who are divers on CS?

[kng]

about the 30m being a disappointment. :bigeyes:

My limited experience (and still using) with this casing & u/w pix are that the best shots are done at much shallower depths. Between 5 - 20m

Perhaps there are sufficent natural light to support my shots, with and without flash, that my air dun run out so fast or that I will hit deco-mode.

Any other comments to this ? :sweat:

Cheers

Agreed, photography is ALL about light!!! Hence, for non-macro shots, think its quite essential to get a a strobe. In fact, those "pro" shots in diving mags are mostly taken with TWO strobes. :cry: Save save$$$$!

Think most divers can live with the 30m limit for the S50 housing - the combo is quite a bit cheaper than the oly 5050. Blurblock, you can get more info about housings for the 10D from wetpixel.com.

BTW, OT a bit - anyone knows whether still possible to "link" images to a message? Pls PM me? Tks. I tried to post some turtle shots via deviantart but it didn't work.

Wonder if Beivied's back from perhentian? Beivied - saw anything nice?

 

[frisky]

Think most divers can live with the 30m limit for the S50 housing - the combo is quite a bit cheaper than the oly 5050.

While that is certainly true, what a waste it will be if you are seeing a hammerhead while you are at 28m and it is 5m deeper, and you can't go any closer despite having enough air and dive time just because you are worried your uw housing is only rated to 30m? (unless you intend to hide the cam in the reef and look for it later.......)

 

[beivied]

yo!!!!! i am back!!! i am alive! so is my C5050!!! hahahhaa...

finally, i pass my advance course le!!! photos ah.. i must say hor, only three dives got see things la. teh other two dives only sand and water cos skill training ma. didnt bring the camera down for night dive, where i saw a blue spotted ray, two huge cushion stars and a few nice tiny crabs and shrimps hiding in corals. must admit that not as good as i hoped lo. but oh well... saw a few cat sharks, more cushion stars, box fish, starfish, a trio of bumphead parrotfish, more parrotfish, bat fish, ultra small and cute puffer fish and jelly fish, plenty of nemos and anemone at the anemone city... will show the photos later. anyone on to go tioman!?

 

[sehsuan]

eh! i'm on for tioman again! but beivied, you sponsor...

what are cushion stars? i only know crown-of-thorns starfish...

 

[blurblock]

yo!!!!! i am back!!! i am alive! so is my C5050!!! hahahhaa...

finally, i pass my advance course le!!! photos ah.. i must say hor, only three dives got see things la. teh other two dives only sand and water cos skill training ma. didnt bring the camera down for night dive, where i saw a blue spotted ray, two huge cushion stars and a few nice tiny crabs and shrimps hiding in corals. must admit that not as good as i hoped lo. but oh well... saw a few cat sharks, more cushion stars, box fish, starfish, a trio of bumphead parrotfish, more parrotfish, bat fish, ultra small and cute puffer fish and jelly fish, plenty of nemos and anemone at the anemone city... will show the photos later. anyone on to go tioman!?

Congrats ....... if 4 me, I will be doing advanced training in Singapore water ...... skill training singapore water is still one of the best .... cannot see anything at all .... whahahahahaha......

:sweatsm:

 

[blurblock]

eh! i'm on for tioman again! but beivied, you sponsor...

what are cushion stars? i only know crown-of-thorns starfish...

Cushion Stars are sometimes also called Slime Stars. When threatened, these stars are capable of excreting a thick mucus that apparently tastes very bad. The stars have a very thick but soft body, helping them earn their name

 

[sehsuan]

Slime Stars?

:ipuke:

beivied, when are your pictures coming up??

 

[waisj]

welcome back... :cheergal:
beivied.
have contacted lanxx and tentative time is mid september
either salang in tioman or Atlantis bay in Aur.

cheers

 

[kng]

yo!!!!! i am back!!! i am alive! so is my C5050!!! hahahhaa...

finally, i pass my advance course le!!! photos ah.. i must say hor, only..

Beivied, congrats on AOW :thumbsup: and welcome back!
Tell us when your pix are uploaded, ok ?

 

[lanxx]

While that is certainly true, what a waste it will be if you are seeing a hammerhead while you are at 28m and it is 5m deeper, and you can't go any closer despite having enough air and dive time just because you are worried your uw housing is only rated to 30m? (unless you intend to hide the cam in the reef and look for it later.......)

Camera housing are like dive computers. They tend to be more conservative with thier depth limits then the actual depth limits.
They put the depth less, so to play safe and avoid lawsuits or complains.

C5050 have been down to 57m
S50 housing has been down to 47m
Both were not tested by me, but my cousin and friend.

 

[lanxx]

anyone want to have kopi session?
say This Sat Night (if not diving)

How about Mr Bean(selegie) at 9pm?
any takers?

1)lanxx
2)

at least we can put faces to the nicks here.
wasiji? beivied? frisky? sehsuan?...?

 

[sehsuan]

Camera housing are like dive computers. They tend to be more conservative with thier depth limits then the actual depth limits.
They put the depth less, so to play safe and avoid lawsuits or complains.

C5050 have been down to 57m
S50 housing has been down to 47m
Both were not tested by me, but my cousin and friend.

so deep?!?!

your cousin/friend, both of them not worried about decompressing?...

 

[lanxx]

so deep?!?!

your cousin/friend, both of them not worried about decompressing?...

dunno them. they daring loh

 

[waisj]

anyone want to have kopi session?
say This Sat Night (if not diving)

How about Mr Bean(selegie) at 9pm?
any takers?

1)lanxx
2)waisj (tentative, going overseas training next day)

at least we can put faces to the nicks here.
wasiji? beivied? frisky? sehsuan?...?

 

[sehsuan]

not this weekend for me folks. next weekend, maybe? i wanna "bio" beivied.........











the 5050 that belongs to beivied!

 

[beivied]

yo! only one day nia, got so many people talking behind my back ah ..

first .. lanxx!! i sms you so many times you dont reply one....

next, cushion stars. they really look like cute pillows! feel like hugging one and sleep hahahhaa...

i had a canon a40 and it went down to 41m before and came back alive la. so should be quite ok i think.


up till now me still very busy lo. gotta work, go for class, teach tuition etc etc ... once i put up the photos i will let you fellas know, haha... didnt see a lot at perhentian, so dont expect much la., ok. me very suay, four trips and never seen a nudibranch nor lionfish. .... argh.


i pm-ed 5 (the max) of u about the tioman trip, cos the website a bit problematic ah. okie! so who's interested in the trip? uncle lanxx, i sms you a few times asking you about this you didnt reply a single time leh. i have a friend (laixi, cs member too) asking if anyone wanna go for tioman liveonboard with vincent dive on MV white manta. we are thinking of first week of sept. we see the package how la, compare with lanxx's one.

lanxx, pls reply hor!!!

 

[beivied]

i am on for la kopi at selegie!!! who else? confirm leh.

 

[ahsiang]

You guys maybe interested:

U/W Photography
Date: 29/08/03
Venue: Bukit Merah SAFRA
Organiser: SAFRA Photographic Club

 

[blurblock]

You guys maybe interested:

U/W Photography
Date: 29/08/03
Venue: Bukit Merah SAFRA
Organiser: SAFRA Photographic Club

No Underwater camera

 

[sehsuan]

You guys maybe interested:

U/W Photography
Date: 29/08/03
Venue: Bukit Merah SAFRA
Organiser: SAFRA Photographic Club

is that a wet or dry session? details?