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The other one who doesn't seem to be doing too badly is Panasonic who do the electronics and have tied up with Leica to produce the lenses. They have...

It seems to be shaking out to phones (which at the higher end are becoming really very impressive) and then full frame mirrorless for camera geeks...

'Bump', you might say. I'm currently reading 'Plagued, With Guilt' by Michael Jason Brandt at the moment. While the main story is taking a little...

Yes, that's what it is.

Sidemount is brilliant in the water. Really, and I mean really streamlined and so stable. Way better than that massive weight on your back -- try...

Sidemount is a lot of faff (and yes, I did try it) and I fail to see the point for many of those using it. I have seen it done well but on boats it...

Ref fire service BA full face masks. No , they won’t work. I’m a firefighter and have tried in the line of training. The lens is curved which mucks...

When your next out diving just take note of your air pressure before you leave bottom look at it again as soon as you get to 6m . You will have a...

One of the guys at our club has a rebreather set. It's a hulking beast of a unit - takes two men to lift it and he doesn't need any weight belts....

They said that years ago when Kodak brought out the 126 cartridge cameras and then the 110 cartridge cameras and the disk cameras... They were...

Yes dived all sorts of cobbled together shit before cobbling the rebreather together. Single, indy twin set, twin set, ccr. One of best rigs I...

I like the idea of sidemount as well. We had a diver in our group on my last Red Sea trip who was diving sidemount - very easy and straight forward...

You are coming from a CCR set up where it is vastly more complex so sidemount seems simple. CCR (from my very limited knowledge of it) seems to be...

I have no exact knowledge but always understood the results to be exprssed as a % of average figure based upon age, height/mass and gender.

I'm curious about what the breathing test actually measures. You say it's the speed of exhalation. However results are given as a %age. Last time I...

That was roughly my assessment as well - a lot of effort for only a few gains... I wouldn't seriously consider except for penetration diving, and for...

From a rebreather diver who's just knocked up a sidemount kit from a rat eaten ratchet strap and a wing made of bits of tarp. (I fancy a bit of...

Should point out that I am nos a sidemount diver so this is purely my opinion. Bear in mind that sidemount, due to its nature, involves different...

Yes the vast majority of people have switched from camera to phone. For most people, all they really want to do is capture a moment via photo or...

Hahaha - yup! I already lug two tanks around by hand after all! Sidemount is just something I'd like to try out if I get the chance rather than...

One tip from my grandson about passing the breathing test. He says it takes practice and people often take half a dozen attempts before they get the...

You mean have two heavy lumps to move by hand instead of one convenient backpack?

Thanks for the update, Allan. That is unfortunate. My symptoms first surfaced back in March but I had a more or less full recovery within a couple of...

Oh, totally! I could have worded it better in retrospect -what I was trying to say is I tend to lean towards what I was trained in - not that...

My preference has allus been to take whatever I was trained with a pinch of salt, do my own research and make my own decisions.

Oop, quick disclaimer! Do bear in mind everything I say is mere opinion: every dive organisation has different guidelines and everyone has their...

Paha, that's the plan! In an ideal world, as soon as I'm out of air I will be starting the ascent: I added in the faff factor to try and increase...

Who says it is 'shopped?

Trying hard to avoid cutting down trees if at all possible so if anyone has boats that need scrapping ......