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ChrigelKarrer

Member Since 05 Mar 2010
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About Me

I was born in Switzerland and started diving in 2006 in Sardinia where i lived for the last 13 years. I became a dive professional in 2007 working in Sardinia/Italy and Costa Rica after i started to work in the dive business 1998 as captain. My biggest passion is the sea, over and under it and i am an expert sportfishinguide and certified captain with more than 16'000 miles sailing.
Costa Rica is my favorite dive destination as i love the daily surprises while diving and working and the enormous mass of marine life even if diving here is not always easy. Sardinia is my second love as i started to dive there but especially for the excellent viz between 45-100 ft and the spectacular ambients, caves and wrecks.
Third place goes to Isla Coiba in Panama, a real paradise for uw photographers for the incredible amount of sea life and pretty good viz.
I dove also in the Red Sea and have made a lot of dives in Roatan during my Instructor course, but i was after some days a bit "bored" as there where not so much fishes to see. To be honest i have to admit that i made some of my best photos in Roatan, but most of them in macro shooting small critters.

I speak (Swiss)German, Italian, English, Spanish and some French too.

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Active Posts 512
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Member Title Tiger Shark
Age 48 years old
Birthday June 25, 1964
Gender
Male
Location
Playa Herradura-Costa Rica and Sardinia-Italy

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Camera Model & Brand
Nikon D800, D7000, Canon G12
Camera Housing
Hugyfot D800, D7000 and Patima G11 housing
Strobe/Lighting Model & Brand
Inon Z-240 and Ikelite DS-125
Accessories
ULCS Arms, Flexarm for G12

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Website URL http://www.facebook.com/chris.karrer

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DxO Labs tested Lenses for D800

24 March 2013 - 08:24 AM

DxO Labs just released the 3rd page of their review about lenses for the D800.

Unfortunately the test of wide angle lenses is not ready yet, but should be published soon.

http://www.dxomark.c...your-Nikon-D800

Chris

strange small fish from Costa Rica

19 March 2013 - 10:14 AM

My friend jennie took this picture and we are wondering what kind of fish it is as we never saw one of those.
She took the picture in northern Costa Rica

Thanks so much

Chris

Happy Valentines Day

14 February 2013 - 05:03 AM

Happy Valentines Day wish you:
Tredici (the piglet) and Flitzi (the cat) our lucky animals
Well, Amelia, Luca, Carlo and Chris wish you a happy Valentines Day too!!

Chris

External Monitor on Hugyfot D800 Housing?

09 November 2012 - 09:33 AM

Hi there,
my eyes start to show some signs of wear and tear making it difficult to see the cameras monitor sharp.
I was thinking of getting a viewfinder but i realized that a external monitor may be a (expensive) solution,
but will give me the handy solution that i can rotate the monitor in the right direction for a special angle of view.
A external monitor wont solve the problem of suffering of presbyopia but the bigger screen will help to see the picture better
and the orientable monitor would help greatly with macro or - inside a hole - pictures.

Does anybody have experience with using a external monitor for taking pictures under water?

Chris

Hugyfot D800 Housing and Sigma 15mm Diagonal Fisheye

26 September 2012 - 01:11 PM

Hi and thanks for reading!

I just received my new Hugyfot D800 housing.
Unfortunately - and against the dealers statement - the combination of the Athenas OPD-F170V Glass Dome and the Sigma 15mm Diagonal Fisheye
vignettes badly because of the S&S -> Hugyfot Adaptor adding about 20mm more and that is too much.

Vignetting1.jpg 227.15K 45 downloads

A try with the original Hugyfot 172mm acrylic dome show only a slight vignetting, but soft corners and the grinded edge of the dome.

HugyfotDomeNearFocus.jpg 458.41K 50 downloads

Does anybody uses the Hugyfot D800 housing with the Sigma15mm Diagonal Fisheye and a +/- 170mm 6" glass dome and no vignetting?

Chris