Product Details

• Actors: Paul G Ranky, PADI Certified Rescue Diver
• Directors: Paul G Ranky, PADI Certified Rescue Diver
• Format: Dolby, HiFi Sound, NTSC, Widescreen
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Number of discs: 2
• Studio: .cimwareukandusa.com, Ridgewood, NJ, USA
• DVD Release Date: November 2, 2006
• Run Time: 34 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: B000K9KT9S
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #484,515 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

About the Actor

Paul Ranky is an internationally known eco-traveller, PADI certified rescue diver, professional engineer, video maker and photographer, and university professor. He has worked and travelled the globe for over 35 years. Join him in Bonaire, an island in the Netherlands Antilles, which also includes Aruba and Curaçao. Captain Don's Habitat has been a leading site in Bonaire and the island is consistently rated among the top Caribbean diving locations in the world. You'll discover why it is known as 'the home of diving freedom'.

About the Director

Paul Ranky is an internationally known eco-traveller, PADI certified rescue diver, professional engineer, video maker and photographer, and university professor. He has worked and travelled the globe for over 35 years. Join him in Bonaire, an island in the Netherlands Antilles, which also includes Aruba and Curaçao. Captain Don's Habitat has been a leading site in Bonaire and the island is consistently rated among the top Caribbean diving locations in the world. You'll discover why it is known as 'the home of diving freedom'.

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Really, really Bad...I mean, REALLLLLY, REALLLLLY BAD!!!, January 4, 2008

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This review is from: Bonaire Experience: Captain Don's Habitat, Klein Bonaire Dive Sites, and Shore Diving (DVD)

Ok, for $40 I guess I was expecting a little more...the only redeeming quality about this video is that it is of Bonaire. Contrary to what you may expect, especially for that much money and for only 1/2 an hour, there is no production value at all. This is just a 1/2 hour home video of a guy walking/swimming around with a camcorder, occasionally set to cheesy music. There is absolutely NO narration or anything else to indicate what sites or locations that you are watching. Don't get me wrong, there are some gorgeous views on the DVD - but anyone with a camcorder can get those if you're in Bonaire. Also, the DVD would freeze for a few seconds every minute or so.

As for the bonus DVD w/ 256 pictures...again, don't expect ANYTHING from the pics. It was just a dump from a memory card and copied onto a DVD for distribution. Even an amateur photographer submitting images for publication would remove all of the out-of-focus pictures. There are quite a few of them, too...and I'm not talking about slight fuzziness from not being in focus, it's more like, "What is that a picture of?!?"...no rules of thirds or any basic photographic principles were followed...the images actually say they were shot with a Canon PowerShot SD550...I would at least have recommended an SD800 or A710, both with Image Stabilization...but, they're still P&S cameras...and there are waaaaay too many camera crammed in a plant macro attempts - I think he must've given the camera to a 12y.o. and said "Just take pictures of anything until the card is full..."

I hate to rag on a fellow diver, but dang...it's like you just reached in my pocket and stole forty bucks...

If you are going to produce material like this and put your name all over it, it would behoove you to add at least some amount of professionalism to the product...