Surprising depth of field, super fast, white balance just a click away. Looks good so far,,,
Sunday, August 21, 2016
First test of the new camera
Surprising depth of field, super fast, white balance just a click away. Looks good so far,,,
Friday, August 19, 2016
MV Pawara has got a new Sister Ship
Exciting news found on FB: The MV Pawara, operated by West Coast Divers Phuket, now has a new sister ship: The Sawasdee Fasai. Prices are a bit higher than on the Pawara, around 10 percent.
I would really like to try it.
The boat looks great, I sent an email to Doo at West Coast Divers immediately, to find out, if she is in charge for the booking of MV Sawasdee Fasai as well.
Their schedule shows a trip starting March 14th, my day of arrival in Thailand, till March 18th, one day before I go on board the MV Mariner of Wicked Diving...
More important: Will Marco, Brian, Beto and Fernando be working on the Pawara or the Sawasdee this season? Wanna dive with these guys again, no matter which boat! With them I would go to the Similans even in a Dinghy!
Update: Booking is open for The Sawasdee Fasai! Temporary page: http://www.westcoastdivers.com/mv-sawasdee-fasai-schedule/
I would really like to try it.
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| More pictures here: Clicki click |
The boat looks great, I sent an email to Doo at West Coast Divers immediately, to find out, if she is in charge for the booking of MV Sawasdee Fasai as well.
Their schedule shows a trip starting March 14th, my day of arrival in Thailand, till March 18th, one day before I go on board the MV Mariner of Wicked Diving...
More important: Will Marco, Brian, Beto and Fernando be working on the Pawara or the Sawasdee this season? Wanna dive with these guys again, no matter which boat! With them I would go to the Similans even in a Dinghy!
Update: Booking is open for The Sawasdee Fasai! Temporary page: http://www.westcoastdivers.com/mv-sawasdee-fasai-schedule/
See you under water
Tuesday, August 16, 2016
Maintenance and Repair
My dive leg wore off a bit after 1 year and 42 dives in saltwater, dusty streets in Italy and Thailand, had to seal the wooden foot again.Repair:
My Regulator is back from its first revision after 1 year and 42 dives, 1st stage, 2nd stage, octopus. Maintenance:
Now we are ready for training fun dives in Italy and Spain!
See you under water
See you under water
Saturday, August 13, 2016
Raja Ampat!
Gemma from ViajayBucea Thailandia called in and offered a trip to Raja Ampat in May 2017, 18.-26. May.
Perfect timing! Fits perfectly for Hawaii starting end of May. The trip from Sorong, Papua New Guinea to Honolulu, Hawaii might be a bit tricky, but we shall see.
Long story short: I booked the trip to Raja Ampat!
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| Dream landscape Raja Ampat |
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| Remote Location, Papua New Guinea |
Friday, August 12, 2016
Camera!
After taking pictures and movies under water with my GoPro Hero 3 for more than two years, I decided to take a better camera for the trip.
The GoPro is ok for point and shoot in depths up to 10m, but gets really bad beyond that. The lack of Whitebalance easily reachable makes it hard to shoot good underwater footage beyond 5 meters depth
What I need:
compact size
wide aperture, below 1:2.0
Underwater scene program
the most simple manual white balance for underwater shooting
dive housing available for a reasonable price
tele beyond 100 mm equivalent
Fernando Miaguchi, a great videographer I met on my Pawara trip in March 2016, recommended his Canon G15.
Canon D30 and Nikon AW130 are Outdoor cameras, no need for a dive housing, but the sensors are small, bad aperture. Nice price around 300 Euros.
The Canon G5x has good aperture, good lens, good sensor, but a price tag of around 700 Euros.
The best and most camera for the price I found was Panasonic Lumix LX100, but nobody could share experience with this camera under water. It operates like a analogue camera, aperture and focus by rings on the lens tubes, no scene programs, several steps necessary the change white balance manually. But a great 1" sensor, aperture starting at 1.7! Price tag around 600 Euros.
The Canon G15 is not available anymore.
Then I found the company Aditech , Advanced Diving Technology, situated in St. Antoni, Catalunya, Spain.
They offer housings for a wide variety of cameras, even for the Lumix LX100.
And they offer a bundle of a Canon G16 with a housing for 780 Euros:
After many weeks and days of research, I finally made up my mind and ordered the bundle at Aditech. Next week i can try the camera, it's the follow up model of Fernandos G15.
See you under water
The GoPro is ok for point and shoot in depths up to 10m, but gets really bad beyond that. The lack of Whitebalance easily reachable makes it hard to shoot good underwater footage beyond 5 meters depth
What I need:
compact size
wide aperture, below 1:2.0
Underwater scene program
the most simple manual white balance for underwater shooting
dive housing available for a reasonable price
tele beyond 100 mm equivalent
Fernando Miaguchi, a great videographer I met on my Pawara trip in March 2016, recommended his Canon G15.
Canon D30 and Nikon AW130 are Outdoor cameras, no need for a dive housing, but the sensors are small, bad aperture. Nice price around 300 Euros.
The Canon G5x has good aperture, good lens, good sensor, but a price tag of around 700 Euros.
The best and most camera for the price I found was Panasonic Lumix LX100, but nobody could share experience with this camera under water. It operates like a analogue camera, aperture and focus by rings on the lens tubes, no scene programs, several steps necessary the change white balance manually. But a great 1" sensor, aperture starting at 1.7! Price tag around 600 Euros.
The Canon G15 is not available anymore.
Then I found the company Aditech , Advanced Diving Technology, situated in St. Antoni, Catalunya, Spain.
They offer housings for a wide variety of cameras, even for the Lumix LX100.
And they offer a bundle of a Canon G16 with a housing for 780 Euros:
After many weeks and days of research, I finally made up my mind and ordered the bundle at Aditech. Next week i can try the camera, it's the follow up model of Fernandos G15.
See you under water
Tuesday, August 9, 2016
My son will join me for some portion of the trip
My Son Leo, now 23 years old, wants to join me on a portion of my trip and take the OWD course.
Since I will be back from the Pawara trip on Monday, March 27th, I decided to go to Koh Tao with him and let him do the course at Rainbowfish Divers, where I got my first certifications with Julia.
She doesn't work there anymore, which is a pity, would have loved to have her as instructor for my son.
But in my opinion Koh Tao is a good choice for a 23-year-old who wants to become a scuba diver.
Thus, no possible Divemaster internship with Wicked Diving, I prefer to get my son to scuba dive, and learn it in a school I know and where they speak his language.
Since I will be back from the Pawara trip on Monday, March 27th, I decided to go to Koh Tao with him and let him do the course at Rainbowfish Divers, where I got my first certifications with Julia.
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| Julia instructing the OWD, Koh Tao, March 2014 |
She doesn't work there anymore, which is a pity, would have loved to have her as instructor for my son.
But in my opinion Koh Tao is a good choice for a 23-year-old who wants to become a scuba diver.
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| High tide at Sairee Beach, Koh Tao, Thailand |
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