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Sony launches new flagship

8 years 2 months ago By Main Minion

Full-frame 4D Focus: Innovative Hybrid Phase Detection AF system with accurate 79 hybrid cross AF points[i] enabled by 79-point dedicated and 399-point focal-plane AF sensors and continuous shooting at up to 12fps[ii]

AquaLung Aquilon Purge Valve Snorkel

8 years 4 months ago By Rosemary E Lunn

Aqua Lung state their latest snorkel is "advanced and functional". So let's review this claim.

Shearwater Research Petrel 2 Firmware Update

8 years 4 months ago By Rosemary E Lunn

Some Petrel 2 models with analog PPO₂ monitoring require a firmware update to correct offsets to voltage measurements of the O₂ sensor channels.

H2Odyssey TORID Pulse

8 years 5 months ago By Rosemary E Lunn

In a nutshell, this patented handheld device uses compressed gas to produce perfect air rings. The idea is that you simply 'tag' your buddy with these air rings to attract their attention in low visibility.

iQ UV 300 Children's Rash Guard

8 years 5 months ago By Rosemary E Lunn

I am sure that we have all told a positively blue child who is shaking like a leaf “that now is a good time to climb out of the water and get dry”. And to hear the emphatic response through chattering teeth, “but I’m not cold”!

Fourth Element Submerge Ladies Boardshorts

8 years 5 months ago By Rosemary E Lunn

They have now (thank heavens) launched a pair of ladies Boardshorts, and stated that these should not be ironed. We like the 'you must not iron' bit.

Divesangha Calypso Aqua Shorts

8 years 5 months ago By Rosemary E Lunn

These summer range of shorts and swim-shorts are special because Divesangha is using ECONYL® fabric from Italian maker Aquafil. (Advocates of Fourth Element's OceanPositive range are already familiar with this regenerated fabric.)

Scubapro Mesh 'N Roll Bag

8 years 5 months ago By Rosemary E Lunn

Scubapro's latest lightweight gear hauler is manufactured from a heavy-duty PVC coated mesh. This fabric should mean the resulting bag is lightweight, durable and rugged.

Simon Mitchell, Neal Pollock, rebreather sorb, X-Ray, Rosemary E Lunn, Mike Young, Divetech, Innerspace, sorb duration

Rebreather Sorb Research Unveiled

8 years 5 months ago By Rosemary E Lunn

This information is needed because a number of divers use Spherasorb in their APD units.

Dive Rite ES155 Frameless Mask

8 years 6 months ago By Rosemary E Lunn

Get one that doesn't quite fit as it should and you end up in discomfort, suffering unnecessary mental strain underwater. We have all had a dive where something has not gone quite right.

Mobby's Air Shelter

8 years 6 months ago By Rosemary E Lunn

It truly is no fun being stuck on a dive boat, in a wet wetsuit, and then “the north wind doth blow”. One solution is to scamper across the deck. Seek shelter from the wind. Strip off. Towel down. And don dry clothing.

Bubel Towel

8 years 6 months ago By Rosemary E Lunn

A classic quote from Douglas Adams’ hugely popular book 'The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy'. This was published in 1979 and almost forty years on it retains a cult following.

Project Prometheus - lighting Ordinskaya cave

8 years 7 months ago By Andrey Bizyukin

Prometheus is an underwater photography and videography project by Orda Cave Underwater Speleology Center looking into the use of the latest technology in diving lamps to illuminate huge caves also for photography where flash have previously been