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Videographers and etiquette
On a recent dive with an operator in Cozumel - our party of 7 found a ""videorapher"" on board and diving with us.
We were informed that at the end of the day/early evening the videographer would like to meet with us as a group in our lobby, to show us his video of "our" dive...for free. Then of course if we wanted to buy the DVD of the video it would be $70.
We all kind of rolled our eyes, but no harm right?
Wrong.
This videographer was insanely rude from our perspective: he would drop in right in front of us as we would be eyeing some local goodie, would elbow us out of the way and at several junctures would block our access to the sights that the DM was pointing out for us.
This wasnt just an instance or two, it was pervasive throughout the dive.
If we had been a bit less irate and willing to watch his video (which we certainly did not), my guess is that we would have gotten to see what we thought we were going to see..ON the dive.
Is this becoming more common...videographers put on board? Is there some unspoken level of etiquette they should be following?
What other experiences are out there?
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