Photography Equipment  -  Dive Destinations  -  Magazines  -  Weather

 

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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