Enough la every few months you troll ppl here lol

I like single framed too. I feel that my field of vision is wider. But actually it doesn't make much of a difference.

The bigger difference is when you get a transparent mask and a black/dark colored one. The sides. Transparent one allows for more light to penetrate thru your mask on a sunny day and can sometimes be quite glaring, but feel less restricted with vision also. So get a few masks

I have/had a few.
The transparent ones turn yellow after a while.

"Try to talk to girls"? Hahaha

Ooooooo sizzling hot! Ssssss.

Hahaha. Hotter maybe lol.

Lately nobody free to organize trips
Where are you looking to go?

At the moment and in the near future, very unlikely.

But we will do update if we do organize

I paid 2.7m for Garuda return last night.
Checked last month price was 2.5m.

What's the flight time for sriwijaya going into Komodo?

Ahhh. According to scuba junkie's email, we need to arrive airport by 1.30pm and on departure day, get a flight hat departs after 3pm. Guess the departure is fine.

I already budgeted rm800 for flight so ok la hahah.

Here are the directions from bus terminal to jetty. https://goo.gl/maps/r25rJnyrhEy
It's about 10-15 minutes walk.

Ferry takes roughly 2 hours + delays.

Buy ticket in advance.

Sounds like wkkay when he had to fly to Barcelona and dunno where else after our Perhentian trip.

Basically it really depends on your own health and immune system. We usually don't get sick after diving. More like sien have to go back to office to work. You have plenty of time in between. Even if flight delay also the most you stay in airport lor. But yea, there are chances of flight being delayed.

Hard to say. What flight? Most of the time it's on time. Hence why I say you have plenty of time in between anyways. The most you won't be able to like go home after you arrive kl then go airport again later at 9pm.

Sometimes flight can delay like 2-3 hours. But generally ok wan la.

I think there's like D4, D4i, D4i novo and newer versions. If it's D4 means it's one of the first few models like my D9 time (D4, D6, D9). After that its D4i, D6i, and D9tx already. The previous version has been around since like middle 2000s. That makes it 10 years since its 2016 already. I got my D9 cheap when they were launching D9tx around 2009 or 2010, so that's probably when first batch of D4i was launched in Malaysia also.

This post has been edited by munkeyflo: Apr 21 2016, 11:37 AM

Wow, nice land shots.

Wow, land shots also by S100?

Haha. White balance for some is a bit out. What kind of settings were you using? Internal flash? AV? Manual? P?
Then again, most important thing is you happy with your photos can edi. Sometimes I prefer the photos darker, sometimes warmer, sometimes blue-er. My wide angle shots always fail anyways. Can't give you any pointers on that.

Hm, I guess it depends what you are looking for. Do you think you'll go into more macro photography?

For macro shots, a torch will definitely help light up the object.
Does your housing come with a diffuser? If we don't use the diffuser with the internal flash, the photos will have shadow also if too close.

If you're using ambient light, then custom WB would be best for you. The shallower photos turns out better because more sunlight penetration from above. When I need to edit WB, I usually just use the dropper tool and choose a white spot. Most of the time it turns out alright. What photo editor do you use?

Usually we will use AV or Manual mode to shoot. When lazy, I was told to use P mode with underwater setting. Not sure if S100 has underwater settings or not.

Strobes and torch is another learning curve. Learn how to use your camera first before venturing into that.

Check this video from Tim Ho about using natural lighting for WB.



And check his other videos on natural lighting as well.

Manual not that hard la. ISO set it to 200-400 max. Then you just adjust the aperture and shutter speed. But it's a bit hard to adjust if you can't use the dial thingy on your camera. Depending on your housing also.

Budget style is torch lor. Hahaha. I also haven't got a strobe.

Basically minimum is around RM50 budget for food per day per person, might end up with excess cash if you don't order so much drinks every meal.

I don't feel comfortable having large amount of cash with me either. But instead, I always run out of cash in the city hahaha. Usually, I'll carry about RM100 or so with me in my dry bag for meals and coconuts. The rest of the cash I leave in the hotel room safe. The bulk of the expenses usually goes to the dives or the accommodation, these two usually you can do online transfer or pay by credit card (usually got charges also, but sometimes it's worth it).

If the hotel room doesn't have a safe, split the money up. Put some in this bag, some in that bag, some in your dry bag. Of course lock your bags, don't put it in your wallet or obvious places where ppl usually keep money. Leave it with the dive center office admin or hotel reception where one would leave their passports with. Check your money everytime you come back. I would actually prefer to carry most of it with me in my dry bag, cause if it's missing while in the middle of the sea, there's not many culprits there.

So far boatmen have been quite honest with such things.

It isn't that bad. People still dive in Port Dickson these days.

You'll be diving in Pulau Payar, and people go there to snorkel. The water is more greenish yellowish compared to islands on the East Coast but its really not that bad.

Usually around this time, you should go to the East Coast islands. People only dive in Langkawi that side if it's monsoon season on the other side.

Then forfeit your deposit and go to Redang/Perhentian/Tioman/Tenggol.