Cheng: Rebreathers? Rebreathers are an option. I have never taken them to Galapagos.
Male #1: So the rebreather is not an option?
Cheng: Iíve done some rebreather diving. I donít own one, but I typically will dive it in Papua New Guinea where thereís a boat that I go on that has them.
and talk about Navy SEALs and rebreathers and all this geeky shit for an hour and a half, that's what I'm going to do.
One of the photographers had a rebreather, and it was quite hilarious, because every time when it was on, when the whales would approach,
So the guy who had the rebreather actually just left it at the hotel room the next few days and learned how to freedive.
And the other benefit of using a rebreather for photography and videography is that as you breathe, your buoyancy does not change, because thereís a counterlung. You exhale
Also, rebreathers make noise.
He'd be sitting there, messing with his rebreather, trying to get it in.
You can't do this with scuba, with a rebreather, or on a boat.
I'm curious as to why you think that freediving is a better way of getting at this than a rebreather.
Other questions? Male #1: So have you done much rebreather diving at all?
it really hard to hold a camera steady. So rebreathersóMost serious videographers will shoot on a rebreather.
Cheng: Oh. Shops for re-. Yeah. I would not trust another rebreather. Yeah. Bring your own rebreather. The problem with rebreathers is theyíre deadly when there are accidents.
lethal incidents, at least, amongst my friends, have involved rebreathers. They have a rebreather accident and they die. Or the occasional surf photographer can get smashed in the coral.
So there are just a fewóSometimes, there are really unfortunate events, especially rebreather stuff. Even really experienced rebreather divers can have accidents like
underwater is afraid of bubbles. If you ever go underwater and hold your breath or are on a rebreather, divers make a ton of noise. You can hear divers long before you can see
With every exhalation, if you have someone on scuba whoís taking video, you can watch the fish pulse in and out as they breathe. With a rebreather, you just donít see that.
Cheng: Well, I think if you donít use them a lot, if youíre not very comfortable with them, they can be dangerous. I love them. I mean, rebreathers, for those of you who