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Gear review: TUSA gloves DG-5600

by Ksso on October 22, 2011

I've been diving without gloves for years. At a number of occasions I did regret not wearing some though... I still remember that dive in Cyprus in Amphorae's Cave where the drift was so strong I was basically hanging at the reef like a gecko. In those circumstances even if you take extra careful steps in where lay your hands... it would still feel more secure to wear a pair of gloves - there were a couple times where I remember my hand being unexpectedly close to urchin's spikes.As an underwater photographer, though, I need as much dexterity as I can on my fingers (tiny buttons to push/turn to set aperture and shutter...) so I ended up thinking gloves are not an option.This just changed...

GoPro and Scuba

by Ksso on August 03, 2011

GoPro is a tiny camera dedicated to catching the excitement created by extreme sports in HD. It can be easily stuck to about anything and, best of all in our case, it comes with an underwater housing that can get down to 180feet / 60m! Many have adopted it (see below Joi wearing a GoPro HD Helmet HERO Cameraon his helmet). It comes with a variety of hooks and straps making it easy to stick it to your gear.

To make things even better, Snake River Prototyping has released an adapter for the GoPro Hero HD POV cam's underwater housing. BlurFix fixes the GoPro HD underwater focus issue by placing a flat 55 mm filter in front of the housing's OEM fish-eye lens. Included with the lens is a low...

Cressi Travelight BCD

by Ksso on August 01, 2011

If you're like me and like to take your trusted and loved gear with you whenever you're going for a dive, you'll love Cressi's latest BCD dubbed "Travelight". Check out this video from Steve demoing it. As you can see, despite the small form factor when packed it's perfectly full-featured.The Cressi Sub Travelight BC retails under 430USD and weights about 6 pounds / 2.8kg.