Scuba Diving Photography!
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abandonconflict
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Cozumel pics incoming! My camera housing had a slow leak through one of the knobs. Luckily I noticed droplets quickly and turned the camera off. I then held it lens pointed down for the rest of the dive and when I got on the boat, there was just a small amount of water in the lens port. I took the battery and SD card out of the camera and after a few days, today I finally put a charged battery in and it turned on. I still can't dive with a leaky housing but at least the camera survived. Anyway the diving in Cozumel is superb and the reef seems to be thriving.
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abandonconflict
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abandonconflict
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Thanks, I just got another camera and 3 more lenses and someone actually offered me a job including a place to sleep on the deck of a diving boat. I'm not sure I'm going to take the job, but it does mean I get to call myself a photographer, I think. I'm not sure, a famous photojournalist once told me that one only needs to be able to focus on a moving subject with a manual focus Leica portrait prime to qualify for that illustrious title. All my Leica glass is autofocus stuff for the micro four thirds system.
This is Santispak, near Mulege, Baja California Sur. I didn't have a camera for the diving in Cabo Pulmo (I'll be doing my diving photography with an Olympus EM10 Mark II from now on) but it was pretty kick ass.
abandonconflict
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This bus belongs to a friend I ran into down there.
abandonconflict
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Just curious if anyone made use of any of these photos for any kind of personal use. Any prints, screen savers, desktop wallpapers, anything like that? Please feel welcome to do so.
Nope I hadn't. I'm pretty happy with my wallpaper I have on all my current computers. BUT since you bumped this and I have a new sewing machine I need screen savers for I'm going to move a few of these over there, thanks!
Grandpapy
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??? Is it refrigerated too? Sounds fancy.
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Of course it is. Here is something very few people know: cold-weather wear must be cut and sewn in the cold. Otherwise it'll deform and not work quite right when it does encounter cold. The arctic-duty sewing machines are impressive because of their large heat exchangers and extensive built-in deicing equipment.
Now of course we have outsourced all our winter textile industries to Alaska, and they use unrefrigerated (although specially lubricated) ordinary machines in massive arrays on an unheated production floor. One of the old machines shows up now and then on Ebay for cheap, though.
But the refrigeration units on the new top-end quilting machines are really nice. I imagine it is a GREAT place to be when the weather challenges 120 degrees. I believe Annie's new unit has a chilled cupholder too, and a lovely fitted Bauhaus stainless beaker for the seamstress's dram.
It does everything except make coffee. I'm really happy with it. My old machine was giving me trouble and this one handles everything I've thrown at it lovely. I hemmed a pair of jeans and it didn't even notice the tripled seams. I hate the price I paid even though I got a great deal but it's a lovely piece of machinery. Plus the last top end machine I bought turns 30 next month so I don't splurge to often.
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abandonconflict
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I decided to go back to the Philippines upon my return to Asia as the diving is so much better than Thailand.
abandonconflict
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Still getting white balance dialed in on this new camera but I'm pretty happy with image quality.
abandonconflict
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Looks like it is done with a gopro. Cozumel has some nice dive sites. Cheers.
abandonconflict
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Last year in 1080p.