New NW Dive History Association Web Site!
New NW Dive History Association Web Site!
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Re: New NW Dive History Association Web Site!
What a great website! Thanks for sharing.
Chris
Chris
Re: New NW Dive History Association Web Site!
Some VERY cool 1960's and 70's videos were just added to the site.
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Re: New NW Dive History Association Web Site!
What a great website, thank you Ms. James for posting this.
I watched the entire San Juan/Highliner video and I cannot believe that great quality is coming from 16mm! I mean 16mm was great in the day, but I've seen very few films that were copied onto a DVD format that turned out that good. That's good enough to be used in a documentary.
Thanks again, I'll repost this on VDH and VSS.
I watched the entire San Juan/Highliner video and I cannot believe that great quality is coming from 16mm! I mean 16mm was great in the day, but I've seen very few films that were copied onto a DVD format that turned out that good. That's good enough to be used in a documentary.
Thanks again, I'll repost this on VDH and VSS.
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Re: New NW Dive History Association Web Site!
Just watched the video that covers the equipment of diving....
I liked some of the comments they made about the early decompression meters:
"They were marginally accurate."
"If you wore more than one, they all read differently."
Yup, pretty much why they were known as the bend-o-matics. It seems back in the 70's and early 80's there was a movement in the dive community back to watches and tables. I've often wondered how much of a role the early POS decompression meters played in that mistrust of the early computers like the Orca.
When I started diving in the 80's,(1981, but not certified until 1987) you could always tell a "real" diver because they had a one way bezel on their dive watch. If you had a bezel that spun both ways, you just weren't up to snuff.....
I liked some of the comments they made about the early decompression meters:
"They were marginally accurate."
"If you wore more than one, they all read differently."
Yup, pretty much why they were known as the bend-o-matics. It seems back in the 70's and early 80's there was a movement in the dive community back to watches and tables. I've often wondered how much of a role the early POS decompression meters played in that mistrust of the early computers like the Orca.
When I started diving in the 80's,(1981, but not certified until 1987) you could always tell a "real" diver because they had a one way bezel on their dive watch. If you had a bezel that spun both ways, you just weren't up to snuff.....
I do not believe in taking unnecesary risks, but a life without risk is not worth living.
-Charles Lindbergh
-Charles Lindbergh
Re: New NW Dive History Association Web Site!
So what your saying is that dive computers haven't changed much in the last 30 years.sitkadiver wrote:I liked some of the comments they made about the early decompression meters:
"They were marginally accurate."
"If you wore more than one, they all read differently."
Re: New NW Dive History Association Web Site!
Sea searchers 1960-1970
at ~16 min DIAMOND KNOT FOOTAGE!!!!!!!! holy smokes she really got covered in life fast...
at 20 something minutes... Miss Underwater contest... LOL!
at ~16 min DIAMOND KNOT FOOTAGE!!!!!!!! holy smokes she really got covered in life fast...
at 20 something minutes... Miss Underwater contest... LOL!
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"I survived the Brittandrea Dorikulla, where's my T-shirt!"
"I survived the Brittandrea Dorikulla, where's my T-shirt!"