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Underwater camera setup

Started Jan 24, 2022 | Discussions thread
Barmaglot_07 Contributing Member • Posts: 633
Re: Conclusions

PHXAZCRAIG wrote:

I'm a fan of the Apollo Bio Fin split fins. They have obvious disadvantages for photography in that it is difficult to back up, but boy do they have 'bite'. I've been diving with them since 2009 so very much used to them.

I once swapped fins with a buddy for a dive. He was amazed that a single kick would send one forward pretty dramatically compared to his fins. My experience with his fins was that they were like wearing nothing at all! I'm kicking away and hardly moving.

Doing photography, I firmly believe that control is more important than maximum speed in a straight line. I use Saekodive rubber fins, basically a jetfin knockoff, and they're great for positioning - helicopter turns, backpedaling, frog, modified frog, etc. They can be fast going forward, doing flutter kicks rather than frog, but being so stiff (almost no flex to them), it takes a lot of force to flutter kick with them.

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