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Nauticam made its debut last year with a lot of very interesting innovations to the underwater camera housing market. The piano keys and the port locking systemare just some of them. Listing to their customer Nauticam is continuously trying to improve the ergonimcs of the housings. Nauticam's Canon EOS 550D housing is the latest incarnation of their efforts, which comes up with new ideas like the ISO paddle, the rocker lever for the (*) button and a new housing locking latches.
This years Epson Red Sea 2010 competition will start in April already. And if you already thought of participating in this years Epson Red Sea competition this could be your ticket. David Pilosof just spiced up the time until the 2010 competition with another small online competition. Between April and August photographers, both amateur and professionals can participate in a monthly contest to finally win flights, accommodation and diving costs for the Epson Red Sea 2010 competition.
The new Aquatica Mini Dome 100 was designed to accommodate a wide variety of fisheye lenses. If you have ever encountered impossible situations due to the huge size of your fisheye lens port, such as a failure to come closer to a fish hiding inside a small cove, or perhaps failure to ever find a bag large enough to accommodate your port, you are most likely to appreciate this 4 Inch innovation. It is made from BK-7 mineral glass, competitively priced and promised to soon be offered for other brands housings as well.
A variety of underwater issues and points of interest are covered within the 61 pages of the Underwater Journal's 15th Issue, available for free download. A journey to Farnsworth Bank - if you feel like diving in California, a dive beneath the ice - to dust off your drysuit, an introduction with Dosidicus Gigas - as it has been a long time since we last read a GOOD underwater horror story, and a guide through the different surfer markey buoys available - that is, in case you ever run into a Dosidicus Giga...
The 53rd Issue issue of the Underwater Photography Magazine has been published. Whether you were considering where to carry out your next dive trip or which new photo equipment to spoil yourself with, you are most likely to find some good answers in this issue. This latest issue even features an article that guides you through the reasons of being satisfied even when your images turn out the worst, reminding us, even pros, that a good learning curve should never be overlooked!
Although Canon's new flagship camera, the 1Ds MK IV, has been released only recently, a compatible underwater housing is already available. Aquatica announces that their Canon 1DS MKIII is fully compatible with the 1Ds MK IV, which is considered as a blessed upgrade to Canon's pro line. The Aquatica 1DS MKIII housing is machined from solid aluminum, treated and anodized to military specification, ergonomically designed, carefully balanced, depth rated to 300 feet and most important - already out there!
Thousands of entries were submitted to the Our World Underwater 2010 competition, which consisted of seven stills categories and two video categories. The judges of the competition released a formal state, according to which the level of images submitted this year was especially high, easily justifying nearly $50,000 worth prizes, including dive trips, underwater photography equipment, diving gear and more. In addition, 15% of competition proceeds were donated to marine conservation efforts. Seems that even the sea wasn't left empty-handed!!
Each year, Beneath The Sea provides amateur underwater photographers and videographers with a chance to compete with their peers from across the world and to win some valuable diving trips and live-aboards (which are basically a chance to take some more award winning images!). The winners of the BTS 2010 Competition were now announced and include Yeang H Chng from West New York, who received the David Doubilet award for excellence in underwater photography, as well as many other lucky talents. Click here for the full list of winners.
With The growth in popularity of underwater photography, a community of esteemed professional photographers respond by developing a series of online tutorials to help the world learn about underwater photography. Whether you're new to underwater photography or simply looking to improve your established skills, you will surely find these tutorials very helpful. Wide angle and macro photography, underwater lighting, composition and workflow are only a few of the topics covered by these tutorials. They are simply written, easy to follow and provided for FREE!
The Epson Red competition has become a very popular event within the last years. It has attracted hundreds of underwater photographers from all over the world to the lovely Eilat, Israel. This year the event has been covered in a nice report by Sharon Rainis this year. Now, an print album with all winning images and some photos of the event itself has been published.
Our Partners at Wetpixel run a public voting on the 44 winners of their weekly contest for the Picture of the Year 2009. The weekly images are a selection of amazing photographs and chosing between them is really tough. The winning image will have the pleasure to spend a wonderful week liveaboard dive trip on the M/V Solmar V. The public voting is now open.
One of the new products featured these days at the 2010 CES Show in Las Vegas is the Liquid Image Scuba Series HD Wide Angle, a dive mask that features an integrated water resistant High Definition 720P digital video and 5.0MP stills camera. Depth rated to 40m/130 feet, the Scuba Series HD comes with a 2GB micro SD, which can be expanded up to 32GB, enabling you to record thousands of still images or approx. 16 hours of video. 4.7W Lights can be connected at both sides of the mask. Keep your hands free!
The 52nd Issue of the Underwater Photography Magazine has been published. Among the goodies you will find there are recommended underwater photo workshops carried out by experts, new equipment releases as the Aquatica and Nautica Housings for the Canon EOS 7D and the Ikelite DS-161 Movie Substrobe, a "Visions of the Sea" festival review, an interview with the legendary underwater photographer - Kurt Amsler and of course - something that any diving or underwater photography magazine could never do without - some thrilling shark stories!
The Epson Red Sea 2009 event has started today in Eilat, Israel. During the next three days, photographers will be spending most of their time underwater, trying to capture an image that will entitle them with an opportunity to be called up on stage during the wining ceremony, which will take place on Saturday, November 14th. Prizes this year are valued at $80,000, not to mention international acknowledgement. The tension is high, excitement is at its peak, and still one of the hottest topics discussed is the difficulty everybody is experiencing having to wait till tomorrow for the first Happy Hour. Read more...
By releasing the new DS-161 Movie Substrobe, Ikelite proves its ability to quickly respond to new market demands. Now that new DSLR cameras are equipped with full HD video capabilities, a need for an underwater lighting device that can serve both as a strobe for stills and as a powerful LED light for videos, has arose. The new DS-161 was especially designed to meet these requirements. Equipped with a 15-watt movie LED light, a powerful flash-tube, a short recycle time and full compatibility with Ikelite TTL systems, the DS-161 answers almost of your underwater photography needs.
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