring it out of water it will be soft. if you want books, i have a few marine biologist friends who might be able to reccomend you some. but normally i will just go to the library to read or borrow from friends.

 

[beivied]

ya sailors eyeball is a type of algae, if you bring it out of water it will be soft. if you want books, i have a few marine biologist friends who might be able to reccomend you some. but normally i will just go to the library to read or borrow from friends.

oops, remember wrongly, algae not coral, hahah.. see, so blur. new diver for you ^_^

recommend and i see library have or not lo, hahahha