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Cressi-Sub Minima Mask
Cressi-sub’s new Minima mask is a ground-breaking product matching the most interesting benefits of a standard mask with those of goggles. The Minima has been designed for a comfortable fit and perfect watertightness coupled with top hydrodynamic properties and an extremely small internal volume. The anatomical skirt is soft hypo-allergenic silicone and perfectly adjusts to the diver’s face. Watertightness is improved by the strap with adjustable buckle similar to Cressi’s conventional masks, ensuring a perfect fit to every type of face. Minima’s internal volume - which is actually “minimal”- allows for extremely easy compensation, thus making it the ideal mask for breath-hold divers. Outstanding hydrodynamic properties, due to its specially shaped profile without sharp angles, follows the diver’s face outline. Small overall size and very light weight, in spite of tempered glass lenses offer perfect all-round vision, without fog or distortion. For more information on the Cressi-sub’s new Minima mask see a dealer near you or visit http://www.cressisubusa.com.
Sea & Sea Digital Camera Accessories
Sea & Sea, a world leader in the manufacture of underwater photographic equipment, has introduced a full line-up of accessories to expand the capabilities of today’s most popular underwater digital systems.
There are many good digital cameras on the market today, with respected names like Sony, Canon, Olympus. But once the camera is in the housing, the range of images is limited. You can’t zoom out ultrawide to get images of whales, sharks and wrecks. You can’t zoom in tight for a full-frame photo of an anemone or nudibranch.
Sea & Sea’s Conversion Lens Adapters fit over the front port of the underwater housing and accommodate a wide range of Sea & Sea optical grade accessory lenses. Mount the Sea & Sea MMII-EX 16mm Wide Conversion Lens and you instantly expand the camera’s angle of view for extreme close focusing of schools of fish, pelagics and wrecks. The 20mm Wide Conversion Lens is outstanding for fish portraits and reef scenics. For big, bold images of small subjects, choose the Macro Lens 2T for half lifesize magnification or the Macro Lens 3T for one-third lifesize magnification. Sea & Sea’s Color Filters may be used to enhance the warm hues and minimize the blues. Lenses and filters can be attached or detached underwater so you always have handy the lens you need to capture the sights you see!
To tote these extra focal length lenses around underwater, Sea & Sea offers a convenient Lens Caddy that attaches to your strobe arm and holds two conversion lenses.
To learn more about how these and other Sea & Sea accessories will improve your digital imaging, visit your Authorized Sea & Sea dealer, call 760-929-1909, or on the web at http://www.seaandsea.com.
Improved Ramjet Fins from Ocean Master
Ocean Master has made a number of significant improvements on its popular Ramjet fins. The most obvious is the removal of the toe section from the foot pocket. This is in keeping with the design purpose of the fin to remove any stress from the toes that can cause leg cramping. The original Ramjet, and the new improved version utilizes an “axial-based” design that removes the foot pocket from direct contact with the blade. Power comes from the ankle and leg, not unsupported toes and lower foot.
The foot pocket extends all the way to the end of the heel, again to enhance maximum efficiency in the direct transfer of power from the strong legs to the fin.
Also new is a new one-handed-release buckle system that makes donning, adjusting, and removal of the fins the easiest yet.
Brian Decker, PADI Master Instructor, stated after several dives with the improved fin, “I have been diving for 15 years, as much as 300 dives per year and I can definitely say Ocean Master’s new Ramjet fins are much better than any other fin I have tried. The more I used the fin the better I felt. I was able to make tight turns. Even surface swimming was remarkably better than other fins that have the tendency to break the water surface and create a loss of power.”
The new Ramjet from Ocean Master is available in four sizes and five colors including Blue, Yellow, Black, Lime, Silver. For an Ocean Master dealer near you in California, check out the Dive Store Directory in this issue or visit Ocean Master’s website at http://www.oceanmaster.com or call 626-582-8000.
TUSA Reef Tourer Snorkel
TUSA has gone back to the basics with its new Reef Tourer snorkel. This snorkel features a simple but well thought out design. The tube curves neatly around the head for streamlining. At the tip of the tube, a cross-cut design makes for easy blowing. In addition the top of the snorkel is marked with flash orange for high visibility. A hypo-allergenic mouthpiece ensures comfort. And finally, a one-touch clip for easy attachment to your dive mask. The snorkel comes in four colors: black, yellow, blue and cobalt.
For more information visit TUSA’s website at http://www.tusa.com or see your local dealer. California dealers are show in this issues Dive Store Directory.