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Morten Reistad wrote:
Money to burn, indeed. I could buy a complete set of diving gear for what a new Genua costs. And I have a 22 year old 36' boat. That might depend on what calls a 'complete' set. As in everything else, there's the bare-bones basics and then there's the more serious stuff, particularly when it comes to specialized ares. For example, the Ikelite SS-200 strobe heads I have for my old 35mm underwater camera cost me $1K each...and they aren't compatible with going digital. Another high ticket item is a quality drysuit for use in colder climates. Figure spending $2K for that with one basic set of underwear. Its all too easy to have the same stereotype of 'bubba diver' recreationalist as it is for power boating in a 17ft fiberglass runabout with too much horsepower & beer. -hh |
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-hh wrote: Morten Reistad wrote: Money to burn, indeed. I could buy a complete set of diving gear for what a new Genua costs. And I have a 22 year old 36' boat. That might depend on what calls a 'complete' set. As in everything else, there's the bare-bones basics and then there's the more serious stuff, particularly when it comes to specialized ares. For example, the Ikelite SS-200 strobe heads I have for my old 35mm underwater camera cost me $1K each...and they aren't compatible with going digital. Another high ticket item is a quality drysuit for use in colder climates. Figure spending $2K for that with one basic set of underwear. Its all too easy to have the same stereotype of 'bubba diver' recreationalist as it is for power boating in a 17ft fiberglass runabout with too much horsepower & beer. Basic, cheap dacron 140% Genua for 14.65 meter mast : $3500 150% dacron with some fibres for stiffening : $4500 Mylar 150% deck-swiper with woven fibres : $6000 ... Kevlar/Carbon racing genua, 150% : $14000 I guess you could just squeeze in ABC/wetsuit/tank/bcd/reg+bottom timer for $3500. $14k should buy you a decent computer, doubles, drysuit&undergarments and a camera too. -- mrr |
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On Aug 25, 6:07*pm, Morten Reistad wrote:
In article , -hh wrote: Morten Reistad wrote: Money to burn, indeed. I could buy a complete set of diving gear for what a new Genua costs. And I have a 22 year old 36' boat. That might depend on what calls a 'complete' set. As in everything else, there's the bare-bones basics and then there's the more serious stuff, particularly when it comes to specialized ares. *For example, the Ikelite SS-200 strobe heads I have for my old 35mm underwater camera cost me $1K each...and they aren't compatible with going digital. *Another high ticket item is a quality drysuit for use in colder climates. *Figure spending $2K for that with one basic set of underwear. *Its all too easy to have the same stereotype of 'bubba diver' recreationalist as it is for power boating in a 17ft fiberglass runabout with too much horsepower & beer. Basic, cheap dacron 140% Genua for 14.65 meter mast : $3500 150% dacron with some fibres for stiffening * * * * : $4500 Mylar 150% deck-swiper with woven fibres * * * * * *: $6000 .. Kevlar/Carbon racing genua, 150% * * * * * * * * * *: $14000 I guess you could just squeeze in ABC/wetsuit/tank/bcd/reg+bottom timer for $3500. $14k should buy you a decent computer, doubles, drysuit&undergarments and a camera too. In the old days of 35mm film, a Nikonos V body was $700, the Nikkor 15mm WA lens with viewfinder was $2K, plus the strobe heads that I currently have were $1K each, plus strobe arms, chargers & other bits. I figure that I had spent around $6K for my current setup. In going digital: $~3.K - Canon 5D replacement that's rumored to be announced tomorrow $1.6K - "cheap" (pexiglass) Ikelite housing $0.6K - 8" port for above, with one modular extension $0.8K - decent WA lens (17-35mm L) $1.0K - Ikelite DS-160 strobe head, synch cord & charger $0.8K - Ikelite DS-160 strobe head & synch cord $0.2K - two spare strobe battery packs $~.5K - Ultralite strobe arms (if I'm lucky) -------- $8.5K and counting. Still haven't picked up the misc bits or a case to transport it in. If you want to take it to a high end system, add another $2-$3K to move up from a pexiglass housing to metal casting, as well as another $3K-$5K to go to a Pro camera body (1Ds Mark III)...and bump the strobes up to the digital replacement model of what I have now (DS-200)...and add a few more lenses and matching port extensions. Very easy to crack $14K for just the UW camera. -hh |
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On Aug 25, 5:51*pm, -hh wrote:
