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mid range ($) apsc camera and housing

Started Jun 28, 2020 | Discussions thread
PHXAZCRAIG
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Re: mid range ($) apsc camera and housing

I agree - big FF rig is not for inexperienced divers.   There is indeed a lot of drag, and it can truly be a bear in currents.

I'd say though that as soon as you add handles to the side of the camera, it changes how you dive.   With a wrist strap camera, you can let it go and ignore it.   Not so much with a handled camera, which is usually going to have at least one strobe hanging off as well.

The complexity isn't to be ignored by new divers.  I constantly have my regulator hose getting caught up in my strobe clamps, pulling my mouthpiece out when I turn my head, and always in a spot you cannot see because of the mask.   That sort of thing can be quite distracting.

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