who are divers on CS?

[ajaismd68]

Just tell you on my recent trip to Sipadan, I'm diving with 3 cameras (Nikonos V, III & Cannon S40 digital) & I felt good. The thing is you have to be comfortable in the water & just don't think of anything worse happening to you but just be alert & importantly know your own diving profile. I think you need lots of diving as practise to get yourself closer to the underwater nature but as for now stay off Sipadan as sharks are everywhere & diver like you will definitely feel insecured. Sorry?

 

[Tagore]

Wow. you dive with sharks. I like that. show me some photos man.

cheers

 

[sehsuan]

Tagore, you should not be a liability to others, but an asset instead.

If you can't dive without having all those negative thoughts in you, you should stop diving until you can get a grip of yourself.

 

[Tagore]

Dont dive with me
So far I have only seen one person worst.
He sucked at a martini + volka concoction, puts on his gear and dived. he went in after me and was the first few to go down, which he did a nose dive. You know superman? Did not stop or anything, he went straight down. I thought he got super lungs.

I am just ordinary. I led the entire group to inspect a shipwreck, leaving the instructor filming the seafloor by himself which then he panicked to have lost the entire group.

 

[beivied]

Dont dive with me
So far I have only seen one person worst.
He sucked at a martini + volka concoction, puts on his gear and dived. he went in after me and was the first few to go down, which he did a nose dive. You know superman? Did not stop or anything, he went straight down. I thought he got super lungs.

I am just ordinary. I led the entire group to inspect a shipwreck, leaving the instructor filming the seafloor by himself which then he panicked to have lost the entire group.

hmmm... i might be a little sensitive, but lets be careful, no flames around here ya.. Tagore, welcome into our friendly forum

 

[beivied]

Tagore, you should not be a liability to others, but an asset instead.

If you can't dive without having all those negative thoughts in you, you should stop diving until you can get a grip of yourself.

i beg to differ, you dive as often as you can to practise and get the hang of it. Same like any other thing, right? Underwater photography takes lots of practise too.

Ok, lets keep to topics related to triggers.. triggering of underwater cameras...

 

[JAG]

1. sehsuan/olympus 4040 /AOWD
2. wai / Canon S30 with underwater case /??
3. oceanxp /?? /??
4. Longman / 26 year old 50mm lens (My Eye) /??
5. MunWai / Contact Lens /??
6. denizenx /Minolta Dimage Xt/OW
7. e_liau / Oly 5050 /??
8. Serendipity /?? /??
9. waisj / C5050Z with Ikelite Housing/
10. ahsiang/ olympus 4040 + pt010/DM trainee
11. midreef/Canon A40(no UW casing), Sealife ReefMaster/ ??
12. sbs99/Nikon FE-10 (no uw casing) /OW Diver
13. kachang26/NikonF90x with Sea&Sea Housing /??
14. hyun / no camera /??
15. kng/ A40 with u/w housing /??
16. cheechee /A40+underwater housing /??
17. Lensman/Canon S40 + DC300S+256mb CF /SSI S&R
18. Stefan/MMII-ex + YS-50 + YS-60 + 20mm + macro /??
19. domaeo/Canon Eos 500 / Advanced diver
20. swimcraze / contact lens /??
21 lanxx / C5050Z+PT015+INON D180+INON UCL-165 / AOW
22.nudi / S45+DC300+3T MMII macro lens+YS-90DX ??
23. tangoninazero/ V3 /??
24. joanne/A70 (no u/w casing), AOW Diver
25. Roch / Advanced
26. Scotsman/ Canon IXUS 330 with Housing /??
27. beivied / C5050Z w/ UW housing. taking AOW in Aug.
28. offspring /OW
29.Zuko / S40 with housing / AOW
30. kthan / MMII setup with YS60+DX90, C-3040 in PT 005 and DS50/DM
31. Swiftdragon /A70 (no u/w casing yet) / AOW Diver
32. kira / S30 /??
33. sl6 / s30 /??
34. Microsmic / G3 / Rescue
35 Goby /no underwater camera, that's why like others' pics/OWD
36 Bigbelly /?? /??
37 Max/ a40 w u/w housings/ aow
38 JAG / DSC P9 with housing /

 

[beivied]

whoa... so long never see this list liao ... welcome

 

[sehsuan]

i beg to differ, you dive as often as you can to practise and get the hang of it. Same like any other thing, right? Underwater photography takes lots of practise too.

