Vent: I used to think underwater comms were a waste of time until a job in Mobile Bay

For years, I'd just use hand signals and deal with the lag topside. It felt like extra gear for no real gain. Then we had a job on a murky pipeline in Mobile Bay, and the lead diver made us all use the full voice system. Being able to hear 'stop, cable right below you' clearly instead of guessing at a frantic hand wave changed the whole job. It was safer and way faster. Has anyone else had a tool they thought was pointless that actually saved your skin?

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the_mary1mo ago

My buddy Carl swore by his old manual focus lens until a wedding shoot in a dim church. He missed the ring exchange trying to nail the focus, and the bride's mom still brings it up at holidays. He uses autofocus now.

reese1241mo ago

Sounds like a pretty tame story for a wedding photographer. At least he didn't drop the camera in the punch bowl.

the_faith27d ago

I actually saw this interview with a wedding photographer who said he brings three identical camera bodies to every wedding because he's had two fail in the middle of a ceremony before. One got knocked off a table by a flower girl and the other just stopped working randomly. He said the backup backup saved him. Your friend Carl probably needed a second body for that dim church.