If you want to take it to a high end system, add another $2-$3K to move up from a pexiglass housing to metal casting, as well as another $3K-$5K to go to a Pro camera body (1Ds Mark III)...and bump the strobes up to the digital replacement model of what I have now (DS-200)...and add a few more lenses and matching port extensions. Very easy to crack $14K for just the UW camera. Not sure the pro camera bodies are worth it. Plenty of u/w "pros" are using "semi-pro". Speaking of which, I picked up an extra D200 body, brand new, for under $1,000 from B&H. That's the problem with digital camera housings, once your camera becomes obsolete and it floods, prepare to buy a new housing or find what you can on eBay. This will be an insurance policy to extend the life of my expensive housing, plus serve as a land camera since I can leave the strap on full-time. So now, packing my camera for Bonaire next week, I'm bringing 2 camera bodies, 4 lenses, 4 camera batteries, camera battery charger, various filters and diopters, 3 strobes, 4 strobe battery packs, 3 strobe battery chargers, 2 sync cords, focus light, assorted arms and clamps, camera housing, extended viewfinder, two ports, various extension rings and focus gears, all packed in a nice indestructable case that comes out to just over 65 lbs full. Oh, and the laptop, memory cards, and memory card reader, can't forget those. The cameras and lenses and laptop obviously have to go in carry-on, along with the regs and computers, and now the airlines have cut luggage limits to 50 lbs, one bag per passenger. Which reminds me, time to renew my insurance on all that since I dare not lock any of it for TSA, and Bonaire isn't exactly the most crime- free destination. |
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A civilized society cannot let the law of the jungle rule itsroads
10 Cyclists Struck by a Taxi on the Causeway to Miami Beach
http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=457751 "A civilized society cannot let the law of the jungle rule its roads; if we want to ensure fairness, government must act to protect the weak." And why should we protect the monkey, not the lion? Because then the lion will eat the monkey, stupid. And that keeps the other monkeys terrorized, which is not what we want. We want them to come out, right? Here's a smart comment on the subject... "The purpose of the police power is to protect public health, safety, and welfare. When it comes down to cars vs. bicycles, the latter need greater protection than the former -- after all, cars kill more Americans than guns do, whereas beds kill more Americans than bikes do. That's why places which truly embrace bicycling as a valid (and safe) mode of transportation have laws that aren't fair: bicycles get more rights than cars. In many northern European countries, the driver is always at fault in a bicycle-car crash. Some municipalities even completely exempt bicycles from many road regulations (like one-way traffic flow) -- since such regulations are often intended to regulate cars (in the one-way example, that street might be too narrow for two cars to pass but plenty wide for two bikes to pass). A civilized society cannot let the law of the jungle rule its roads; if we want to ensure fairness, government must act to protect the weak. The #1 reason that people cite for not bicycling more often is that they feel that biking is unsafe. It isn't, really -- in fact, not bicycling degrades your life expectancy more than bicycling -- but it can be made much safer through good policies, enforced fairly." Posted by PCC | June 25, 2008 8:30 PM http://matthewyglesias.theatlantic.c..._hierarchy.php |
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On Tue, 26 Aug 2008 07:51:35 -0700 (PDT), ComandanteBanana
wrote: 10 Cyclists Struck by a Taxi on the Causeway to Miami Beach http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=457751 "A civilized society cannot let the law of the jungle rule its roads; if we want to ensure fairness, government must act to protect the weak." And why should we protect the monkey, not the lion? Because then the lion will eat the monkey, stupid. And that keeps the other monkeys terrorized, which is not what we want. We want them to come out, right? Here's a smart comment on the subject... "The purpose of the police power is to protect public health, safety, and welfare. When it comes down to cars vs. bicycles, the latter need greater protection than the former -- after all, cars kill more Americans than guns do, whereas beds kill more Americans than bikes do. That's why places which truly embrace bicycling as a valid (and safe) mode of transportation have laws that aren't fair: bicycles get more rights than cars. In many northern European countries, the driver is always at fault in a bicycle-car crash. Some municipalities even completely exempt bicycles from many road regulations (like one-way traffic flow) -- since such regulations are often intended to regulate cars (in the one-way example, that street might be too narrow for two cars to pass but plenty wide for two bikes to pass). A civilized society cannot let the law of the jungle rule its roads; if we want to ensure fairness, government must act to protect the weak. The #1 reason that people cite for not bicycling more often is that they feel that biking is unsafe. It isn't, really -- in fact, not bicycling degrades your life expectancy more than bicycling -- but it can be made much safer through good policies, enforced fairly." Posted by PCC | June 25, 2008 8:30 PM http://matthewyglesias.theatlantic.c..._hierarchy.php As are the laws here, hit a bycyclest here and you are in trouble. What happened to the cab driver ? |
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Here's a smart comment on the subject...
"The purpose of the police power is to protect public health, safety, and welfare. When it comes down to cars vs. bicycles, the latter need greater protection than the former -- after all, cars kill more Americans than guns do, whereas beds kill more Americans than bikes do. Smart except for being completely wrong. The purpose of the police power is to investigate, apprehend and bring criminals to the judicial portion of the American system. |
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