Sofian bought over from Steffen I think.

i am going to phuket and phi phi and plan to do diving/snokerlling. there is this shark point, anamone reef, and king cruises dive there. It writes 'PADI IDC Phuket Thailand'. Does that mean the instructor is PADI-certified or do I need to get Padi cert first before diving in those spot?

Instructor can be any organization and PADI is one of them and its the famous one...
Yes, u would require at least Open Water to dive this location. As for King Cruise, u may either require Wreck Specialty or Advanced Open Water Certification in order to dive that dive site.
The rest, you may check with local dive centers. Even if you take Discovery Scuba, no license require and u only go down the maximum depth of 12m. Or usually the instructor just hang out around 8m... And as for dive site u mentioned above, all exceed 15m... unless they stay around 8m catching nemo, spotting sharks...

oh thanks for the info. I have never dived before and thus have no experience so i guess I can't dive in those 3 places anymore. So if it is below 8m no experience needed? Which company or where do you recommend in phuket and phi phi

Well, if u take discovery scuba, no experience or license needed. However, u wont be able to see as much as most of the fish hang around 15m....

Why don't u take up license and dive?

Err... which dive center? U can try Scuba Cat, their shop in Patong.

hi, does anyone try the xiaoyi action camera already? any reviews / opinions?

https://vimeo.com/135784448

A video by ericc using the yicam for ur own perusal.

I'll try to install Gopro Studio on my laptop and see how the performance is.

I've run Premiere on my laptop before and it was usable.

snorkeling/diving with whales... planning my next shot of diving hopefully ... it must be in a cold water ...



anyone try before?

This post has been edited by ukiya: Sep 8 2015, 10:23 AM

ericcc the only 1 user for xiaomi yi cam..me sj4000 user only..looks what his review about this yi cam..

This post has been edited by Ji3MOON: Sep 8 2015, 10:40 AM

Videos pretty good. No red filter available now. Operates hot so well fog up. Will try putting in the absorbent pack or panty liner next time I use it and see if it's OK.

If not I'll use it for land shots.

How about photo quality?

May i know what underwater housing u using?
hows the battery life? do you try shot at night? wonder how is the low light performance
red filter cameralah got selling.

dilemma in sj5000+ or xiaoyi... any suggestion?

Video is better than photo.

Battery life, about one hour

Housing is the one provided in package, Kingmax brand

There is no LCD screen at back.

Buy Go pro! But I think sj5000 for the screen

This post has been edited by ericcc: Sep 8 2015, 12:31 PM

GoPro silver model got build in screen also.
But 1 GoPro = 2 SJ5000+

Yeah Bebeh.

Just came back from P.Payar, dived with East marine, went 2 dive site (Garden Coral & house reef), strong current, overall visibility is like how Munkey mentioned, 5m or worst.

Why not consider a manual-capable point & shoot like the canon s95 family? I'm using an s100 with a meikon housing, should come up to about 1.5k for both. Pros: versatile for photography, RAW support, zoom, manual white balance even for video, which means no need red filter..Cons: bulky, accessories should be pricey. Just a suggestion..

Sounds a bit more challenging than the usual relaxing east coast dives. How's the marine life?

my current setup right now is a s95 with a canon housing. Bought 2nd hand. Good enough for a newbie like me

S95 is around rm500 in the garage sales.