Ok, lets keep to topics related to triggers.. triggering of underwater cameras...

uh, problem is... in diving, there's not much headroom to gabra and panic, when contingencies occur, one must be able to remain level headed, and assess the situation.

remember, we don't swim/dive with gills.

 

[JAG]

hehe,, thanks,, took me ages to find the end of the list

 

[JAG]

I guess for underwaterphotography, you need to be real comfortable with your diving already. so it doesnt bother you and you can focus on taking the shots.

 

[beivied]

uh, problem is... in diving, there's not much headroom to gabra and panic, when contingencies occur, one must be able to remain level headed, and assess the situation.

remember, we don't swim/dive with gills.

one more time before I call it OT ... practise is always important for whatever thing you do. Practice brings Familiarity, Familiarity brings Expertise.

You are not born with a camera fixed on you as well.

 

[beivied]

I guess for underwaterphotography, you need to be real comfortable with your diving already. so it doesnt bother you and you can focus on taking the shots.

pretty much so, but at the same time you would also preferably be familiar with your camera, and basic photography to some extent.

 

[lovells19]

uh, problem is... in diving, there's not much headroom to gabra and panic, when contingencies occur, one must be able to remain level headed, and assess the situation.

remember, we don't swim/dive with gills.

thats is why we have pre-dive briefing, and training to certified the divers.

we should pay special attention to divers who are not as comfortable rather then to tell them to give up diving. they are those who should dive more often and get USED to the underwater situation rather then to stay dry and totally give up the sport.

it takes effort to get better bouyancy and do underwater photography, no one is born a pro so if you put in effort, we can help you, but if you insist you cannot, then there's nothing much we can do.

 

[beivied]

thats is why we have pre-dive briefing, and training to certified the divers.

we should pay special attention to divers who are not as comfortable rather then to tell them to give up diving. they are those who should dive more often and get USED to the underwater situation rather then to stay dry and totally give up the sport.

it takes effort to get better bouyancy and do underwater photography, no one is born a pro so if you put in effort, we can help you, but if you insist you cannot, then there's nothing much we can do.

couldnt agree more.

 

[Tagore]

haha. I hope I did not stirred too much reaction. I am a comfortable diver. really.hahahah. i was try to practice my english. you know. write a novel. Apologize for causing too much panic :>

 

[sehsuan]

that time during our UWCS dive trip to tioman in march, i had practically forgotten everything, like the BCD-Weights-Air-Releases-GO protocol... i was told initially not to voice out my concerns, in case everyone suffered because of my "incompetence". instead, i chose to voice my concerns, and requested to have a revision from waisj, nightshades, and kng - that greatly helped me to get ready for safe and good diving over the two days.

was that a case of attempted cover-up by the person who suggested that i not voice it out, or helpful fellow divers? you decide. i then decided that i just had to revise on my rusty skills that weren't used for already 10 months, and i thought i made a good call.

 

[lovells19]

that time during our UWCS dive trip to tioman in march, i had practically forgotten everything, like the BCD-Weights-Air-Releases-GO protocol... i was told initially not to voice out my concerns, in case everyone suffered because of my "incompetence". instead, i chose to voice my concerns, and requested to have a revision from waisj, nightshades, and kng - that greatly helped me to get ready for safe and good diving over the two days.

was that a case of attempted cover-up by the person who suggested that i not voice it out, or helpful fellow divers? you decide. i then decided that i just had to revise on my rusty skills that weren't used for already 10 months, and i thought i made a good call.

the killer.. self esteem and peer pressure..

never hestiate to ask. we should always ask when in doubt
Sehsuan! good point!

 

[kthan]

eh after shooting like more then 2000 photos, i still find my pictures not sharp enough, and im unable to do those super close up shots like waisj and kthan is doing leh..

how you guys do it man!? care to share? heheehehhe

i am using a diff system so perhaps u wanna check with Waisj what he is doing with his C-5050?

btw, heard his system is up for sale

 

[lovells19]

i am using a diff system so perhaps u wanna check with Waisj what he is doing with his C-5050?

btw, heard his system is up for sale

he upgrading?