Photography Equipment:
www.fotoart.ca
Top notch photo service close to home. It's where I buy all my camera
equipment!
www.nikon.ca
Nikon D200, Nikon D70s, Nikon F80, 2 Nikonos V's and a Nikonos
III, Nikkor 35mm. AF-S 300mm f/2.8 mkII, AF-S 70-200mm f/2.8 VR, 105mm macro, 60mm macro, 20mm,
16mm fisheye, 12-24mm f/4 DX, 28-105mm, 70-300mm, SB-900, 2 SB-800,
2 SB-26 flashes, Nikon Coolscan V film scanner. Yep, I like my Nikon
gear
www.nikonusa.com
www.pocketwizard.com
I am addicted to these things.
www.fujifilm.com
Velvia, the only film I used. Digital is my life now.
But, I have a very extensive slide collection.
www.epson.com
Epson 2200 with only Epson inks and papers combining to archival quality.
www.ikelite.com
Great product and support. A pair of DS125's and a pair
of SS200's, arms, rotating flip tray, DM 4200 u/w digital light meter.
www.seaandsea.com
Great product at great prices. Canadian distributor is
dreadfully slow!
DX200 housing and a NX80 SLR housing w/ dome and custom flat ports, 20mm and 15mm lenses for
Nikonos. Full set of 35mm extension tubes.
www.uwatec.com
Photography equipment??? Hose-less dive computer's make u/w photography
easy.
www.pelican.com
Hard cases.
www.uwkinetics.com Hard cases, D8R is a great rechargeable dive
light.
www.underwatercamerarepair.com
Mike Mesgleski, good honest service.
www.lowepro.com I love my DryZone 100. Backpack style camera
bag with drysuit zipper.
www.reefphoto.com Great selection of u/w equipment in stock.
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Dive Destinations:
www.squbaholidays.com Dive travel specialists. They know their
stuff.
http://www.littlecayman.com/home.php The
Little Cayman Beach Resort / Reef Divers is the most professionally run dive
operation that I have ever had the pleasure of diving with.
www.lostislandvoyages.com
Every spring!!! 65' sailing liveaboard.
Now located in the Bahamas.
www.occidentalhotels.com/allegrocozumel/index.html Occidental
Allegro in Cozumel. Been back 3X's. Try to get a room close to the
dive shop. 5000 block is best.
www.divepalancarcozumel.com/home_dp.php Dive operator at the
Allegro. They keep advanced divers off 'cattle boats'
www.stuartcove.com The best shark dive!!! I have read
questionable reports lately on South Ocean resort, it's your call.
www.habitatcuracao.com Diving freedom! 24hr air, nitrox available,
E-6 processing on site, great house reef. I wish we had done more shore
diving around the island. South of the hurricane belt.
www.fantasyislandresort.com Mixed feelings??? Dive gear stolen
from dive lockers and stuff stolen from tour bus during canopy tour. Bad
air on more than one dive.
www.aquariumofniagara.org Every Valentines Day
weekend in Niagara Falls. Sea Lions.
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Magazines:
www.scubadiving.com Rodale's - September 2004 "Photographer of
the Week"
www.sportdivermag.com Sport Diver
www.divermag.com The longest established scuba diving magazine in North
America. And it's Canadian!
www.immersed.com Immersed
www.uwpmag.com
Underwater Photography, web based magazine in unique horizontal format
www.underwaterphotography.com great online photo contest!!! A
lot of fun.
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Marine Related
Weather:
http://weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca/marine/region_08_e.html
Environment Canada list of buoys for Great Lakes. Also plain language
marine forecasts.
http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/Maps/EastGL.shtml NOAA list of buoys around
the Great Lakes. Current marine observations.
http://www.weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca/forecast/textforecast_e.html?Bulletin=fpcn20.cwto
MAFOR code for Great Lakes. Hour by hour marine forecasts.
http://weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca/radar/index_e.html?id=ont Ontario
radar
http://www.pilor.com/ Kincardine amateur weather site complete with
KYC web cams. Check out Lake Huron's beautiful sunsets!
http://www.natice.noaa.gov/products/gl-ches/index.htm It's been a
long winter. Is there still ice out on the Great lakes?
http://coastwatch.glerl.noaa.gov/glsea/glsea.gif Great Lakes surface
temperatures
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ National Hurricane Center. Is that
hurricane going to ruin your vacation?
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