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Near
miss
by
Mike Maloney
Reproduced
from in focus 54
(March 1995)
I
recently returned from a superb two-week vacation at Naama
Bay, Sinai, Egypt, where I used the facilites of the well-established
Sinai Divers, who have been diving this area for some twenty
years. I made two dives each day from the 20 m dive vessel
ISIS. Excellent visibility and warm water were experienced.
All the usual sites were visited plus a new one on the far
side of the Strait of Tiran, Laguna. This is a drfit dive
along a drop-off and was the only place I saw sharks during
the trip.
Sinai
divers now have a facility for visiting divers with their
recently opened photo service centre offering camera and video
rental, E6 processing, custom videos and one or two day photographic
courses. The two day course enables you to become a certified
PADI underwater photographer - at an extra cost of course.
A
note of warning to members who have the new type of Nikonos
15 mm lens and viewfinder. The two self tapping screws securing
the viewfinder to the camera shoe are prone to corrosion.
Even with the fastidious care I give my outfit, always washing
off in fresh water and carefully checking it after use, the
viewfinder just dropped off on the deck, luckily just after
I had climbed aboard after a dive.
[Editor's
note: Kurt Ainsler, former World Champion, who runs a diver
/ photographer training facility hiring camera equipment to
students recommends that all equipment be soaked in fresh
water for twenty minutes following each sea water dive. This
immersion allows the salt which has accumulated out of sight
to dissolve. Following this practice has meant that none of
Kurt's hired equipment has suffered from corrosion.] |
